Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 214
Connecting the Dots for the Transforming Education Summit
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 11 (IPS) - Look around the world at this very moment. Whether we look at it in stark numbers and statistics, whether we look at it as a generational loss of basic human rights, including the right to an education, or whether we look inwardly and feel the unspeakable human suffering and devastation taking place, we all agree: we are at a historically low point in our collective humanity.
Twilight for the 1951 Refugee Convention
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Apr 11 (IPS) - Twilight for the 1951 Refugee Convention is becoming a 21st century reality for an increasing number of countries worldwide.
How Putin Underestimated Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
ODESA, Ukraine, Apr 11 (IPS) - In the eyes of the Kremlin leadership, the basic precondition of the successful war against Ukraine has been the perceived power of the Russian Armed Forces and possible superiority over the Ukrainian forces.
How a Massive Climate Project Can Help Win Peace for Ukraine - And Help African Job + Food Crises
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana, Apr 07 (IPS) - How would the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu have reacted to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine? Differently than you might think.
The invasion of Ukraine is a mass human tragedy. It is killing Ukrainians, exposing families to violent atrocities, and has driven a refugee crisis of over 4 million people and counting. The war in Ukraine has also reawakened our fear of global war - even nuclear war - and the importance we place on global peace.
Chinas Entry into the Muslim World
- Inter Press Service
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Apr 07 (IPS) - The retrenchment of American power in the Middle East and the larger Muslim world, coupled with the war in Ukraine, has provided a geopolitical breather for China. Beijing is effectively deploying this to make strategic inroads into the region, given this vacuum and focus on Europe.
US Migration Policy Is Enriching Cartels at the Busiest, and Most Dangerous, Part of the US-Mexico Border
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Apr 05 (IPS) - “The migrants try to organize themselves to stay safe,” a humanitarian worker told me as we stood near a town square in Reynosa, Mexico, steps away from the U.S. border. More than 2,000 people from many countries, blocked from asking for asylum in the United States, were packed into this square block, living under tents and tarps, amid port-a-potties and cooking fires. Children were everywhere.
Indian Agriculture Towards 2030
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 04 (IPS) - India began its journey as an independent nation in 1947 with fresh memory of the Bengal Famine of 1943 which claimed 1.5 to 3 million lives. Against this backdrop, the First Five Year Plan (1951-56) prioritized agriculture which, however, shifted to heavily industrialization in the second Plan.
Youth Icon's Fight for Rights Among India's Destitute
- Inter Press Service
Lucknow, India, Apr 04 (IPS) - Pooja Shukla, 25, a socialist candidate, has lost her maiden elections to the provincial parliament in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. But Shukla is no loser.
In Sri Lanka, Rajapaksas on the Ropes
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Apr 04 (IPS) - With the economy in freefall and basics such as food and fuel in dangerously short supply, there is mounting public anger against a failing and desperate government in Sri Lanka.
Can Legal Action Alone Put an End to Child Marriage?
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Apr 01 (IPS) - On December 22, 2021, the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21, was sent to a parliamentary standing committee for further discussion.
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