Global Issues
News headlines for “Women’s Rights”, page 81
Top officials strongly condemn Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN
- UN News
A Taliban edict banning Afghan women from working for the UN mission and agencies inside the country, has been strongly condemned by both the UN chief and his deputy.
Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN
- UN News
Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued an order banning women nationals who are UN staff members from continuing to work, the UN spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Ending Discrimination Against Women in Family Law is Vital for Economic Progress
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 03 (IPS) - Discriminatory family laws and policies that restrict women’s access to educational opportunities, employment, inheritance, property ownership and equal pay, are making women disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the global economic downturn.
CIVICUS Report Exposes a Civil Society Under Attack
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 31 (IPS) - As conflict and crises escalate to create human emergencies that have displaced over 100 million people worldwide, civil society’s vital role of advocating for victims and monitoring human rights cannot be over-emphasised.
Women in peacekeeping: UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment
- UN News
The UN’s Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) launched a fresh call for funding proposals on Thursday, aimed at improving opportunities for uniformed women to serve in peacekeeping operations, and better serve vulnerable communities worldwide.
Civil Society a Vital Force for Change Against the Odds
- Inter Press Service
LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Mar 29 (IPS) - Brave protests against women’s second-class status in Iran; the mass defence of economic rights in the face of a unilateral presidential decision in France; huge mobilisations to resist government plans to weaken the courts in Israel: all these have shown the willingness of people to take public action to stand up for human rights.
Uganda: UN Experts Condemn Egregious anti-LGBT Legislation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (IPS) - A group of UN experts* on human rights has blasted the Government of Uganda for making homosexuality punishable by death.
“It is an egregious violation of human rights, the experts said, urging Uganda’s president not to promulgate laws that take aim at and further criminalise people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), and those who support and defend their human rights.
First Person: The Indonesian power ranger
- UN News
Conservation jobs are scarce in the leafy village of Toraut, Indonesia, so when 27-year-old Fadlun Arrayan Bonde returned from university, she answered a call for women to help to patrol the neighbouring national park. She ended up forging a dynamic new career path to protect nature while transforming her community.
Pressure from the Taliban has Contributed to Rise in Underage Marriages in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
Mar 24 (IPS) - The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons.Afghan girls have been denied the right to attend school and university since the Taliban took power in August 2021. But as if this was not tragic enough, many girls have also been forced to marry too early in life.
Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Mar 24 (IPS) - An open hearing in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Beatriz v. El Salvador case is raising hopes that this country and other Latin American nations might overturn or at least mitigate the severe laws that criminalize abortion.
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