News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”
GHANA: ‘This Is Bigger than Lgbtqi+ Rights – It’s about the Kind of Society We Want to Be’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses Ghana’s anti-LGBTQI+ law with Leila Lariba, Executive Director of One Love Sisters Ghana, a community-driven organisation that advances human rights, social inclusion and wellbeing for Muslim LGBTQI+ people in Ghana.
Cuba’s Last Hand
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, June 29 (IPS) - Ever since the Berlin Wall fell 37 years ago and the communist Eastern Bloc collapsed, Cuba has been debating economic reforms to its socialist system. Essentially, the discussion always revolves around the same issues: less state planning, more personal responsibility. In other words, a strong dose of capitalism as an antidote to inefficient and corrupt state bureaucracy.
The Silent Metamorphosis
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 29 (IPS) - There is a question that is never asked plainly enough in reports on Haiti: why, despite decades of analysis, billions in international aid, and an abundance of national strategies, does the potential of Haitian youth remain so consistently underutilized? This report, The Silent Transformation, is an attempt at an honest answer.
AI Will Destabilize Jobs, the Middle Class and the Welfare State Unless We Act in Time
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, June 26 (IPS) - Artificial intelligence (AI) promises remarkable gains in productivity, science, medicine and education. But it is also poised to wipe out millions of jobs, hollow out the middle class, and drain the tax revenues that pay for hospitals, schools and pensions. The process has already begun, and the time to act is running out.
Colombia’s next President: A Reckoning for Peace, Climate and Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 26 (IPS) - On 21 June Colombians made their choice. By the narrowest of margins, Abelardo de la Espriella, a far-right criminal lawyer who’s never held elected office, became president-elect. Climate activists, human rights defenders, Indigenous communities and peace advocates have the most to lose from the incoming government’s agenda.
Aid Is Falling Fast. What Can African Countries Do?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, June 26 (IPS) - For decades, official development assistance has been a central pillar of financing in sub-Saharan Africa. That pillar is now weakening—quickly and broadly.
Venezuela quake: ‘People still terrified to re-enter what were their homes’
- UN News
Aid agencies on Friday highlighted massive needs across Venezuela caused by a double earthquake disaster that has killed at least 235 people so far, with search and rescue for people trapped under the rubble still the top priority.
Beyond Commemoration: Why Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Demands Urgent Global Attention
- Inter Press Service
DELHI, India, June 25 (IPS) - Three years ago, during a mission to the Central African Republic from United Nations Headquarters, I met a woman whose story has remained with me ever since. She had survived rape during the conflict. Yet what stayed with her most was not only the violence she had suffered, but the stigma that followed it. When she returned home, her family refused to take her back. In a society where survivors of sexual violence are too often burdened with shame that rightfully belongs to perpetrators, she found herself isolated and struggling to rebuild her life. In that moment, it became painfully clear that for survivors, the violence does not end when the assault ends, it continues through stigma, exclusion, and the resulting silence for most.
Of 40 Million People Living with HIV today, 32.1 Million are now on Treatment, Living Long & Healthy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, June 24 (IPS) - I am honoured to address this High-Level Meeting. I thank very much the President of the General Assembly for her leadership, our Co-Facilitators, and all the Member States for the extraordinary effort that brought us here now.
‘The World Knows What Must Be Done’: New SDG Report Urges End to Wars and Greater Investment in People
- Inter Press Service
SRINIGAR, India & PARIS, June 23 (IPS) - As the world enters the final years before the 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a latest United Nations report has revealed that economic uncertainty, climate change, conflict and growing geopolitical tensions are causing hurdles for the countries to meet the targets.
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