Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 423
Women and girls must lead battle against ‘widespread and interlinked crises’
- UN News
To forge a sustainable future for us all, “women and girls must be front and centre, leading the way”. Secretary-General António Guterres told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Monday.
To attack babies is ‘an act of unconscionable cruelty’: UN top officials urge end to attacks on health care in Ukraine
- UN News
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, 31 attacks on health care have been documented by the World Health Organization. These incidents have killed and injured civilians, as well as destroyed facilities and ambulances, disrupting access to essential health services.
First Person: ‘I speak up for those who cannot’
- UN News
Maya Aktar, a garment worker from Bangladesh, represents other migrants employed in the sector, in Jordan. She explains how she became involved in the union movement, and the positive difference this has made to the lives of her members.
UN rights experts raise alarm over Russia’s ‘choking’ media clampdown at home
- UN News
The recent adoption by Russia of a punitive “fake war news” law is an alarming move by the Government to gag and blindfold an entire population, independent UN human rights experts said on Friday.
Women must be given space to lead if Afghanistan is to find peace: Bachelet
- UN News
Whether as peacebuilders, humanitarians or pivotal actors courageously pushing their communities forward, Afghan women must be given the space to lead if the country is to find peace and progress, the UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet stressed in a statement on Thursday.
Social media poses ‘existential threat’ to traditional, trustworthy news: UNESCO
- UN News
The business model of the news media is ‘broken’ and with it, our fundamental right to information is at risk, a new UNESCO report examining global trends in freedom of expression warns.
Break the link between illicit drugs and social media: UN-backed report
- UN News
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent, UN-backed body, is calling on governments to do more to regulate social media platforms that glamourize drug-related negative behaviour and boost sales of controlled substances.
Crash in family incomes during COVID will increase inequality for generations
- UN News
At least two-thirds of households with children have lost income since the COVID-19 pandemic hit two years ago, according to a joint report published on Wednesday by the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) and World Bank.
New Constitution Would Declare Chile a Plurinational State
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Mar 09 (IPS) - Chile could change the course of its history and become a diverse and multicolored country this year with a “plurinational and intercultural state” that recognizes and promotes the development of the native peoples that inhabited this territory before the Spanish conquest.
‘Brutal’ Discrimination Adds Trauma to Roma as they Flee War-torn Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Mar 09 (IPS) - Roma refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine are facing discrimination on both sides of the country’s borders at the end of often harrowing journeys across the country, rights groups have claimed.
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