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News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 39
The Crucial Connection Between Climate Change and Mental Health
- Inter Press Service
SAINT LUCIA, Sep 25 (IPS) - Climate change is driving a mental health crisis and accelerating eco-anxiety. Dr. Emma Lawrance is leading Climate Cares, Imperial College London, a centre dedicated to research on climate change in mental health. The researcher spoke to IPS about the need to address this growing concern."Young people today are growing up with enormous uncertainty about their future. Climate change is a major driver of that uncertainty, but we weren't talking enough about how the climate crisis impacts mental health," researcher Dr. Emma Lawrance told IPS from her family home in Australia.
Sustainable Peace in Afghanistan Needs Women on the Frontlines
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - Women in Afghanistan have continued to advocate for their rights and have called on the international community to not only stand in solidarity but to take decisive action to prevent the erosion of their rights and presence in public space.
Violence, Displacement, and Hunger Plagues Somalia
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - Somalia is currently in the midst of a dire humanitarian crisis that threatens to destabilize the nation's security. This crisis is a result of the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. Altercations between clan-based operations have caused a host of issues over the years, including over 596 civilian casualties, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). Tensions have greatly intensified in 2024, with levels of internal displacement and food insecurity increasing rapidly.
Afghanistan: No future without women’s participation
- UN News
Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing.
Gang Violence and Mass Displacement Ravage Haiti
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - Amid the ongoing civil unrest in Haiti due to gang violence, levels of internal displacement have soared. Mass internal displacements in Haiti have led to a host of adverse consequences. This includes a disruption of schooling, increased levels of violence and exploitation, and limited access to essential services such as healthcare.
Summit of the Future: On the Need for Civil Society to Make Its Voice Count at the UN
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 20 (IPS) - Sarah Strack is Forus DirectorIn a context of shrinking civic space that threatens civil society participation in an increasing number of countries and all the way to some UN processes, world leaders will gather to discuss the "multilateralism we want" at the Summit of the Future at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Using Education To Stop the Generational Cycle of Violence Against Women in the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Sep 20 (IPS) - Parliamentary representation by women in Pacific Island countries remains stubbornly low at 8.4 percent. Yet women leaders across the region have been meeting every year for the past four decades to discuss goals and drive action to address gender inequality and the most pressing development challenges in the Pacific.
Amid Great Challenges, Hope Reigns As More Children Reached with Education Support
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - Amid unprecedented global challenges and a growing list of countries in crisis, there is an existential threat to decades of development gains—with the global community marked by intensified armed conflict, forced displacements, and the debilitating effects of climate crises.
Afghanistan: UN warns of growing crisis under increasingly authoritarian Taliban rule
- UN News
Concerns for women and the overall state of humanitarian rights in Afghanistan are growing following further legal clampdowns by the Taliban, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.
ECW Delivers Holistic Education Against All Odds, But More Funding Needed
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 17 (IPS) - Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has delivered quality education to children in crisis "against all odds," ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif said at the United Nations today. "And you can imagine the odds. We are seeing more armed conflict, a growth of climate-induced disasters and the biggest refugee movement since World War 2."
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