Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1235
Keeping the Veil on Women’s Electoral Participation
- Inter Press Service
MORA, Cameroon, Nov 07 (IPS) - Cameroon's new biometric registration of voters may end up disenfranchising many potential voters, especially women in the country's predominantly Muslim north where cultural practices may prevent them from having their photos taken.
Mankind Approaching 'Carbon Cliff', Report Warns
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 07 (IPS) - A new international business report warns fossil fuel use is pushing humanity towards a catastrophic overheating of the planet, with temperature increases of four or even six degrees Celsius. No major developed or developing country is doing anything close to what's needed to prevent large parts of the planet from becoming uninhabitable, the report found.
Netanyahu's 2010 Order Was Not a Move to War on Iran
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 06 (IPS) - A new twist was added to the longrunning media theme of a threat by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go to war with Iran when news stories seemed to suggest Monday that Netanyahu had ordered the Israeli military to prepare for an imminent attack on Iranian nuclear sites in 2010.
U.N. Warns Syria Heading Towards Destruction
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 06 (IPS) - Following its failed efforts to contain the 19-month-old insurrection in battle-torn Syria, the United Nations has issued a new warning: the besieged country is heading towards "destruction".
Sierra Leone - Women Shoot Themselves in the Foot in Elections
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Nov 06 (IPS) - Only 38 women - of a total of 586 candidates - will contest parliamentary seats in Sierra Leone's November elections, and the blame for this can be laid squarely on the shoulders of the current group of female lawmakers, according to Barbara Bangura, the director of the women's organisation Grassroots Empowerment for Self Reliance.
Q&A: Exposing the Good, the Bad and the Lack of Media Freedom
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 04 (IPS) - Pansy Tlakula, the African Union's Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, has done her best to address the continued harassment of journalists in the Gambia.
Q&A: Kenyan Women Set to Take on Men in Elections
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 02 (IPS) - As Kenya gets ready for voter registration this month, ahead of the country's Mar. 4, 2013 polls, women's rights organisations are hoping that the provisions for gender equality in the new constitution will mean significantly increased representation in the government.
Uphill Struggle for Caribbean Financial Services Sector
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Nov 02 (IPS) - In the 1980's, Caribbean countries wanted to shore up their prospects of social and economic development in the coming decades, so they looked to the financial services sector to spur employment and development. They managed to develop a robust industry, particularly in the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.
Pan-American Rights Commission Under Threat
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 01 (IPS) - Representatives of nearly 40 civil society organisations from throughout the Americas gathered here on Wednesday to express concerns with proposed changes to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Q&A: Press Ethics Under the Spotlight in the UK
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 01 (IPS) - Upheaval over a new system of press regulation, which envisages stronger government intervention in the media, is posing a growing threat to Britain's age-old press freedom and to that same freedom worldwide.
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