Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 215
War, Displacement & A Global Refugee Crisis: A Wake-Up Call to Increase Refugee Participation
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Apr 01 (IPS) - It has been a month since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has now created one of the biggest refugee crises of modern times. More than 3.7 million people have left the country, in what has become the fastest exodus globally since World War II.
UN Should Aspire to Turn Sports into a Tool for Social Change
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 01 (IPS) - The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, which will be commemorated on April 6, is a day that celebrates the positive effects that sports can have on the society.
Zimbabwe Elections Rekindle Voter Apathy Concerns
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Mar 31 (IPS) - Activity in the streets of Zimbabwe’s second city is testimony to a thriving informal sector where thousands of people eke out a living selling all sorts of wares.
War in Ukraine Morally Unacceptable, Politically Indefensible & Militarily Nonsensical
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 31 (IPS) - For more than one month now, the entire population of Ukraine has been enduring a living nightmare. The lives of millions of people are in upheaval as they are forced to flee their homes or hide in basements and bomb shelters as their cities are pummeled and destroyed.
Ukrainian Women, Children Fleeing War Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Mar 30 (IPS) - States must do more to protect women and children fleeing war in Ukraine, rights groups have urged, amid growing concerns they are falling prey to trafficking and sexual violence.
The Middle East's Food Crisis Spells Disaster
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Mar 30 (IPS) - In a short period, the war in Ukraine has already had a major effect on the world economy. The United States and the European Union have levied sanctions on an unprecedented scale against Russia, energy prices have skyrocketed, and with the Black Sea closed, the world’s most fertile region is no longer linked to its markets. This will cause an appreciation of food prices that could wreak havoc in the European periphery.
South Sudan: Oil Underground, Blood on the Surface
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 29 (IPS) - While several politicians -and media– have been viewing the ongoing armed conflict in South Sudan as a “civil war” between rival ethnic groups, so nothing to worry about, there are some key facts that should be considered for the sake of having a wider, more accurate panorama. One of them is that this country is rich in oil.
Do we Really Need a World Ranking to Measure Happiness?
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Mar 29 (IPS) - The 10th edition of the World Happiness Report was recently published and once again the findings raised an array of mixed emotions with many questioning the real foundations underpinning the most discussed aspect of the Report, the World Happiness Ranking,
Afghanistan’s Girls’ Education is a Women’s Rights Issue
- Inter Press Service
New York, Mar 28 (IPS) - The late-night reversal of a decision by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to allow girls from grades 7 to 12 to return to school has been met with distress from within the country and internationally – and fear that it could herald further restrictions.
Should NATO Enter the Russian-Ukrainian Fray?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 28 (IPS) - It is hard to describe the excruciatingly painful destruction Putin is inflicting on Ukraine. However, whereas NATO should provide Ukraine with active defensive military equipment, it should not directly join the war which could ignite a major European if not world war.
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