Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 150
To End Child Marriage in Southern & East Africa, Governments Need to Strengthen Laws & Implementation
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct 10 (IPS) - Almost one third (32%) of women aged 20 to 24 in Eastern and Southern Africa - around 50 million – were married before 18 years old. To address this pervasive problem, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum has adopted the SADC Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage, a legal framework providing a comprehensive, integrated approach to ending child marriage and protecting children already married.
Ecuadorians Vote to Preserve Yasuní National Park, but Implementation Is the Problem
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Oct 09 (IPS) - The decision reached by Ecuadorians to put an end to oil production in Yasuní National Park, in a popular referendum in August, was a triumph for civil society and a global milestone in environmental democracy. But when it comes to implementation, the result is less promising.
Religious Leaders Can Help Bring about World Peace
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 06 (IPS) - It is not a secret that the world is witnessing rising international tensions and erosion of the global order that has been in place since the establishment of the United Nations. Divisive blocs, which have not been seen since the Cold War, are making a swift return. As a result, our planet is facing severe threats, including a new global arms race, the threat of the use of nuclear weapons, and the proliferation of wars in all formats, including hot, hybrid, cyber, and trade.
Afghan Women Speak Out About Life and Resistance Two Years After the Taliban Takeover
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 06 (IPS) - The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021 has devastated millions of Afghanis. But women and girls have been particularly affected by progressively restrictive decrees that have created a virtual system of gender apartheid.
Young People Shape Sustainable Development in Timor-Leste
- Inter Press Service
DILI, Timor-Leste, Oct 06 (IPS) - In 2002, a group of young people in Timor-Leste were asked to look ahead into the future and write down on a postcard what they hoped their country could achieve by the year 2020.
Our Teachers, Our Heroes
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 05 (IPS) - We are in a race to deliver on our global promise of education for all by 2030 – especially for the 224 million girls and boys impacted by armed conflict, climate change, forced displacement and other protracted crises who so urgently need our support. At the frontlines of this movement are the inspiring, caring, brilliant teachers who work tirelessly to educate future generations.
The Issue Preventing Female Students in Thailand from Flourishing: No, Its Not Just the Poverty Youre Thinking Of
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK & SEOUL, Oct 05 (IPS) - Four acrylic panels stood like soldiers around the perimeter of my body, bolted upright by the men who installed them, light proudly bouncing off the inherent gloss on those walls as I sat on the toilet.
In Brazil, Indigenous Leaders and Youth Activists Fight To Protect Amazon
- Inter Press Service
BRASÃLIA, Oct 05 (IPS) - Raffaello Nava, a youth and student activist, has fled his home at the peak of the global Coronavirus pandemic after receiving death threats from multinational companies that invaded his ancestral lands in the Amazon rainforest.
America's Record-Breaking Immigration
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Oct 04 (IPS) - America’s immigration has reached record-breaking levels having weighty consequences domestically and internationally.
Pronatalism on the Rise to Counter Growing Push for Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
ST PAUL, Minnesota, USA, Oct 04 (IPS) - There’s an insidious new tactic emerging for selling right-wing ideology to wider audiences, evident in last month’s Budapest Demographic Summit for “family-friendly thinkers and decision-makers,” the upcoming pro-birth Natal conference in Austin, Texas, and the recent film “Birthgap.”
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