Dec 4, 2024 · This year, Global Press Journal covered some of the most pressing issues of our time — civil liberties, global health, the environment and more. Here are key stories that defined our year, all reported by women journalists local to the places where these stories matter most.

Jul 21, 2016 · COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — In the early hours of May 21, Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala became the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Everest. The 37-year-old was part of a two-person expedition from Sri Lanka, but her partner, Johann Peries, was unable to reach the summit due to overcrowding on the summit route.

May 20, 2024 · “[Adding] the anguish and suffering of abandonment to the anguish and suffering caused by illness is unnecessary,” Descourvieres says. This comes in a context in which non-subsidized medication was already more expensive: The previous government had agreements with pharmaceutical companies that allowed it to keep its prices in check until October 2023, a policy that was not continued under ...

Through powerful personal narratives and comprehensive data, Global Press Journal shares the untold stories of 11 courageous, local journalists and activists across the globe.

Aug 9, 2024 · By late 2007, a third-country resettlement program was introduced, wherein a core group of eight countries, including the United States, came together to give the refugees an opportunity to begin new lives.As many as 113,307 Bhutanese refugees were relocated to several countries as of 2019. But while most left, many still live …

Dec 18, 2024 · María Ignacia Jiménez López rows through the canals where El Palmar ejido has undertaken mangrove reforestation in the Centla swamps. The people of El Palmar have restored 409 hectares (1,011 acres) of the reserve — about 0.1% of its total area.

Local journalists and media workers have been on the frontlines of these attacks. The countries where Global Press Journal has local bureaus, including Mexico, Uganda and Sri Lanka, are some of the hardest hit by attacks on press freedoms, where journalists feel pawned by …

12 Global Stories That Defined 2024. This year, Global Press Journal covered some of the most pressing issues of our time — civil liberties, global health, the environment and more.

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May 23, 2023 · In front of each piece, a model posed in a flesh-toned leotard, matching the position of the model in the painting. When visitors gathered in front of a piece, a recording would play, reciting what today’s models imagined to be the thoughts of their predecessors.