News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 14
Women’s Leadership at the Heart of Disaster Risk Reduction
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, October 20 (IPS) - Climate and environmental challenges are hitting harder and more often, reshaping people’s lives around the world. While disasters touch everyone, their impacts are not felt equally. The most marginalized, especially women and girls, are too often the first to suffer and the last to recover.
XDR-TB Drug Trial Participants Continue to Celebrate its Success
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, October 20 (IPS) - When Tsholofelo Msimango joined a small trial of a new drug regimen for tuberculosis (TB) treatment a decade ago, she had no idea whether the medicines she was about to be given would help her.
Women still largely excluded from peace processes
- UN News
Around 676 million women lived within 50 kilometres of deadly conflict last year – the highest figure since the 1990s.
Taliban’s New Internet Restrictions Keep Afghanistan Out of the Global Spotlight
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, October 14 (IPS) - At the end of September, the Taliban abruptly severed Wi-Fi and fiber-optic internet in Afghanistan for 48 hours without any explanation. The disruption caused consternation and suffering among millions of Afghans, especially those who depend on the internet for education and online commerce.
UNICEF Calls for Global Support to Protect Displaced and Starving Children in Haiti
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 14 (IPS) - New figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) show that displacement has surged significantly in Haiti, deepening existing security and humanitarian crises in a country where nearly 90 percent of the capital is controlled by armed gangs.
Parliamentarians Seek Solutions for Digital Child Abuse
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO & JOHANNESBURG, October 13 (IPS) - Vulnerable children are being targeted online faster than parliamentarians and law enforcers can act, a conference convened by the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) heard. Yet, with international cooperation and sharing of ideas, lawmakers believe the scourge of online abuse can be addressed.
Deputy UN chief pays tribute to Beijing’s key role in advancing women’s rights
- UN News
UN Deputy-Secretary General Amina Mohammed has acknowledged the Chinese capital’s enduring association with the fight for women’s rights and gender equality, 30 years on from the adoption of the landmark Beijing Declaration, a foundational international treaty.
Breaking the Silence in Tokyo: A Kazakh Filmmaker Confronts the Nuclear Scars Through Her Documentary “Jara”
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, October 10 (IPS) - The screening room at the Toda Peace Memorial Hall in Tokyo fell silent as Kazakh filmmaker and human rights advocate Aigerim Seitenova stepped forward in a black T-shirt and green skirt to introduce her 31-minute documentary, “Jara – Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan.” The screening event was co-organized by the Kazakh Nuclear Frontline Coalition (ASQAQQNFC), the Soka Gakkai Peace Committee, and Peace Boat, with support from Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (JANA).
UN’s Cost-Cutting Mergers Come Under Scrutiny While Search for Locations Worldwide Continues
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 10 (IPS) - Faced with a severe liquidity crisis and a hostile Trump administration, the UN continues to merge some of its multiple agencies, and move them out of New York, relocating to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Perhaps the first two agencies to be merged will be UN Women (created in 2010) and the UN Population Fund (created in 1967), with some staffers moved to Bonn and others to Nairobi.
Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis
- UN News
Adults were in the back seat at UN Headquarters on Friday as girls and young women from across the world took over the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber to speak up for their rights in the face of conflict, climate change, and other challenges.
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