News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 168
Discriminatory Laws Still Holding Women Back in the Middle East
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 14 (IPS) - Decades of aggressive efforts to create equal opportunities for women, shatter the glass ceiling and build a more inclusive society only ends up in failure, when the key stake holders refuse to acknowledge discriminatory laws, socio-cultural and religious set ups that continue to threaten progress made by the female work force.
R & D Expenditure: How to Raise It and Why
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, Dec 14 (IPS) - Economic growth is the time-tested method of raising living standards and, if not accompanied by large increases in inequality, lowering poverty. Since World War II, economic growth has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, including in South Asia.
Africa Readying for Free Trade, Come January 2021
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 14 (IPS) - One day in February 2020, Accra-based coffee and cocoa trader Meron Dagnew visited the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to introduce herself, even before the Secretariat was fully operational.
The First Global Event in the History of Humankind
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 11 (IPS) - The current pandemic is probably the first global event in the history of the human race. By ‘global’ I mean it has affected almost everybody, regardless of country of residence or social class.
Womens Bodies, COVID-19 and Male Chauvinism
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Dec 11 (IPS) - COVID-19 has in some nations been converted into a noxious, political issue. One of many worrying examples is the rhetoric of Brazil´s president.
Celebrating Vanuatus Path to Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 10 (IPS) - The Pacific Island Developing State of Vanuatu has emerged as one of the region’s great success stories. Vanuatu has joined the ranks of Samoa and the Maldives as one of only six countries to graduate from being a least developed country, since the category was introduced by the United Nations in 1971.
If Your Civic Space is Closed, your Human Rights Dissolve
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Dec 10 (IPS) - On Human Rights Day, civil society calls for the protection of civic space as a fundamental freedom, as more than 80% of the world’s population live in countries where civic space is closed, repressed or obstructed.
Human Rights Must Be at the Heart of the COVID-19 Recovery
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 09 (IPS) - On 10 December every year, we celebrate Human Rights Day, marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration guarantees a spectrum of human rights that belong to each of us equally, and unite us as a global community and upholds our humanity.
Education Is a Fundamental Human Right and the Priority of the 21st Century
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 09 (IPS) - Education is not a privilege. It is a fundamental human right. Yet, education is undervalued even at the best of times. We often fail to connect the dots between the right to education and the realization of all human rights. As noted by the Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen, we have failed to give ‘this massive potential in transforming human lives’ the attention it deserves.
Drop in Remittances - a Financial Lifeline for 800 Million People - Could Impact Financial Stability of Numerous Countries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 09 (IPS) - The International Organisation for Migration and World Food Programme’s first joint publication says restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 have limited human mobility and left 33 million remittance-dependent people facing hunger.
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