Global Issues
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Time to End Generational Injustice with a 'Global Blue New Deal' to Protect Oceans
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jun 08 (IPS) - Increasingly, youth are rising up to declare that they've had enough of the cyclical exploitation of the environment that jeopardizes their own future.
G7 Summit: Time to put Women Front & Centre of the Global Economic Recovery
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA/LONDON, Jun 08 (IPS) - The leaders of the G7 group of nations will soon gather in Cornwall, United Kingdom, (June 11-13) to devise plans to ‘build back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit takes place in the wake of a crisis that has both revealed and further exacerbated existing economic and social inequalities, including gender inequalities.
Paltry International Support for Spending Needs Sets South Further Back
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 08 (IPS) - With the pandemic setting back past, modest and uneven progress, huge disparities in containing COVID-19 and financing government efforts are widening the North-South gap and other inequalities once again.
Death toll of Burkina Faso Attack Reaches 160
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Jun 07 (IPS) - On the night of Friday 4th June, a group of unidentified armed men stormed the village of Solhan in the north of Burkina Faso, shooting indiscriminately, looting the market and burning homes. A report by RFI, the French radio station said there could have been as many as 200 attackers by some accounts of survivors.
Is the UN Fighting a Losing Battle Against Worlds Corrupt Leaders?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 07 (IPS) - A hilarious anecdote, recounted in the New York Times years ago, related to the widespread corruption embedded in the political culture of a Southeast Asian country where crooked politicians were willing to provide receipts every time they received a bribe—big time bribes.
Why We Need More Women in Power
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 07 (IPS) - What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you read the words, women and power? The accepted wisdom is that women can be powerful, but not without the constant reference to their gender - which is often based on a set of unconscious biases towards them. Is she competent enough, effective, articulate without being too assertive or too aggressive. Is she a straightjacket, is she too emotional, will her family life impact her work or vice versa. Is she smart enough to camouflage her intelligence, is she ready for a key position, is it worth making her powerful?
The Oceans Silent Killer: Breaking Down Overfishing
- Inter Press Service
SCRANTON, USA, Jun 07 (IPS) - You don’t have to look too hard to find some news network or media outlet talking about water pollution, plastic waste, CO2 emissions, and climate change.
First Person: Raising a glass to ‘Mama Cheers’
- UN News
A Ugandan woman entrepreneur who was left with just a wheelbarrow and a red dress, when a business partner ran off with all her money has been recognized with an award by the UN trade agency (UNCTAD) after she grew her company into a nationwide enterprise with five million customers.
Infrastructure Expands in Brazil Despite Crises
- Inter Press Service
RÍO DE JANEIRO, Jun 04 (IPS) - Health, fiscal, environmental and political crises have not prevented Brazil from attracting private capital to expand infrastructure, according to the sector's minister, Tarcísio de Freitas.
Fresh Air, Clean Water
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Jun 04 (IPS) - You want to breathe fresh air and have access to clean water? I guess you do, just like all of us. As populations in the so-called developed countries, we love to go for holidays in places where on high mountains you get to breathe deeply and enjoy the fresh air, where the oceans or lakes are clean and refreshing. And how do we arrive there? Mostly by airplanes or cars, polluting the air whilst travelling to the desired destinations, causing harm to people and the planet.
Interestingly, many people today, calculate their flight’s CO2 footprint and pay a certain amount of money to invest in renewable energy projects, in order to feel better about their travelling and to receive tax deductibility (depending on regulations of their country).
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