News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 195
On World Environment Day -- Pakistan showcases ecosystem restoration
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Jun 04 (IPS) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has been making sure that all foreign dignitaries visiting the country get their hands dirty. With a shovel and a watering can, they are invited to plant a tree for one of the largest reforestation initiatives in the world — the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme or TBTTP.
Indian Muslim minority targeted during COVID-19 pandemic
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 03 (IPS) - A Muslim call centre operator at a COVID-19 ‘war room’, who once saw himself a COVID-warrior, is now unemployed after being falsely branded by a top politician as a key member of a bed-for-bribe scam. He is a victim of the rise in Islamophobia in India as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic – with scant evidence of condemnation from the authorities, say activists.
COVID crisis to push global unemployment over 200 million mark in 2022
- UN News
The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with women and youth workers worst-hit, UN labour experts said on Wednesday.
Amidst COVID surge, Asia-Pacific region needs ‘immediate and stronger support’
- UN News
With the coronavirus still raging in many parts of the world, the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of vaccine shortages, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and urged “immediate and stronger support” for the global COVAX initiative for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, “including for refugees and asylum-seekers”.
Why Investing in Women Is Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 01 (IPS) - Last year, the Asia-Pacific region recorded its worst economic performance in decades. With the pandemic far from over, the region’s recovery is slow, fragile and highly uneven both across and within countries. As the region struggles to recover, how can countries rebuild their economies and revive their development?
Pandemic Relief Policies Need More Resources, Better Design
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 01 (IPS) - Pandemic relief measures in developing countries have been limited by modest resources, fear of financial market discipline and policy mimicry. COVID-19 has triggered not only an international public health emergency, but also a global economic crisis, setting back decades of uneven progress, especially in developing countries.
Is Sharing More than Water the Key to Transboundary Governance in the Meghna River Basin?
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, May 31 (IPS) - Kajol Miah is a rice farmer from the Bangladesh side of the Meghna River Basin. And in towns on the Indian side of the river basin, Bangladeshi rice is in great demand.
Latin Americas Challenge of Financing Energy Recovery
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, May 31 (IPS) - Hit by the pandemic's socioeconomic and health impacts, Latin America is facing the challenge of financing an economic recovery based on a sustainable energy sector and a transition to clean sources of energy.
First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
- UN News
When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced to live with her abuser, who continued to attack her. Now, a UN-backed initiative is giving her, and others in similar situations, a chance to become financially independent, and start new lives.
Use Africa’s rich heritage as ‘catalyst’ for transformation, urges Guterres
- UN News
A call to use Africa’s rich cultural and natural heritage as a catalyst for growth and transformation is “the right appeal at the right time”, the UN chief told a three-day forum on the continent’s future held online on Wednesday.
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