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Coronavirus: Ten Reasons Why You Ought Not to Panic
- Inter Press Service
Mar 07 (IPS) - Regardless of whether we classify the new coronavirus as a pandemic, it is a serious issue. In less than two months, it has spread over several continents. Pandemic means sustained and continuous transmission of the disease, simultaneously in more than three different geographical regions. Pandemic does not refer to the lethality of a virus but to its transmissibility and geographical extension.
Feminists Rewrite Their Realities Across the Global Map
- Inter Press Service
Mar 06 (IPS) - In November 2019, thousands of Chileans took to the streets to perform an anti-rape, anti-femicide choreography organized by a small feminist collective called Las Tesis. The group created the choreographed chant in response to an upswing in violence against women and human rights violations in Chile, where 42 cases of sexual abuse are reportedto the police each day, with only around 25% resulting in judicial rulings.
VIDEO: I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights
- Inter Press Service
Mar 06 (IPS) - The narrative surrounding women's rights in 2020 carries much hope and possibility. This year's International Women's Day, bearing the theme "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights," falls on the celebration's 110th anniversary.
Sticky Floors, Glass Ceilings & Biased Barriers: the Architecture of Gender Inequality
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 06 (IPS) - Architectural metaphors are a popular way to think about inequality between men and women.
When it comes to the fundamentals, we often talk about whether there is a "sticky floor" that is holding women and girls back. And the good news is that, for billions around the world, the floor is a lot less sticky than it used to be.
On 8th March – and All the Other Days: Each for Equal
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 06 (IPS) - Gender equality is a basic human right and a prerequisite for sustainable development, so why does inequality persist in so many countries, and what can we all do to address it?
Want to Go for Inclusive Climate Action? Then Start with Integrating Gender Equality into Climate Finance
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 06 (IPS) - Gender equality and women's rights have progressed immensely since the adoption of the most visionary agenda on women's empowerment, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 25 years ago.
Realising Women’s Rights Difficult for Africa’s Fragile States
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 06 (IPS) - Pokot girls are expected to face the knife stark naked and with courage. To inspire confidence, their fathers sit a few metres away from them with a spear in hand.
Q&A: Learning Diplomacy From Flipping Burgers at McDonald’s
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 06 (IPS) - It's a rainy February morning in New York, but inside the walls of her room, it might as well be summer -- bright and warm, much in contrast to the drizzles reluctantly crawling on the window panes of Ambassador Kshenuka Senewiratne's office overlooking Manhattan.
Target Men to Reach Our HIV Goals
- Inter Press Service
Slavery Modernises, Adapts to Stay Alive in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 05 (IPS) - "Slave labour is not declining; it has taken on new forms and is growing; it expanded to new sectors where it did not previously exist," said Ivanete da Silva Sousa, an activist in the fight against modern-day slavery in northern Brazil.
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