Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 213
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.
The Arrogance of Ignorance: War in Ukraine, Religion and Abiding Ethnocentrism
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 19 (IPS) - “The war in Ukraine is a European …and a Christian… matter... It does not require the involvement of a colourful array of religions or people”. These words were uttered and affirmed by some European Protestant men, working in interfaith circles in Europe. The ‘colourful’ encompassed other than European, mostly Christian - and likely mostly male.
High Cost of Debt is Crippling Developing Nations: How can we Bridge the Finance Divide?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) - As the world is rocked by a confluence of crises, the global economic outlook for 2022 is becoming ever more uncertain and fragile. Prospects for sustainable development for all and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 are bleak, particularly for developing countries.
Stop the War: Act for Justice, Climate & Peace
- Inter Press Service
LONDON / JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 (IPS) - Russia’s war in Ukraine has left many communities facing catastrophe. In a world already wracked by multiple crises such as searing inequality and escalating climate change, this conflict is tearing through communities.
War in Ukraine & Rise in Arms Spending Undermine Development Aid to the World's Poor
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) - The unprecedented flow of arms to Ukraine, and the rising miliary spending by European nations to strengthen their defenses, are threatening to undermine development aid to the world’s poorer nations.
Global Impact of Ukraine War on Food, Energy & Finance Systems
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - Now, since the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, the world’s attention has been focused on the war’s terrifying levels of death, destruction and suffering.
Kenya's Ticking Bomb as Unemployed Youth Lured into Traffickers' Dens
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Apr 13 (IPS) - Ahmed Bakari’s ill-fated journey to ‘greener pastures’ started with a social media private message from a stranger back in 2017. The message said an international NGO was recruiting teachers and translators to work in Somalia.
US TV Networks Covered the War in Ukraine more than the US Invasion of Iraq
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 12 (IPS) - The evening news programs of the three dominant U.S. television networks devoted more coverage to the war in Ukraine last month than in any other month during all wars, including those in which the U.S. military was directly engaged, since the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq, according to the authoritative Tyndall Report. The only exception was the last war in which U.S. forces participated in Europe, the 1999 Kosovo campaign.
Why Africa is Divided Over the Russia-Ukraine War?
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 12 (IPS) - While the West has closed its ranks in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the response in Africa has hardly been uniform.
Following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, various constituencies within the international community have reacted with a mixture of shock, anger, and trepidation as they ponder the invasion’s implications for international security.
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