Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 599
Missing Data & Inefficient Drug Distribution Tops List of Micronesia’s Leprosy Challenges
- Inter Press Service
POHNPEI, Apr 08 (IPS) - It's a good day for Dexter, a 25-year-old fisherman from Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. He's just been told that he is cured of leprosy.
NGOs Blast US for Undermining Criminal Court
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 08 (IPS) - This article is part of a series on the role of civil society organisations (CSOs), which will be the focus of International Civil Society Week (ICSW), sponsored by CIVICUS, and scheduled to take place in Belgrade, April 8-12.
As it paves a destructive path against international institutions and multilateralism, the Trump administration is slowly but steadily undermining the United Nations and its affiliated agencies.
The Amazon Seeks Alternatives that Could Revolutionise Energy Production
- Inter Press Service
MANAUS, Brazil, Apr 06 (IPS) - A large steel wheel, 14 meters in diameter and 1.3 meters wide, could be the energy solution of the near future, generating 3.5 megawatts - enough to supply a city of 30,000 people, according to a company in the capital city of the state of Amazonas in northwest Brazil.
As Marshall Islands Integrates Healthcare Services, Experts Ring a Word of Caution
- Inter Press Service
MAJURO, Apr 05 (IPS) - In Jack Niedenthal's office in Majuro, there is an ominous reminder of the dark history of the Marshall Islands—once the site for dozens of nuclear tests conducted by the United States between 1946 and 1962. But it also provides a strong message about the future of island nation.
In Diverse Southeast Asia, Growing Ethnic & Religious Intolerance Pose Serious Threat to Stability
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 05 (IPS) - This article is part of a series on the current state of civil society organisations (CSOs), which will be the focus of International Civil Society Week (ICSW), sponsored by CIVICUS, and scheduled to take place in Belgrade, April 8-12.
Josef Benedict is a civil space researcher with global civil society alliance, CIVICUS, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. When the one-year anniversary of Malaysia's historic presidential election outcome rolls around in early May, the wave of euphoria that followed it will be all but a wistful memory.
Is Taiwan Still a Permanent Member of the Security Council – Despite its Ouster in 1971?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 05 (IPS) - The Republic of China (Taiwan) was ingloriously expelled from the United Nations-- and ousted from its highly-prized permanent seat in the UN Security Council (UNSC)-- about 48 years ago.
Women Activists Protest Torture & Imprisonment Under Repressive Regimes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 04 (IPS) - This article is part of a series on the current state of civil society organisations (CSOs), which will be the focus of International Civil Society Week (ICSW), sponsored by CIVICUS, and scheduled to take place in Belgrade, April 8-12.
Faced with an uneven battle against right wing nationalist governments, repressive regimes and extremist groups, scores of civil society organizations (CSOs) are gearing themselves to fight back.
Greater Skills Equals Greater Ability to Combat Leprosy
- Inter Press Service
MAJURO, Apr 04 (IPS) - It's a Friday morning and Dr. Ken Jetton, the only doctor who treats leprosy in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands, is seeing a patient recently cured of the disease.
Latin America Resets Its Strategy against Femicides
- Inter Press Service
RÍO DE JANEIRO, Apr 04 (IPS) - Several initiatives are seeking to strengthen the fight against femicides in Latin America, a region which, despite growing popular mobilisation and pioneering legislation against gender-based murders, still has the world's worst rates in what has been described as a "silent genocide," says U.N. Women.
Invested in Gender Diversity
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 04 (IPS) - RAKHI KUMAR is a senior managing director and head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors.*
Across the investment industry, asset owners and asset managers push to enhance gender diversity at all leadership levels
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