Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 532
Does WFP Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Nov 24 (IPS) -
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? And if not now, when? That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow go and learn.
- Hillel the Elder, active during the first century BCE.On 10 December, representatives for the World Food Programme (WFP) will in Norway receive the Nobel Peace Prize at the Oslo City Hall. This is taking place while the COVID-19 pandemic is causing lock-downs and suffering all over world, limiting agricultural production and disrupting supply chains.
From Political Prisoner to Champion of Human Rights - The Wai Wai Nu Story
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Nov 23 (IPS) - Instead of being cowed by her seven-year imprisonment, Wai Wai Nu, emerged stronger and more determined to fight for the rights of all people, including the Rohingya in her native Myanmar.
The Importance of Investing in Volunteerism
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Nov 19 (IPS) - The International Volunteer Day will approach soon and the 5th of December will become a day to celebrate the actions of millions of volunteers from all over the world, in the south as well in the north of the world.
Mexicans Labor Rights Closely Watched by the US
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 18 (IPS) - As many have observed worldwide, the outcome of the US presidential elections has been, as expected - full of hope and fear. Many people had the bad feeling that if Trump were to be re-elected, the uncertainty, already enormous due to the pandemic and its effects, would jeopardize the economic recovery worldwide. The triumph of Democrat Biden does not guarantee great solutions, but at the least offers a little more of transparency, certainty, and stability.
Reversing the Rohingya Crisis: One Woman at a Time
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 16 (IPS) -
This is a crisis without a quick fix that could take years to resolve unless there are concerted efforts to address its root causes
, says Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes.The Silence of the International Community on Western Sahara
- Inter Press Service
TINDOUF, Algeria, Nov 16 (IPS) - For my entire life, I have been forgotten. I am a Sahrawi refugee, born and raised in the Algerian desert, where my people have remained displaced for 45 years, awaiting the moment when we can finally return to our homeland, Western Sahara.
Secretive Mega-Trade Deal Rules Could Harm Asia’s Covid-19 Recovery
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 13 (IPS) - Fifteen countries will sign a mega-trade deal at the ASEAN conference this weekend imposing secretive restrictions on how governments help workers through the pandemic, trade union leaders and parliamentarians have warned.
Global Summit of Development Banks Fails to Learn from Destructive Past
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Nov 13 (IPS) - Development banks have repeatedly looked the other way and been complicit in the human rights violations of corporations and governments they work with. They support activities where armed forces push forward large infrastructure and extractives projects on traditional lands without the participation and consent of Indigenous Peoples.
This week, 450 public development banks from around the world met for the Finance in Common Summit at the Paris Peace Forum. They gathered to discuss how they can direct their combined investments of over USD 2 trillion - 10% of total investments in the world - "to support the transformation or the global economy" and "build new forms of prosperity that take care of people and the planet."
More Children in Zimbabwe Are Working to Survive: What's Needed
- Inter Press Service
Nov 12 (IPS) - The ability of Zimbabwean families to take care of children has been compromised by a collapsing economy, compounded by COVID-19. About 4.3 million people in rural communities, including children, are food insecure this year. The World Food Programme indicates that at least 60% of the population of Zimbabwe need food aid.
Despite Conflict and COVID-19, Children Still Dream to Continue Their Education in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Nov 12 (IPS) - As if four decades of war were not enough, then came the pandemic.
For each of the past five years, Afghanistan has been identified by the United Nations as the world's deadliest country for children and, despite progress made in peace talks between the government and the Taliban, child and youth casualties from the ongoing conflict continue to mount in 2020.
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