Global Issues
News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 67
Multilingual #AfghanGirlsVoices Campaign to Return Millions Back to School
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 18 (IPS) - A Taliban edict is rolling back time in Afghanistan after access to education for all Afghan girls over the age of 12 was indefinitely suspended on September 18, 2021. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are forbidden from attending school beyond the primary level, leaving more than 1.1 million girls and young women without access to formal education.
The Vast Potential of the Human Spirit
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Sep 15 (IPS) - With hope and courage, we must rise to the challenges before us. We must rise to the challenge of a world set afire by climate change, forced displacement, armed conflicts and human rights abuses. We must rise to the challenge of girls being denied their right to an education in Afghanistan. We must rise to the challenge of a global refugee crisis that is disrupting development gains the world over. We must rise to the challenge of brutal and unconscionable wars in places like Sudan and Ukraine that are putting millions of children at risk every day.
The Baloch Girls Remain Stranded at the School Gates
- Inter Press Service
GWADAR, Pakistan, Sep 13 (IPS) - Ten years ago I ran an academy for girls in Dohr Gatti, a small slum on the outskirts of Gwadar, a coastal city in Balochistan, southwestern Pakistan. Most of the girls were between the ages of eleven and fifteen and had the little opportunity to receive a formal education.
Human Trafficking: Women Lured by Promise of Jobs, Sold as Brides
- Inter Press Service
BUDGAM, INDIA, Sep 13 (IPS) - It has been over a decade since 32-year-old Rafiqa (not her real name) was sold to a villager after being lured by the promise that she would be employed in the handicrafts industry of Indian-administered Kashmir.
African Womens Reproductive Rights under Threat: Global Pushback Puts Lives at Risk
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA/LUSAKA/HARARE, Sep 12 (IPS) - Almost 30 years ago in 1994, the world witnessed a historic event as 179 nations convened on African soil, in Cairo, for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
Afghanistan: Human rights ‘in a state of collapse’, warns Türk
- UN News
The “shocking” and “cruel” oppression of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban against the backdrop of a severe humanitarian crisis has put the country’s future in jeopardy, UN rights chief Volker Türk warned on Tuesday.
Gender gap persists on road to the SDGs: UN Women
- UN News
The world is falling worryingly short in terms of closing the gender gap as part of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) warned UN Women on Thursday.
More women police means ‘safer future for everyone’: Guterres
- UN News
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commended law enforcement agencies around the world on Thursday stressing that more women in policing will “build a safer future for everyone.”
A New Center In The Time of The Brave
- Inter Press Service
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sep 06 (IPS) - In the years when Mexico did not have a general law against human trafficking, there existed an evil man known as "El Osito" (“The Little Bear”). His alias could mislead those who heard of his criminal record: he was a ruthless pimp, devoid of any trace of kindness in his body, who claimed to collect kidnapped women to exploit their bodies.
NDB Spotlight: The Lesotho Highlands Water Project Who Benefits?
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sep 05 (IPS) - The Role of the New Development Bank in Monitoring Project Impacts on Communities
The 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa this month has once again put the spotlight on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) as a shining example of multilateralism and the New Development Bank’s (NDB)commitment to financing sustainable development projects within BRICS countries and other developing countries.
During the 2023 BRICS Summit, the New Development Bank and the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) signed a 3.2 billion Rands loan agreement for the implementation of Phase Two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) in Lesotho. This funding complements contributions by other financiers, notably the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA).
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