News headlines for “Trade, Economy, & Related Issues”, page 673
Generation Equality: Four Ways to Accelerate Progress
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 20 (IPS) - The global gender community will meet in New York in March to review progress on gender equality and women's empowerment in the 25 years since the Beijing declaration. The theme for this year's Commission on the Status of Women gathering is Generation Equality, emphasizing how the current generation must close the gender gap.
U.S. President’s Global Gag Rule is Having Negative Impact on the Health of Malawians: Report
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) - A report released last week has detailed the complex ways in which President Donald Trump's ‘Global Gag Rule' (GGR), that blocks U.S. global health assistance to foreign non-governmental facilities providing abortion or abortion-related services, is affecting the population in Malawi, a country already hard hit with numerous climate change disasters.
How Nigeria’s Police used Telecom Surveillance to Lure & Arrest Journalists
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 19 (IPS) - As reporters for Nigeria's Premium Times newspaper, Samuel Ogundipe and Azeezat Adedigba told CPJ they spoke often over the phone. They had no idea that their regular conversations about work and their personal lives were creating a record of their friendship.
As Planet Burns, One Million Species in World’s Eco-System in Danger of Extinction
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18 (IPS) - When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the 193-member General Assembly last December, he focused on the smoldering climate crisis-- pointing out that the last five years have been the hottest ever recorded.
Will Zimbabwe Allow Freedom of Airwaves and Freedom of Speech too?
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 18 (IPS) - Zimbabwe is making fresh commitments to open up its airwaves with government promising to issue licences to private television and community radio stations before the end of the year.
Global Economy Still Slowing, Dangerously Vulnerable
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (IPS) - In an annual ritual early in the year, most major economic organizations have released forecasts for the global economy in 2020. Incredibly, almost as a reminder of where financial power resides in this day and age, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its forecasts at the World Economic Forum's 50th annual meeting in Davos.
Biodiversity & Agriculture: Nature’s Matrix & Future of Conservation
- Inter Press Service
OAKLAND, California, Feb 18 (IPS) - When we were children, a long auto trip would require a stop every hour or so to clean the windshield of the insects that had been intercepted.
Coronavirus Epidemic Has Implications for Life Expectancy
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, China, Feb 17 (IPS) - As efforts to contain the Coronavirus epidemic enter a critical stage, it is important to remember that the costs cannot be measured purely in economic terms, as the measures taken will have implications for life expectancy across the entire nation.
Tackling Climate Change and Preserving the Water Body: A Bangladeshi Perspective
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 17 (IPS) - For any riverine country, the state of the water body around big cities and conditions of major rivers hold a leadership position in the overall climate effects and how the water body is protected and preserved impacts the entire economy and living standards of that country.
That Mobile Game that’ll Generate Climate Solutions from Players Around the World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (IPS) - The United Nations Development Programme is leading a climate change effort that might finally address concerns many advocates have: bridging the gap between people and governments.
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