Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 563
Inclusive Education Still Evades People with Disabilities
- Inter Press Service
DJIBOUTI CITY, Jan 29 (IPS) - Neema Namdamu, 42, grew up in the village of Bukavu in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo where children with disabilities were considered a curse.
As a child Namdamu contracted polio, leaving her paralysed from the waist down. Her neighbours advised her mother to do what they felt was the "right thing": leave the child alone in a hut until she died of starvation.
Multilateralism Versus Regionalism: Which Path Should African Countries Pursue to Expand Trade and Investment Opportunities?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (IPS) - Increasingly, the ability of multilateralism to address contemporary global issues such as climate change and international trade is being questioned.
Russia’s Prodigious Gift of Higher Education to the Developing World
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 28 (IPS) - Peoples' Friendship University of Russia - popularly known as RUDN (acronym from its Russian name Rossiysky Universitet Druzhby Narodov) - is a renowned, world-class educational and research institution in Moscow.
African Nations Caught in Conflict Re-commit to Inclusive Education
- Inter Press Service
DJIBOUTI CITY, Jan 27 (IPS) - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh knows that his country is in need of an education system that is, "innovative, based on universal principles and values and adaptive of the local realities".
When UN’s Cash Crisis Undermines Human Rights, Are the World’s Torturers the Key Beneficiaries?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) - The UN's ongoing cash crisis, which has virtually destabilized the Organization's day-to-day operations, has also undermined the human rights mandate of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC).
At the International Summit on Balanced & Inclusive Education: A Call to Transform Globally
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) - In an increasingly unequal and divided world, what role can education play to achieve sustainable development globally?
Experts laud International Court of Justice Order on Myanmar to Halt all Genocidal Conduct
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) - In a groundbreaking and much anticipated ruling delivered on Thursday, the International Court of Justice demanded that Myanmar halt all measures that contribute to the genocide of the Rohingya community.
Am I Abused or Am I a Failure to Adjust? - A Migrant’s Story
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 24 (IPS) - Every year hundreds of immigrants leave their homes and trail to a land of dream and hope where they aspire to find peace, happiness and sometimes a little bit of safety compared to what they leave behind.
Top UN Court Orders Myanmar to Protect Rohingya from Genocide
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 23 (IPS) - Myanmar must take steps to protect its minority Rohingya population, the top UN court unanimously ruled on Thursday.
Leprosy Re-emerges as a Global Health Challenge
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, Jan 23 (IPS) - Sunday, Jan. 26, is World Leprosy Day, which is observed to raise awareness about the disease and those affected by it. IPS Senior Correspondent Stella Paul looks at how the disease is re-emerging as a global health challenge, particularly in countries like India, Brazil and Indonesia.
Fifteen years ago, Sattamma – a daily labourer in the Rangareddy district of southern India's Telangana state – was abandoned by her husband after she was diagnosed with Hansen's Disease.
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