Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 315
The Role of Law Schools in Shaping Global Gender Justice
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 14 (IPS) - Rangita de Silva de Alwis is Associate Dean of International Affairs, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Advisor, UN Sustainable Development Goals FundMarch 8th, 2018, International Women's Day, saw an extraordinary global mobilization for gender equality. In the last year, global movements for gender equality-- from marches to powerful grassroots organizing and viral social media campaigns, such as #MeToo and #TimesUp in the United States and other countries-- have galvanized the world's attention like never before.
Why We Need Machines to Learn to Avoid Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 13 (IPS) - The opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) can unlock for our world - from discovering cures to diseases that kill millions each year to significantly reducing carbon emissions - are growing at a shocking pace.
How Can the Large-Scale Poaching in the South Atlantic Be Stopped?
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 13 (IPS) - The capture of a Spanish vessel illegally fishing in the so-called Argentine Sea made headlines, once again, although it is not news that hundreds of boats regularly pillage the South Atlantic, taking advantage of the lack of regulations and controls.
The United Nations Strongly Supports Kenya’s Push to Achieve Universal Health Care
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 12 (IPS) - Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya.Mr. Maina Kiai's account (Nation, 24 February) of the exciting dialogue hosted at Stanford University, USA does not present a true account of what transpired at that meeting.
We Must Talk to Each Other to Solve Gender Inequality
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Mar 12 (IPS) - Monique Barbut is Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat DesertificationThe international community agreed on the global Goal of achieving gender equality and women's empowerment by 2030. But we can't reach it – not even by 2050 – until we talk to each other, rather than past each other. If we are serious about empowering women and girls, we have to bridge the huge chasm that exists between the advocates of gender equality, on the one hand, and advocates of other Goals, on the other.
Biodiversity and Land Degradation: New Expert Insights
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar 12 (IPS) - Emma Archer Van Garderen, Co-chair of the IPBES Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Africa, is Chief Researcher in natural resources and the environment at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa. A geographer by training, her research-focus is on drylands.This month, five landmark expert assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will be considered by Governments for final approval in Medellín, Colombia.
Greening India for a Sustainable Tomorrow
- Inter Press Service
SEOUL, Mar 12 (IPS) - Dr. Frank Rijsberman is Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)Actions taken today in the pursuit of environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive growth path in India stand to benefit more than 17 percent of the world's population. A sustainable future for India carries an impact for the subcontinent and the entire world.
Trump’s Trade War in Perspective
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY & KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 12 (IPS) - US President Donald Trump's recent announcement of steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports seems to have shocked US allies, even though these were among his 2016 election promises. The European Union (EU), Australia and Canada reacted sharply, in contrast to the more restrained response from China, the main target of earlier actions.
Helping Women, Period
- Inter Press Service
Legal Africa-Asia Wildlife Trade Gets a Look in
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, UK, Mar 08 (IPS) - Willow Outhwaite is Senior Programme Officer with TRAFFIC, the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network* In recent years, the focus on wildlife trade between Africa and Asia has been almost exclusively on poaching of iconic mammals and the smuggling of their parts.
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