Global IssuesNews headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 167
An Untold Economic Success Story in Syria
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Jordan, May 18 (IPS) - Hidden almost literally under the rubble of the civil war in Syria is an economic success story that is rarely told. Hanan Odah is a thirty-year-old Palestine refugee living in Jaramana refugee camp in Damascus. She supports her multiply displaced family of three from a thriving micro-enterprise venture. Her husband was killed in the conflict, but she refused to submit to despair and dependency on her parents.
Sexual Violence as a “Threat to Security and Durable Peace”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (IPS) - Sexual violence is increasingly used as a tactic of terrorism and thus must be addressed as a peace and security issue, officials said at a United Nations Security Council meeting.
Indonesia's Trial and Verdict by Omission
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, May 12 (IPS) - Remove one word in the narrative. You hit your target with a two-year jail sentence.
Gender Equality Can Save Women’s Lives in Disasters - We must not miss the opportunity to set this right
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - Later this month, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) will take place in Mexico. This meeting provides an important opportunity to reboot global progress on embedding gender equality in disaster risk management and redress deadly exclusion.
Concerns Arise Over Freed Nigerian Abductees, Thousands Still Missing
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 10 (IPS) - Following the release of over 80 missing schoolgirls, human rights groups have expressed concerns about their rights and future.
African Migrants Bought and Sold Openly in ‘Slave Markets’ in Libya
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 09 (IPS) - Hundreds of migrants along North African migration routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets' in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations migration agency, which warned that these reports "can be added to a long list of outrages" in the country. The International Criminal Court is now considering investigating.
Equal Rights in Education: The Case of Bahrain, Colombia, Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
ROME/GENEVA, May 09 (IPS) - The role of education in enhancing equality of citizenship rights and diversity within communities affected by inter-communal civil strife will be top on the agenda of a meeting in Geneva on May 12.
Time to Find 'Magic Formula' to Stop Hatreds - Baku Forum
- Inter Press Service
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 08 (IPS) - It is time to find that "magic formula" that will encourage people to stop conflicts, the rise of violent extremism and hatreds, and live together in peace, urged a United Nations senior official at the end of a UN-backed conference on intercultural dialogue in Baku, Azerbaijan.
How to Counter Violent Extremism, Youth Radicalisation - Baku Forum
- Inter Press Service
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 05 (IPS) - The integration of migrants in cities, countering the rise of violent extremism, as well as youth radicalisation on the Internet have been some of the key issues discussed at a United Nations forum in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Mob Killing Sparks Fresh Outrage Over Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, May 05 (IPS) - Aimal Khan, 27, an airman in Pakistan's Air Force, warns the country will end up in the throes of mayhem if the state does not do something about the abuse of the blasphemy laws. "People will use it to settle personal scores," he said.
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