Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 172
Should Internet Access be Declared a Basic Human Right?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 13 (IPS) - The United Nations defines human rights as “rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status”.
Russias Press Freedom 'Worst Since the Cold War' - Analysts
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Apr 12 (IPS) - The arrest of a US journalist in Russia has not only sent a chilling warning to foreign reporters in the country but is a sign of the Kremlin’s desire to ultimately stifle any dissent in the state, press freedom watchdogs have warned.
Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Womens Clothing
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Apr 10 (IPS) - "I had my shop in Afghanistan but came here after the Taliban's warning against stitching women's clothes. Now, I am working on daily wages in a shop owned by a local tailor master," Noor Wali, 32, told IPS.
Journalists in Balochistan: Keep Quiet or Die
- Inter Press Service
HAMBURG, Germany, Apr 07 (IPS) - Geologists have described the region as the most similar to Mars on Earth. Whether it's violent sandstorms or ice found on its surface, we get more news from the red planet than from Balochistan.
Transforming Education With Equitable Financing
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 06 (IPS) - With schools now reopened around the world, countries are called to take transformative action on education financing to recover and accelerate learning for all children, especially the poorest and most marginalized.
Political Settlement First, Refugee Return Second
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Apr 05 (IPS) - Europe’s current approach to facilitating refugee returns and containing new arrivals from Syria is based on wishful thinking. Europeans have come to terms with the fact that a political settlement for Syria’s 12-year conflict is not on the horizon.
Ending Discrimination Against Women in Family Law is Vital for Economic Progress
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 03 (IPS) - Discriminatory family laws and policies that restrict women’s access to educational opportunities, employment, inheritance, property ownership and equal pay, are making women disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the global economic downturn.
CIVICUS Report Exposes a Civil Society Under Attack
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 31 (IPS) - As conflict and crises escalate to create human emergencies that have displaced over 100 million people worldwide, civil society’s vital role of advocating for victims and monitoring human rights cannot be over-emphasised.
Bahrains Botched Whitewashing Attempt
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 31 (IPS) - The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an organisation whose motto is ‘For democracy. For everyone’, just held its global assembly in a country with a mock parliament and not the slightest semblance of democracy.
The Need for a Strong Legal Treaty on Business & Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Mar 31 (IPS) - The ongoing discussions on an internationally treaty, described as a “legally binding instrument” on business and human rights, remains one of the most neglected issues that should instead command the attention of the public.
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