Global Issues
News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 17
Afghan women face near total social, economic and political exclusion
- UN News
In the past decade, the UN has bemoaned the chronically low level of participation by Afghan women and girls in decision-making bodies and in secondary and higher education.
Broadcasting Hope: Women’s Voice Radio Helps Afghan Teen Reclaim Her Future
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Jun 13 (IPS) - Mehrangiz is a sixteen-year-old girl from Badakhshan, a province in the northeastern Afghanistan famed for its rubies, jewels, and a land of love and beauty.
Artificial Intelligence Presents Risks and Opportunities for the Disabled
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - On June 10, the United Nations (UN) held a conference titled Artificial Intelligence for Inclusion: Strengthening Workforce Participation for Persons with Disabilities. This conference, which was organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN, featured a discussion by a panel of experts from various sectors, looking to shed light on the ways AI tools can be used to create inclusive workforces that maximize fairness and accessibility.
Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA
- UN News
The global fertility slump isn’t down to young people turning their backs on parenthood – it’s due to social and economic pressures stopping them from having the children they want, says a new UN report.
UN vs US: the Battle for Transgender Rights
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - As the Trump administration continues its battle against the United Nations-- over war crimes, human rights, and the climate treaty, among others -- they also remain sharply divided over Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex. (LGBTI) rights.
The US has taken several actions, some by Executive Order, related to transgender people, including restricting Access to Gender-Affirming Care, banning Transgender Individuals from Military Service, rescinding Protections for Transgender Students and ending Federal Funding for gender Ideology.
Gaza: Women and girls struggle to manage their periods amid crisis
- UN News
Whether it’s their first time or a routine part of their life, menstruation has become a nightmare for women and girls in Gaza. The conditions they are forced to endure - displacement, overcrowded shelters, and lack of basic hygiene - have turned a natural biological process into a monthly ordeal.
Girls in Kenya Are Repurposing the Invasive Mathenge Tree Into Furniture
- Inter Press Service
KAKUMA, Kenya, Jun 06 (IPS) - Char Tito is hammering nails into wood at Kakuma Arid Zone Secondary School in Turkana County, northern Kenya. The 16-year-old is making a traditional chair under the scorching sun outside one of the classroom blocks.
Portugal: No Longer an Exception to Europe’s Far-right Rise
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jun 05 (IPS) - For decades, Portugal stood as a beacon of democratic stability in an increasingly unsettled Europe. While neighbours grappled with political fragmentation and the rise of far-right movements, Portugal maintained its two-party system, a testament to the enduring legacy of the 1974 Carnation Revolution that peacefully transitioned the country from dictatorship to democracy. It was long believed that Portugal’s extensive pre-revolution experience of repressive right-wing rule had effectively inoculated it against far-right politics, but that assumption is now demonstrable outdated. An era of exceptionalism ended on 18 May, when the far-right Chega party secured 22.8 per cent of the vote and 60 parliamentary seats, becoming the country’s main opposition force.
Kazakhstan’s Path From Tragedy to Tolerance: Interfaith Dialogue, Peace, and Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO / ASTANA, Jun 04 (IPS) - On the windswept steppe west of Astana, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev led a solemn ceremony this week to mark Kazakhstan’s Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repressions and Famine—an annual reflection on one of the nation’s darkest chapters.
Noor Mukadam Got Justice, But Why Does Pakistans Legal System Fail Its Women?
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Jun 04 (IPS) - “It’s brought me some closure,” said Shafaq Zaidi, a school friend of Noor Mukadam, reacting to the Supreme Court’s May 20 verdict upholding both the life sentence and death penalty for Noor’s killer, Zahir Jaffer.
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