Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 548
Racism and Dominance
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 15 (IPS) - The #MeToo movement triggered worldwide protests that hopefully was instrumental in making people better aware of a continuous and often hidden mistreatment of women. Maybe can the current I can't breathe movement make people realize that institutional racism is far from extinct.
Was There Slavery in Australia? Yes. It Shouldn't Even Be Up for Debate
- Inter Press Service
Jun 14 (IPS) - Prime Minister Scott Morrison asserted in a radio interview that "there was no slavery in Australia".
This is a common misunderstanding which often obscures our nation's history of exploitation of First Nations people and Pacific Islanders.
Malawi’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer Almost Ready But Election Fever may Prevent Lockdown
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Malawi, Jun 11 (IPS) - Malawi remains one of the few nations in the world that has not gone into a coronavirus lockdown as the government rushes to meet the conditions of a court order to implement a cash transfer scheme for the poor before doing so. But as some parts of the world are slowing coming out of their lockdowns, it could be likely this southern African nation won't go into one as the rerun of the country's presidential election nears.
Unsung Heroines: Who Cares for the Carers?
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 11 (IPS) - Even before Covid-19, the world was facing a care crisis. The plight of often neglected, under-appreciated, under-protected and poorly equipped ‘frontline' health personnel working to contain the pandemic has drawn attention to the tip of the care crisis iceberg.
World Protests Show Rising Outrage and Mounting Discontent
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK and BRUSSELS, Jun 10 (IPS) - After a period of forced silence because of the Covid-19 quarantines, citizens around the world are defying coronavirus restrictions and claiming the streets to fight for real democracy, jobs, living wages, public services, human rights and against corruption, inequality and injustice. We predict an increasing wave of protests all over the world led by different types of people defying the status quo. Unless policies change, clashes in the street are likely to become the new normal.
The Sahel - 'in Every Sense of the Word a Crisis'
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - The combination of rife insecurity, food insecurity and more than 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance has left the Sahel a region in crisis, with the global coronavirus pandemic expected to exacerbate the situation.
Eliminating Age Discrimination from Lockdown Curfews
- Inter Press Service
Jun 10 (IPS) - During the Covid-19 pandemic governments around the world have introduced curfews as an exceptional, yet necessary, means of containing the spread of the virus. Yet while most countries have applied their curfews uniformly to all citizens, authorities across several regions have introduced them only for certain groups exclusively because of their age, including for under-18s.
The Need, Within the UN, for an Honest Conversation on Racism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - I want to once again express to all colleagues my enormous appreciation, my enormous gratitude, for your fantastic professionalism, your flexibility and the way you have been able to fully deliver for the people we care for during this period.
Global Solidarity & Effective Cooperation in the Face of COVID-19
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic upended almost every aspects of life as we know it. Even those countries that are supposed to have the means to manage the spread and mitigate the effects are struggling.
UN Chiefs Silenced by Big Powers with Vetoes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - The massive protests in more than 120 US cities over racial injustice and police brutality went global last week-- amidst presidential threats of military force on demonstrators in Washington DC.
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