News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 117
Women in Argentina Cultivate Dignity in Their Cooperative Vegetable Garden
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Apr 21 (IPS) - The space consists of just 300 square meters full of green where there is an agro-ecological vegetable garden and nursery, which are the work and dream of 14 women. Behind it can be seen the imposing silhouettes of the high rises that are a symbol of the most modern and sought-after part of Argentina's capital city.
Rights chief Bachelet back call for greater women’s role in disarmament talks
- UN News
Disarmament research agency UNIDIR called on Thursday for more women to take their rightful place in international security discussions – a move that’s been warmly welcomed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet.
Black Women, the Most Oppressed and Exploited in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 20 (IPS) - The Theater of the Oppressed helped her become aware of the triple discrimination suffered by black women in Brazil and the means to confront it, such as the Rio de Janeiro Domestic Workers Union, which she has chaired since 2018.
Addressing Gender-Related Barriers to COVID-19 Vaccinations to Ensure Vaccinations for All
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 20 (IPS) - As a global pandemic, COVID-19 and its continued impacts are unprecedented. Yet many of the challenges that emerged in public health responses to COVID-19 not only had precedence, but were predictable.
The Arrogance of Ignorance: War in Ukraine, Religion and Abiding Ethnocentrism
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 19 (IPS) - “The war in Ukraine is a European …and a Christian… matter... It does not require the involvement of a colourful array of religions or people”. These words were uttered and affirmed by some European Protestant men, working in interfaith circles in Europe. The ‘colourful’ encompassed other than European, mostly Christian - and likely mostly male.
Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict
- UN News
Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, urging ambassadors to ensure accountability for conflict-related sexual violence.
Unintended Pregnancy Rates Highest in Africa: a Look at the Complex Reasons
- Inter Press Service
Apr 13 (IPS) - The United Nations Population Fund recently released the 2022 State of World Population report. It highlights that almost half of all pregnancies between 2015 and 2019 were unintended. That amounts to roughly 121 million unintended pregnancies each year.
Eastern Africa: Millions displaced, amid growing hunger, ‘unprecedented needs’
- UN News
Millions of displaced families across eastern Africa will fall deeper into hunger as food rations dwindle due to humanitarian resources being stretched to the limit as the world grapples with a toxic cocktail of conflict, climate shocks, and COVID-19, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.
WHO welcomes initiative to combat noncommunicable diseases, responsible for 7 in 10 deaths worldwide
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, welcomed the setting up of a new Heads of State and Government Group to get the world back on track to reduce premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, cancer, heart and lung disease, by a third – in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - and promote mental health and well-being.
‘Build forward fairer’ report, urges new social contract for Asia and the Pacific
- UN News
The Asia and Pacific region’s economic recovery from COVID and other global shocks, must be anchored in an inclusive “new social contract”, to protect the vulnerable in the years ahead, according to a new Economic and Social Survey of the region, published on Tuesday by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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