Miriam Gathigah

Miriam Gathigah is a contributor to Inter Press Service.

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Environment & Health

Africa Drives Global Action Against Mercury Use

Olubunmi Olusanya of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria, is keen on phasing out mercury-added products.

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

June 6, 2017

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Environment & Health

Kenyans Turn to Wild Fruits and Insects as Drought Looms

Once fertile agricultural land in Kenya is being degraded by encroachment and the effects of climate change.

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

February 12, 2017

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Environment & Health

Seeds for Supper as Drought Intensifies in South Madagascar

In the face of the most severe drought witnessed yet, Malagasy people have resorted to desperate measures just to survive.

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

June 20, 2016

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Farmers Fight Real Estate Developers for Kenya’s Most Prized Asset: Land

Taking away Kenyan farm land will have far-reaching consequences.

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

May 25, 2015

News

Africa’s Rural Women Must Count in Water Management

The time has come for global water partners to begin embracing local women as partners and not merely as groups vulnerable to the vagaries of climate change.

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

February 1, 2015

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Africa’s Dividing Farmlands a Threat to Food Security

Experts say that Africa's extensive land subdivision is emerging as a significant threat to food security.

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

September 17, 2014

News

Maternal Deaths Due to HIV a Grim Reality

From Jun. 30 to Jul. 1, 800 health experts, officials and activists will gather in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the third Partners' Forum around the Action Plan for Women's …

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

July 1, 2014

News

China Tightens Grip on Africa

Africa is indeed a leading destination for Chinese consumer products.

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

May 25, 2014

Op-Ed

When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe

In the face of severe food shortages and with no relief aid, the elderly like Zeinab Wambui, from lower Mukurweini, Central Kenya, are facing very tough times.

By: George Gao &; Miriam Gathigah ,; IPSNews

October 21, 2013

News

Clinton Champions Gender Agenda at Busan

Busan, South Korea - Women toil in the fields for most of their lives producing food and strengthening the largely agricultural economy of African countries, but when their fathers, …

By: Miriam Gathigah ,; InterPressService

November 30, 2011

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