News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 110
Gender Sensitization, Not 'Romeo' Policing Needed, say Activists
- Inter Press Service
Lucknow, Jul 27 (IPS) - Romeo is a bad word in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India's largest province with nearly 25 million people.
Women working together, to survive Lebanon’s economic crisis
- UN News
Lebanon’s women-led cooperatives are helping communities to cope with the country’ recent wave of crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial crisis, and the notorious August 2021 Beirut Port Explosion.
‘I will never stop telling my story’: Confronting victim-blaming for sexual assault
- UN News
Imagine enduring a terrifying sexual attack. Bruised and shaken, you recount what happened to the police only for them to turn the tables on you, by asking: what were you wearing?
Abortion in Canada - Legal for Decades But Hindered by Stigma
- Inter Press Service
Ottawa, Jul 19 (IPS) - Toronto resident Miranda Knight describes her abortion experience as relatively simple. After finding out she was pregnant on a Wednesday in 2017, she booked an appointment at an available clinic and got one for the following Monday. She had the procedure that day and left the clinic by noon.
Abortion Decision Felt Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Jul 18 (IPS) - The 24 June decision of United States Supreme Court to overturn the country’s nearly 50-year constitutional right of a woman to an abortion is being felt worldwide.
More women work in health and care but they earn 24 per cent less than men: UN report
- UN News
Women working in the health and care sector earn nearly 25 per cent less than their male counterparts – a larger gender pay gap than in other economic sectors, two UN agencies said in a new report on Wednesday.
A Future Horror and the Hope of the Present
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 12 (IPS) - This is an alert message: if nothing stops the wave of violence in Mexico, by the end of 2024 the country could exceed the figure of 150,000 missing persons.
Recalling Shinzo Abe with Respect
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Jul 11 (IPS) - Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan, has died. It was a murder caused by a personal grudge rather than political terrorism. And it was not a direct grudge against Mr. Abe. A religious group had supported Mr. Abe, and a murderer with a grudge against the religious group killed him. Murders targeting politicians are often related to political messages or claims. This is a very unique case in that the murder was committed out of a personal grudge, not against the individual for what he did, but against the organization that supported the individual.
What Future for a World of 8 Billion?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) - What does a young girl from Juba, in South Sudan, an 8-year-old boy living in the slums of Mumbai, in India, a young mother from the south of Lima, in Peru, and an 83-year-old man enjoying retirement in the suburbs of Stockholm, in Sweden, have in common?
India & China Continue to Lead -- as World Population Projected to Reach 8.0 Billion
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) - India and China, two Asian nuclear powers who are also longstanding rivals embroiled in the geo-politics of the Indian Ocean region, have remained two of the world’s most populous nations accounting for over a billion people each.
But as the world’s population reaches the 8.0 billion mark, come November, India is projected to surpass China.
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