News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 53
Left with Few Options: Afghan Women Turn to Risky Online Jobs Amid Taliban Ban
- Inter Press Service
Jul 30 (IPS) - The Taliban's total ban on women’s employment in Afghanistan leaves few options for earning a living. Nevertheless, Afghan women are carving out niches in online business with sheer determination and perseverance.
Parliamentarians: Active Aging Enhanced By Using Artificial Intelligence
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 29 (IPS) - With projections that by 2060, over 1.2 billion people in Asia will be 65 or older, and by adopting technology, including artificial intelligence technologies, it is possible to plan for active and fulfilled aging, lawmakers attending a regional meeting on Aging Preparedness and Care Economy in Asia heard.
Zimbabwe Needs Awareness, Advanced Tech to Beat Cancer
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jul 29 (IPS) - Earlier this year, then 46-year-old Lydia Musundiwa, based in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, was diagnosed with colon cancer, which, already at an advanced stage, killed her in less than two months.
Millions of young women suffer at the hands of their intimate partners: WHO
- UN News
Nearly a quarter of all adolescent girls who have been in a relationship – close to 19 million – will have experienced intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new analysis on Monday.
How African Governments Can Lead the Way on Ending Child Marriage
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 24 (IPS) - Thandi*, a 14-year-old girl from Malawi, is both a child and a mother. After she and her siblings were orphaned, they were left in the care of their grandmother, who struggled to provide for them.
BRAZIL: ‘The Law Should Protect Women and Girls, Not Criminalise Them’
- Inter Press Service
Jul 18 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses abortion rights in Brazil with Guacira Oliveira, director of the Feminist Centre for Studies and Advice (CFEMEA). CFEMEA is an anti-racist feminist organisation that defends women’s rights, collective care and self-care and monitors developments in Brazil’s National Congress.
Silenced: Women's Many Layered Struggles for Climate Justice in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Jul 18 (IPS) - Silenced and sidelined, women politicians in Nepal fight for their voices to be heard, especially as they represent a population most impacted by climate change.
Can Scientific Freedom Deliver Development for Africa?
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jul 18 (IPS) - Scientific research has led to social and economic gains worldwide, but the scientists who make it happen face significant challenges.
No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza
- UN News
Wars are never gender neutral and Gaza is further evidence of this as some one million women and girls bear “the worst brunt” of nine months of conflict, the UN Women Special Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Thursday.
World News In Brief: Bangladesh student protests, Yemen’s maternal deaths, Mandela Day, honouring LGBT rights at EuroGames 2024
- UN News
The UN chief urged the Government of Bangladesh on Thursday to create an environment that allows proper dialogue with student protesters following weeks of demonstrations in the South Asian country.
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