Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 243
European Duplicity Undermines Anti-Pandemic Efforts
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 20 (IPS) - Despite facing the world’s worst pandemic of the last century, rich countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) have blocked efforts to enable more affordable access to the means to fight the pandemic.
The Fight for the Lost Souls.
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 19 (IPS) - In June, the Department of Homeland Security made a critical announcement. For the first time in U.S. history, more than 15 national and local agencies and civilian organizations conducted a simultaneous major binational operation to find missing children inside and outside the United States.
Sulli Deals: Muslim Women in India Being Put Up for Sale
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jul 16 (IPS) - Ongoing online sexual harassment of Muslim women through ‘Sulli Deals’, an auctioning app hosted by GitHub, has been reported to the authorities – but not before it called untold trauma to the targeted women.
Why Investing in Women is Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) - Last year, the Asia-Pacific region recorded its worst economic performance in decades. With the pandemic far from over, the region’s recovery is slow, fragile and highly uneven both across and within countries. As the region struggles to recover, how can countries rebuild their economies and revive their development?
At the UN, Climate Change & Security Must Be Tackled Together
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 13 (IPS) - Could the next wars be triggered by climate change?
Until recently, the question might have seemed like science fiction, but now it is very real. Ethiopia and Egypt are locked in an upward spiral of tensions over the Nile, as a combination of dams and shifting weather patterns pose existential risks to both countries.
“If Only the Fighting Would Stop” A Sudanese Woman’s Wish
- Inter Press Service
GUMURUK, South Sudan, Jul 13 (IPS) - With her bare hands, Roda clears debris and forages scraps from her wrecked teashop after attackers scorched Gumuruk, a town in the Greater Jonglei region where conflict frequently disrupts daily life and stifles progress.
Rich Country Hypocrisy Exposed by Vaccine Inequities
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 (IPS) - ‘No one is protected from the global pandemic until everyone is’ has become a popular mantra. But vaccine apartheid worldwide, due to rich countries’ policies, has made COVID-19 a developing country pandemic, delaying its end and global economic recovery.
Nothing About Us, Without Us, Asian Youth Tell Parliamentarians
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jul 12 (IPS) - Youth advocates from Asian countries called for an overhaul of a system that excluded young people from participation in policymaking.
During an interaction with parliamentarians from 23 countries, youth representatives considered an enabling political framework to be the most crucial reform required to remove inequities.
A Film Challenging Religious Norms
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jul 09 (IPS) - When Turkish- Norwegian writer and filmmaker Nefise Ozkal Lorentzen heard about Seyran Ates’ mixed gender mosque in Berlin, Germany, she immediately decided to make a film on Seyran’s life. It took three years to produce the film, ‘Seyran Ates: Sex Revolution and Islam’ a portrait of a female Imam and her struggles in activating revolution within Islam.
Bridging the Gap and Crossing the Bridge
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 09 (IPS) - It may be a challenge, but it is also an absolute necessity: bridging the gap between international law and reality and quickly crossing the bridge to reach all crisis-affected children and youth left furthest behind. Inclusive and equitable quality education is the right of every girl and boy and the objective of Sustainable Development Goal 4.
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