Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 352
New Maternity Legislation in Cuba Ignores Fathers
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Mar 06 (IPS) - A new set of regulations to strengthen the maternity rights of working women and encourage people to have children in Cuba were seen as a positive step but not enough, because they do not include measures to encourage more active participation in child-rearing by men.
New land rights are changing women’s world of work
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Mar 06 (IPS) - International Women's Day this year focuses on economic empowerment in the changing world of work. The vision is to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women and girls by 2030. Girls' aged three will become adults with a legal right to work in 2030. Together, with those aged up to 10, these girls are the prime target for gender equality by 2030.
Time to Close the Gender Gap in Africa with Bold Actions
- Inter Press Service
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Mar 06 (IPS) - International Women's Day (IWD) is an important opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women and to be bold in promoting gender parity.
Breaking Barriers for Women Is a Short Cut to Economic Growth and Development
- Inter Press Service
The Hague, Mar 06 (IPS) - In South Asian societies, as elsewhere, it all too common for women to be held back, time and again Women's potential remains largely untapped - which is not only morally wrong, but also economically unwise. According to recent projections, harnessing women's full potential throughout South Asia would increase GNP by more than half by 2025. In absolute terms, women could earn countries in South Asia an additional 400 billion dollars in the next ten years! clearly, women hold the key to economic success for South Asia: their empowerment can fuel further development. The Netherlands has invested substantially in the economic empowerment of women in this region. Our successes, achieved in collaboration with many stakeholders, show what can be achieved if we keep up these efforts.
Guyana’s New Oil Fields Both Blessing and Curse
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Mar 03 (IPS) - The recent discovery of large volumes of oil offshore of Guyana could prove to be a major headache for the country, as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and other Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) members press for keeping global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels as provided for in the historic Paris Climate Agreement.
"Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50:50 by 2030."
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (IPS) - Yayi Bayam Diouf became the first woman to fish in her small rural fishing village in Senegal despite initially being told by the men in her community that the fish wouldn't take bait from a menstruating woman. When she started practicing law, Ann Green, CEO of ANZ Lao, was asked to make coffee or pick up dry cleaning (by men and women), simply because she was a young woman. The difficulties faced by Yayi and Ann in entering the labour force and at the workplace are not only unique to them, but sadly is the reality for many women across the globe.
OP-ED: The Labour Market Is the Key to Equality for Women in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Mar 03 (IPS) - Latin America and the Caribbean is the only region in the world where, for the past four decades, states have continuously met to discuss and commit themselves politically to eradicating discrimination and gender inequality and moving towards guaranteeing women the full exercise of their autonomy and human rights.
Half a Century of Struggle Against Underdevelopment
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 03 (IPS) - The idea of creating Inter Press Service (IPS) arose in the early 1960s in response to awareness that a vacuum existed in the world of journalism, which had two basic aspects.
Seven Scaring Facts About Widening Gender Gap
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 03 (IPS) - Women across the globe are facing new threats, which risk dismantling decades of hard-won rights and derailing the effort to end extreme poverty, an international confederation of civil society organisations has revealed ahead of International Women's Day pm March 8.
Women's Rights Activists: “Nevertheless, We Persist”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 02 (IPS) - Human rights groups have expressed concern for the future of global negotiations on women's rights in a climate of restrictive policies ahead of an upcoming annual UN meeting on the status of women.
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