Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 212
Women Politicians in Peru Face Severe Harassment, Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Apr 25 (IPS) - Women entering the political arena in Peru face multiple obstacles due to gender discrimination that hinders their equal participation, which can even reach the extreme of political harassment and bullying, in an attempt to force them out of the public sphere.
Rising Food Prices: Global Risks & Vulnerabilities
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 25 (IPS) - The breakout of the conflict in Ukraine and the following imposition of heavy Western sanctions on Russia are causing sharp price increases in food and energy commodities —of which both Ukraine and Russia represent key exporters — as well as disruptions to global supply chains, impacting the post-pandemic economic recovery.
Europe Sweeps Away More Refugees, Asylum Seekers - Part II: Hungary, Poland
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Apr 22 (IPS) - Part I of this two-part series focused on the cases of the United Kingdom and Greece. This article will deal with how Hungary has been criminalising organisations that provide humanitarian assistance to migrants, and how Poland 'arbitrarily’ detains thousands of asylum seekers.
Chronicle of a Tragedy Unfolded
- Inter Press Service
PHILADELPHIA, Apr 22 (IPS) - The Karnataka court’s verdict to uphold the hijab ban has intensified the protest in the state. The row has been typically perceived by many as manufactured by the politicians pointing to the culture of politics in the state. While the jury is still out there on this, evidence on how state’s local culture constructs and deconstructs religious identity allows drawing conclusions with some definitiveness. The culture of state’s politics is one side of the coin. Considering its flip side – politics of culture, particularly of the religious cultural identity, is just as relevant.
Private Sector has a Pivotal Role in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Low & Middle Income Nations
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Apr 21 (IPS) - With public debt reaching record highs both in developed and emerging markets-- and with even more financial volatility following the COVID-19 pandemic-- government budgets have been stretched thin. Underfunding in healthcare versus competing priorities has led to heavily burdened systems in emerging markets that are often struggling to keep up with increasing demands.
Europe Sweeps Away More Refugees, Asylum Seekers - Part I: UK, Greece
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Apr 21 (IPS) - In what looks pretty much like an ‘operation clean sweep’ aiming at getting rid of more and more migrants, refugees and asylum seekers by shipping them far away, the process of ‘externalisation’ of millions of victims of wars, poverty, climate crisis and political persecution, is now growing fast
Private Sector has a Pivotal Role in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Low & Middle Income Nations
- Inter Press Service
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Apr 21 (IPS) - With public debt reaching record highs both in developed and emerging markets-- and with even more financial volatility following the COVID-19 pandemic-- government budgets have been stretched thin. Underfunding in healthcare versus competing priorities has led to heavily burdened systems in emerging markets that are often struggling to keep up with increasing demands.
Road to European Dream Paved by Extortion and Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
Cairo, Egypt, Apr 21 (IPS) - Last June, Mit Al Korama's youth gathered in front of one of their homes on a summer evening to tell stories of citizens from the village and neighboring villages who had successfully crossed the Mediterranean to Europe.
Black Women, the Most Oppressed and Exploited in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 20 (IPS) - The Theater of the Oppressed helped her become aware of the triple discrimination suffered by black women in Brazil and the means to confront it, such as the Rio de Janeiro Domestic Workers Union, which she has chaired since 2018.
Migrants and Health Workers Play Complex ‘Game’ on Europe’s Fringes
- Inter Press Service
Bihać, Bosnia, Apr 19 (IPS) - Supported by the European Journalism Centre*Responding to several shouts Viraj emerges from the ruins of his shelter in northwest Bosnia. He is originally from India but is now squatting near Bihać in what remains of a house abandoned since the 1990s Balkans war.
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