Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 5
From waste pickers to courtrooms: Women demand a gender focus at COP30
- UN News
On the scheduled final day of COP30 in Belém, tense negotiations are stretching into Friday afternoon as divisions persist. Amid the ongoing talks, one message is cutting through the noise: there is no climate justice without gender equality.
Sidelined—Quilombos Fight on for Health of World’s Largest Rainforest
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 20 (IPS) - Just 30 minutes from where the UN climate negotiations are unfolding in the port city of Belém, Afro-descendant communities are engaged in a fierce struggle for the full recognition and legal titling of their ancestral territories—critical as their security and livelihoods are compromised by businesses wanting to set up contaminating landfill sites and drug cartels.
World News in Brief: Violence against Haitian women, WHO alert over support for survivors worldwide, Youth Activist Summit marks hope over hate
- UN News
Between January and September, over 7,400 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) were reported in Haiti – an average of about 27 per day, according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
AI and anonymity fuel surge in digital violence against women
- UN News
What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of fear.
Civil Society Warns of New Land Grabs as World Bank Pushes for Tenure Reforms in Africa
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, November 19 (IPS) - As the COP30 negotiations intensify in Belém, Brazil, civil society organizations and research experts have called out major financial institutions for promoting foreign interests in controlling Africa’s land by formalizing land tenure and seeking to convert Africa’s land into industrial farms or carbon markets.
Explainer: Inside COP30’s 11th Hour Negotiations for Legacy-Building Belém Climate Deal
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 19 (IPS) - At a Conference of the Parties, where science intersects with politics, reaching agreements is often a tricky business. What is inside the last-minute negotiations as the COP presidency tries to get the parties to agreement at the final plenary?
Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’
- UN News
When Salma was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and become a doctor someday.
Olympic Truce: ‘Humanity can find common ground through sport’
- UN News
Sport has always been more than a contest of strength or skill. At its best, it becomes a rare space where people meet as equals – a reminder, as the President of the UN General Assembly put it on Wednesday, that “even in times of division, humanity can find common ground through sport – and an enduring hope.”
UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare
- UN News
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating in healthcare – but basic legal safety nets that protect patients and health workers are lacking.
Faith Leaders Endorse Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at COP30
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, November 18 (IPS) - Decades ago, a little girl was born in a place called Cleveland, Ohio, in the heart of the United States of America. Born to a woman from the deep South, the place of Martin Luther King, her mother left her ancestral lands for the economic opportunities in the north.
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