News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 74
Afghan Women Speak Out About Life and Resistance Two Years After the Taliban Takeover
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 06 (IPS) - The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021 has devastated millions of Afghanis. But women and girls have been particularly affected by progressively restrictive decrees that have created a virtual system of gender apartheid.
Where is India Heading?
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct 06 (IPS) - Some time ago I watched the Indian blockbuster RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt). It received universal praise for direction, screenwriting, cast performances, soundtrack (which won an Oscar) and thrilling action sequences. RRR is filled with gore; bodies beaten, pierced and torn apart. An overblown combination of Quentin Tarantino and Bollywood, far away from Satyajit Ray’s emotionally moving films, as well as Bollywood’s romantic comedies and mythological dramas. RRR never pauses for breath. The two male protagonists are supermen, not exposing many recognizable human traits, even if they might occasionally sing and talk about love. Hard to understand, since the few women of the story are cut-out clichés.
The Issue Preventing Female Students in Thailand from Flourishing: No, Its Not Just the Poverty Youre Thinking Of
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK & SEOUL, Oct 05 (IPS) - Four acrylic panels stood like soldiers around the perimeter of my body, bolted upright by the men who installed them, light proudly bouncing off the inherent gloss on those walls as I sat on the toilet.
1 in 10 babies worldwide are born preterm, with complications, UN agencies warn
- UN News
An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday.
Wanted: Teachers For Change!
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Oct 04 (IPS) - Once a year, on October 5, we celebrate World Teachers’ Day. Why is it so important to have a closer look on the teaching profession? What is so special about being a teacher nowadays?
Pronatalism on the Rise to Counter Growing Push for Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
ST PAUL, Minnesota, USA, Oct 04 (IPS) - There’s an insidious new tactic emerging for selling right-wing ideology to wider audiences, evident in last month’s Budapest Demographic Summit for “family-friendly thinkers and decision-makers,” the upcoming pro-birth Natal conference in Austin, Texas, and the recent film “Birthgap.”
UNs High-Level Appointments Should be on Gender Rotation, not Geographical Rotation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - The UN’s high-level appointments have mostly been on the basis of “equitable geographical rotation”—with Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean taking turns.
But a proposal for future appointments and for candidates for elective office-– based on gender rotation—is gaining ground against a world body which is mostly male-oriented even at its highest echelons, with nine all-male Secretaries-General (UNSG) and only 4 women out of 78 presidents of the General Assembly.
‘Patience’ and dialogue with Taliban only way forward: Afghanistan mission chief
- UN News
The top UN political official in Afghanistan remains hopeful that Taliban leaders will reverse their stance on women’s rights, urging the international community not to give up on the country.
Nigerian Women Challenge 'Colonialist' Patriarchy
- Inter Press Service
LAGOS, Sep 28 (IPS) - Bukes Saliu wakes up very early every workday to beat the gruesome Lagos traffic to head to a job quite unusual for a woman to engage in Nigeria. She is a forklift operator in one of the busy depots in the coastal city, a task traditionally meant for men in the West African country.
Engagement key to reform of Taliban decrees restricting women’s rights
- UN News
The international community must continue to engage with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan despite deep disagreement with their approach to women’s rights and inclusive governance, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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