Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 192
What Does it take to Build a Culture of Equality & Inclusion at the UN? Reflections from Inside a Change Process
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 28 (IPS) - The organisational is personal. Every day since the two of us were asked back in 2020 to co-lead the process of culture transformation at UNAIDS, the United Nations organisation which drives global efforts to end AIDS, we have both felt at our very core how crucial it has been to get it right.
A New Political Reality in Myanmar: A People No Longer Willing to Accept Military Rule
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 (IPS) - The political, human rights and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar continues to take a catastrophic toll on the people, with serious regional implications.
War, Greed and Mass Manipulation
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Oct 26 (IPS) - In his treatise On War, the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) stated that war is “merely a continuation of policy with other means”. With his experience from the Napoleonic Wars von Clausewitz knew that totalitarian regimes could end up conducting huge and ruthless military campaigns. Furthermore, he assumed that to win a war it is necessary to mobilize and indoctrinate the inhabitants of an entire nation. Such an endeavour is called total war, a term that actually can be applied to Putin’s war in Ukraine.
Swat Women Wont Be 'Duped' by Militants This Time
- Inter Press Service
Karachi, Oct 26 (IPS) - The rise in militancy in Swat still haunts many locals with flashbacks of what they went through 15 years ago.
Iranian Women Fight in the Streets, But Also from Home
- Inter Press Service
COPENHAGEN, Oct 25 (IPS) - It’s been over a month since Bayan, a 30-year-old Persian language teacher, last left her home in the Kurdish city of Piranshahr, 730 northwest of Tehran. Her parents believe they must protect her from what might happen to a protester in Iran.
U.S. Political Divides on Demographic Issues
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Oct 24 (IPS) - Given the upcoming midterm elections in the United States and the consequences of the outcome for domestic legislation and programs as well as the country’s foreign policy, it’s useful and fitting to review fundamental differences between America’s two major political parties on vital demographic issues.
Public Development Banks Cant Drag Their Feet When It Comes to Building a Sustainable Future
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, Oct 21 (IPS) - A coalition of civil society organisations is demanding public development banks (PDBs) to take radical and innovative steps to tackle human rights violations and environmental destruction. No project funded by PDBs should come at the expenses of vulnerable groups, the environment and collective liberties, but should instead embody the voices of communities, democratic values and environmental justice.
Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States to Repeal Death Penalty for Blasphemy
- Inter Press Service
LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) - Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) still sanction the death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, silencing their citizens and emboldening violence by non-state actors.
Saving Lives Cant Ever Be Divisive
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 20 (IPS) - That’s why a new ship with a big white “E” will navigate the Mediterranean Sea. The vessel has a red hull, is more than fifty meters long and has low decks. Soon, it will leave the port of Genoa and go out into the open sea. If those living on the north shore of that ‘water cemetery’ bearing the name of Mediterranean had chosen life, the "Life Support" would not have been greeted by the applause of a people packed square, on a late summer night, in the Italian city of Reggio Emilia. It would not be ready to sail now; . if they had chosen life, that ship would have another job.
The US-Saudi Alliance Will Stand the Test of Time
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (IPS) - The recent conflict between the United States and Saudi Arabia over Riyadh’s decision to cut its oil production by 2 million barrels a day should be addressed in the context of their long and extensive relationship.
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