Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 560
Indonesia's Laws Ineffective against Human Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Mar 04 (IPS) - Despite having a law and various tasks forces to combat human trafficking, Indonesia is still grappling with the crime that likely sees tens of thousands of people turned into modern day slaves.
Sexist Economies Where World’s 22 Richest Men Have More Wealth than All the Women in Africa
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 03 (IPS) - This International Women's Day, 25 years after we first heard it declared that "women's rights are human rights" at the historic Beijing 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, we need to take the space and time to reflect on just how far we've come – and just how much more work there is to do.
What’s Needed for Real Changes for Women in Lebanese Politics?
- Inter Press Service
KESERWAN, Lebanon, Mar 02 (IPS) - Women were at the forefront of Lebanon's 2019 ‘October Revolution'. Beyond the iconic images of their participation, it seems that by women linking equity in politics to the broader issues of mismanagement of corruption paid off - although activists say there is a long road ahead.
A Glut of Arms: Curbing the Threat to Venezuela from Violent Groups
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS/BOGOTA/BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (IPS) - Power in Venezuela is slipping away from state institutions and concentrating in the hands of criminals, guerrillas and other non-state actors. Any new negotiations between government and opposition must consider how to defang these armed irregulars, who might otherwise scuttle an eventual settlement.
Child Death Grief a Public Health Threat
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 27 (IPS) - Grief over the loss of a child poses a threat to public health in Sub-Saharan Africa, as nearly two-thirds of mothers in some countries suffer the death of at least one child, a study has found.
Tanzania Investigative Journalist Pays Heavily for Freedom
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Feb 25 (IPS) - After six months in prison, Tanzanian investigative journalist Erick Kabendera has finally been released at a cost of $118,000.
UN Chief Should Lead by Example on Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has long needed to overhaul his approach to human rights. Hopefully his call to action announced in Geneva yesterday is the start of something new.
SDGs Corporate Tracker to Monitor Progress of UN’s Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Feb 21 (IPS) - This year marks just ten years ahead of the deadline for completing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
These universally supported targets were always ambitious in their scope – yet what is clearer now than ever before is that quicker progress is crucial in the decade to come.
Nepal’s Baby Export
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Feb 21 (IPS) - A major discrepancy between Nepal government and foreign records of the number of Nepali children adopted in North America and Europe has exposed a trafficking ring that involves various child welfare agencies in Kathmandu.
Zimbabwe's Thin Line between Child Smuggling and Child Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Feb 20 (IPS) - While there are a large number of instances of child smuggling and trafficking across Zimbabwe's porous borders, these cases still remain unknown and unreported because of the nature of the crime.
Elton Ndumiso*, a bus-conductor who works a bus route from Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, to neighbouring South Africa, sees it all the time: Zimbabwean women travelling with three or four children, who are clearly not their own kids, and taking them across the border.
It's a crime that most bus drivers or conductors either turn a blind eye to, or become accomplices in by assisting the women.
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