Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 417
‘Unbox Me’ campaign gives visibility to lives of transgender children
- UN News
A new UN initiative aims to promote greater inclusion and acceptance of transgender children, and to advocate for their rights.
War in Ukraine Morally Unacceptable, Politically Indefensible & Militarily Nonsensical
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 31 (IPS) - For more than one month now, the entire population of Ukraine has been enduring a living nightmare. The lives of millions of people are in upheaval as they are forced to flee their homes or hide in basements and bomb shelters as their cities are pummeled and destroyed.
Ukraine: UNESCO’s response to children’s education needs
- UN News
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled the country - two million of them, are children. As the UN agency mandated to coordinate and lead on global education, UNESCO is carefully mapping exactly how host countries are supporting and providing education, to help keep young Ukrainian refugees on track - their lives totally upended in a matter of weeks.
Ukrainian Women, Children Fleeing War Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Mar 30 (IPS) - States must do more to protect women and children fleeing war in Ukraine, rights groups have urged, amid growing concerns they are falling prey to trafficking and sexual violence.
The Middle East's Food Crisis Spells Disaster
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Mar 30 (IPS) - In a short period, the war in Ukraine has already had a major effect on the world economy. The United States and the European Union have levied sanctions on an unprecedented scale against Russia, energy prices have skyrocketed, and with the Black Sea closed, the world’s most fertile region is no longer linked to its markets. This will cause an appreciation of food prices that could wreak havoc in the European periphery.
‘Staggering number’ of unintended pregnancies reveals failure to uphold women’s rights
- UN News
Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA.
COVID-19: Education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’
- UN News
Now entering its third year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to hold back some 405 million school children worlwide from a full return to the classroom, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
South Sudan: Oil Underground, Blood on the Surface
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 29 (IPS) - While several politicians -and media– have been viewing the ongoing armed conflict in South Sudan as a “civil war” between rival ethnic groups, so nothing to worry about, there are some key facts that should be considered for the sake of having a wider, more accurate panorama. One of them is that this country is rich in oil.
UN highlights human cost of transatlantic slave trade
- UN News
The United Nations on Tuesday remembered the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and its continued impact on the modern world, by honouring the tradition of resistance to slavery and unity against racism, through personal stories of courage.
Response plan launched to support 1.4 million Rohingya and Bangladeshis
- UN News
“Robust and sustained international support” is again needed for Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi communities generously hosting them, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
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