Global Issues News Headlines for “Women’s Rights” https://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/166 2024-03-29T05:45:36-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service UN News https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpghttps://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36339The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban2024-03-27T07:48:46-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Nimco-Ali_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) - Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) showed that while some success is taking place, the pace of progress remains slow - lagging behind population growth, especially in places where FGM is most common.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36339">Read the full story, “The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36325UN Security Council At Last Adopts a Ceasefire Resolution in Gaza2024-03-26T09:02:32-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/SC-Stakeout-Palestine-PR-Arab-Group-2-629x353.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) - After nearly six months of a devastating war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has at last adopted a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The resolution calls for the ceasefire to come into effect for the month of Ramadan, demands the unconditional release of all hostages and ensures humanitarian access.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/26/36325">Read the full story, “UN Security Council At Last Adopts a Ceasefire Resolution in Gaza”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/25/36314Building Resilience and Mental Health Capacity of Youth2024-03-25T09:45:23-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/IMG_8171-1-629x419.jpeg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE & ATHENS, Mar 25 (IPS) - Sri Lankan lawmaker Hector Appuhamy, in conversation with IPS ahead of a two-day conference aimed at educating  and involving university students in mental health issues, said parliamentarians were concerned about gaps in the programmes and financing for youth mental health. They were looking beyond the country's health budget for support in ensuring that youth were able to access mental health facilities in a supportive environment.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/25/36314">Read the full story, “Building Resilience and Mental Health Capacity of Youth”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/22/36301Conservation Efforts by Ethnic Communities in Bangladesh Bolster Water Security2024-03-22T08:35:22-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Women_Forest-629x419.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>RANGAMATI, Mar 22 (IPS) - Just a few years ago, Sudarshana Chakma (35), a resident of the remote Digholchari Debarmatha village under Bilaichari upazila in the Rangamati Hill District, had to traverse a long hilly path to fetch water for her household because there were no local water sources.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/22/36301">Read the full story, “Conservation Efforts by Ethnic Communities in Bangladesh Bolster Water Security”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/22/36300Breaking Down Barriers to Women’s Land Rights Starts in Our Homes2024-03-22T06:37:50-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Growing-Hope_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>NEW YORK, Mar 22 (IPS) - At the opening of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on March 11, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Your gathering this year is focused on how tackling poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective are critical to accelerate gender equality. The reason is simple: globally, poverty has a female face. Women have less access to land, natural resources and financial assets. They suffer the impacts of climate change more than men. And they are more likely to be food insecure. Many women and girls are also facing a war on their fundamental rights at home and in their communities.”</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/22/36300">Read the full story, “Breaking Down Barriers to Women’s Land Rights Starts in Our Homes”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/21/36289Women’s Land Rights in Farming Need Further Recognition2024-03-21T06:47:22-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/CSW68-IFAD-event-photograh-629x296.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 (IPS) - In the developing world, land rights for women remain tenuous in the agricultural sector. But if women farmers are recognized as landowners in their own right, it can lead to greater economic empowerment and be a positive step towards eradicating poverty.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/21/36289">Read the full story, “Women’s Land Rights in Farming Need Further Recognition”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/20/36275In Pakistan, Death Can Be Just a WhatsApp Share Away2024-03-20T08:10:14-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/009-629x472.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>KARACHI, Mar 20 (IPS) - Justice Zafar Yab Chadhar's March 6 order sentencing 22-year-old Junaid Munir to ‘be hanged by his neck till he is dead’ on charges of sharing blasphemous material over WhatsApp was devastating for his family.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/20/36275">Read the full story, “In Pakistan, Death Can Be Just a WhatsApp Share Away”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/20/36274Indigenous Women Fight for Their Future, Their Land, Rights & Self-Determination2024-03-20T07:01:48-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/indigenous-women_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>QUEZON CITY, Philippines, Mar 20 (IPS) - Throughout history, Indigenous Women have made remarkable contributions to forwarding the aspirations of their communities for self-determination. Amid the compounded burdens they face as Indigenous Peoples, as women and an oppressed class, let us recognize and celebrate the bravery of Indigenous Women as they strive and inspire with their courage, heritage, leadership and knowledge.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/20/36274">Read the full story, “Indigenous Women Fight for Their Future, Their Land, Rights & Self-Determination”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/18/36255How Women in Ahmedabad Slums Are Beating Back Climate’s Deadly Heat2024-03-18T09:44:29-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/IPS-1-629x419.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 18 (IPS) - Women in Ahmedabad slums work from home at tailoring, embroidery, kite-making, snack-making, or running grocery shops, micro-retailing vegetables and flowers, with little respite from the brutal heat waves that have been steadily worsening. Until now…Seema Mali is desperate. She has no defences against this changing climate’s brutal heat. Mali makes fresh flower garland the whole year, but her summer income has been plummeting by 30 percent over the last 8–10 years due to the extreme heat.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/18/36255">Read the full story, “How Women in Ahmedabad Slums Are Beating Back Climate’s Deadly Heat”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/18/36252Gender Rights: Resistance Against Regression2024-03-18T07:16:45-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Silvana-Flores-629x418.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 18 (IPS) - Global progress on gender rights has slowed almost to a halt. After decades of steady progress, demands for the rights of women and LGBTQI+ people now play out on bitterly contested territory. Over the course of several decades, global movements for rights won profound changes in consciences, customs and institutions. They elevated over half of humanity, excluded for centuries, to the status of holders of rights.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/18/36252">Read the full story, “Gender Rights: Resistance Against Regression”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>