Global Issues News Headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?” https://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/718 2024-03-29T06:54:52-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service UN News https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png https://static.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpghttps://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36339The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban2024-03-27T07:48:46-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Nimco-Ali_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) - Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) showed that while some success is taking place, the pace of progress remains slow - lagging behind population growth, especially in places where FGM is most common.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/27/36339">Read the full story, “The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/25/36318Defending Human Rights is Increasingly Dangerous: US Congress & Companies Must Act2024-03-25T05:14:12-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Desmond-D’Sa_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>WASHINGTON DC, Mar 25 (IPS) - Human rights defenders are under fire. At a time when the climate crisis is deepening and threats to democracy are on the rise, activists working to protect people and the environment are facing deadly threats. <a href="https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/resource-publication/global-analysis-2022" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Front Line Defenders</a> documented more than 400 murders of defenders in 2022—the highest number ever recorded.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/25/36318">Read the full story, “Defending Human Rights is Increasingly Dangerous: US Congress & Companies Must Act”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/21/36292Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World in the Context of Zimbabwe?2024-03-21T07:07:53-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Reimagining-Cooperation_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>HARARE, Zimbabwe, Mar 21 (IPS) - This year’s UNDP Global Human Development Report (HDR) marks a dramatic shift away from the cautious optimism espoused in the HDR just four years ago: despite reaching a new high, the Global Human Development Index now evolves meaningfully below the 2019 trend – threatening to make global development losses permanent.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/21/36292">Read the full story, “Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World in the Context of Zimbabwe?”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/21/36287Fueling Future: Dabaa Nuclear Project Offers Light in Egypt's Economic Gloom2024-03-21T06:51:18-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/9071-1504x1000-629x418.jpeg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>CAIRO, Mar 21 (IPS) - Egypt’s economy continues to face significant challenges, but amidst these, the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant project emerges as a beacon of hope.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/21/36287">Read the full story, “Fueling Future: Dabaa Nuclear Project Offers Light in Egypt's Economic Gloom”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/21/36289Women’s Land Rights in Farming Need Further Recognition2024-03-21T06:47:22-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/CSW68-IFAD-event-photograh-629x296.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 (IPS) - In the developing world, land rights for women remain tenuous in the agricultural sector. But if women farmers are recognized as landowners in their own right, it can lead to greater economic empowerment and be a positive step towards eradicating poverty.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/21/36289">Read the full story, “Women’s Land Rights in Farming Need Further Recognition”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/20/36278Managing Transboundary Aquifers for Peace2024-03-20T15:27:06-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/4932114522_2a3de9486b_b1.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar 20 (IPS) - Like surface waters, groundwater resources frequently cross international boundaries, potentially igniting disputes among nations that rely on this essential resource. Disagreements over shared groundwater can arise from various issues, such as inequitable resource distribution, competing water needs and economic dependencies, governance challenges, and the varying effects of climate change on water availability.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/20/36278">Read the full story, “Managing Transboundary Aquifers for Peace”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/19/36264How A Program in Ghana to Create Green Jobs Can Be a Lesson for US Mayors & Across the Globe2024-03-19T09:21:19-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/Accra-Metropolitan-Assembly_.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>ACCRA / NEW YORK, Mar 19 (IPS) - For the past eight years, Chiso has collected waste as part of Accra’s informal waste management sector. Since arriving in Ghana from Nigeria, he has earned enough to allow him and his family to survive, but saving money has been nearly impossible.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/19/36264">Read the full story, “How A Program in Ghana to Create Green Jobs Can Be a Lesson for US Mayors & Across the Globe”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/15/36244Africans Can Solve the Disease that Haunts Us — Here’s How2024-03-15T13:46:03-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/mdrtb-629x420-629x420.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>BOSTON, US, Mar 15 (IPS) - I was born in Brakpan, Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in eSwatini (known then as Swaziland). 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Other worries in these countries and others in the region include unwanted pregnancies, low income and food safety. The diseases that are dreaded the most are cancer and diabetes. Feared infectious diseases include HIV-AIDS, COVID and cholera.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/15/36244">Read the full story, “Africans Can Solve the Disease that Haunts Us — Here’s How”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/15/36242Beekeeping Offers Opportunity to Zimbabwean Farming Communities2024-03-15T08:52:58-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/A-beekeeper-holding-a-honeycomp-in-Chimanimani-Zimbabwe-on-January-30.-IPS_Farai-Shawn-Matiashe.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe, Mar 15 (IPS) - Honeybees quickly react with a sharp and loud buzz sound as beekeeper Tanyaradzwa Kanangira opens one of the wooden horizontal Kenyan top bar hives near a stream in a thick forest in Chimanimani, 412 kilometres from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/15/36242">Read the full story, “Beekeeping Offers Opportunity to Zimbabwean Farming Communities”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/12/36215Pollution a Threat To Our Groundwater Resources2024-03-12T17:37:53-07:00<p><img src="https://static.globalissues.org/ips/2024/03/groundwater-629x419.jpg" width="640" alt="" /></p><p>PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar 12 (IPS) - Groundwater pollution significantly affects the prevalence of waterborne diseases. This form of pollution occurs when hazardous substances, such as pathogens, chemicals, and heavy metals, seep into underground aquifers, the primary source of drinking water for approximately 70% of the 250 million people living in the SADC region.</p><p><a href="https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/03/12/36215">Read the full story, “Pollution a Threat To Our Groundwater Resources”, on globalissues.org</a> →</p>