Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 476
Twenty Years After September 11, 2001: Institutions on Decline, But Religion Rising?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) - Described as the “worst terrorist attack ever in the United States”, September 11, 2001 is a moment which has led to multiple transformations, cascading around our world.
Afghanistan’s Girls Need our Unwavering Support in Education
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 09 (IPS) - The Taliban takeover of government in Kabul is just days old, and the eyes of Afghans and the world are cautiously watching and hopeful to see them stand by their word and ensure that girls’ education be promoted and protected.
The Forbidden Love
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Sep 08 (IPS) - Abandoned by family and friends, transgender people in Bangladesh are subject to extensive daily abuse. The existing and continuously growing transphobia and homophobia in society are obstacles in the lives of this group. The people featured here from the LGBTQ+ community share a wide variety of narratives.
Yemen: ‘Climate of fear’ grows, all sides to blame, say rights experts
- UN News
There has been no let-up in more than six years of conflict in Yemen, as a growing “climate of fear” among civilians continues, a panel of UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday.
“Time Is A-Wasting”: Making the Case for CEDAW Ratification by the United States
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 07 (IPS) - The U.S. is one of only a handful of countries that has yet to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), rendering it “strange bedfellows” with Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Tonga, and Palau.
Yemen: UN agency helping stranded migrants to return home
- UN News
Amid intensifying conflict in Yemen, and the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is helping nearly 5,000 Ethiopian migrants stranded in the country to return home, the UN agency reported on Tuesday.
Critical gaps in refugee education, only 34 per cent attend secondary school: UNHCR
- UN News
Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday, as it called for an international effort to confront “critically low” levels of school and university enrolment.
The Main Contradiction of the Modern Era
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Sep 06 (IPS) - The main contradiction of the modern era, and indeed of all human history, is not between capitalism and socialism, and not even between authoritarianism and democracy, but between individualism and collectivism, between public and personal interests.
Countries that are getting ahead in the economic race allow themselves the luxury of individualism, prioritizing human rights, which ultimately undermines their political and economic power and causes their decline and the rise of more collectivist civilizations. It is literally the story that is as old, as the world itself…
Belarus Crackdown Leaves Human Rights, Minorities Exposed
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Sep 06 (IPS) - There will soon be no one left to defend human rights or help minorities in Belarus as the country’s third sector moves closer to “complete liquidation”, international rights groups have warned.
IOM concerned for migrants facing ‘dire condition’ at EU-Belarus border
- UN News
Migrants are facing “dire conditions” at the European Union-Belarus border, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Monday.
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