Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 258
International Women’s Day, 2021 - More Women Leaders Make Better Societies
- Inter Press Service
APIA, Samoa, Mar 12 (IPS) - The upcoming Samoan election is a unique opportunity to encourage diversity in politicsThis year it will be 128 years since the right of women to vote was first recognized, with New Zealand becoming the first nation to allow the participation of women in its general election in 1893.
The Ongoing Fight for Gender Parity in Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Mar 12 (IPS) - The fight for equality around the globe has taken a few steps forward in some countries which provides a glimmer of hope for future generations for increased female participation and representation. However, that particular fight is taking new shapes and forms in multiple corners of the world, where women are still persecuted, silenced, threatened, killed, harassed, and stripped off their basic human rights on a daily basis. The question today is, when will the world become a safer place for women and girls?
Women Will Not Reach Parity at the Pinnacle of Power for Another 130 Years, Predicts UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (IPS) - The United Nations says the highest levels of political power remain the furthest from achieving gender parity in an increasingly male-dominated power structure worldwide.
More Can & Must be Done to Eradicate Caste-Based Discrimination, Says UN Rights Chief
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Mar 11 (IPS) - There is hardly a better way to promote human rights in Nepal than celebrating Muskan Khatun for being one of the winners of the prestigious International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award, released on the International Women’s Day by the Government of the United States of America.
Extent of Violence Against Women During Pandemic Exposed
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mar 11 (IPS) - COVID-19 restrictions exposed women and girls to heightened abuse – revealing the conditions in which gender-based violence became the shadow pandemic on the continent, a recent webinar attended by parliamentarians from Africa and Asia heard.
Death of an Ambassador and the Congolese Slaughter
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 10 (IPS) - On the morning of 22nd February a jeep from the World Food Programme (WFP), followed by another one with the Italian ambassador, Luca Anastasio, was driving along Route Nationale 2 passing by The Virunga National Park, an UNESCO Congolese World Heritage Site famous for its dwindling population of unique mountain gorillas.
Down in Hell
- Inter Press Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 09 (IPS) - I am about 200 feet down a rickety old mine shaft, in the Ashanti gold mining region of Ghana. It is stiflingly hot and darker than a moonless night. I can only feel the touch of sweaty bodies passing in the darkness and hear the reverberating sound of miners coughing and breaking rocks. The lack of oxygen and dust make it hard to breathe. I have no idea how deep this shaft goes – hundreds of feet? More? If there is a Hell this must be what it feels like.
Worlds Worst Humanitarian Disaster Triggered by Deadly Weapons from US & UK
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - The United Nations has rightly described the deaths and devastation in war-ravaged Yemen as the “world’s worst humanitarian disaster” --- caused mostly by widespread air attacks on civilians by a coalition led Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
International Women’s Day, 2021 - Why Green Growth and Climate Action Fall Short Without Addressing Gender Inequality
- Inter Press Service
SEOUL, Republic of Korea, Mar 08 (IPS) - As the global effort to address climate change has strengthened over the last few years, so has the realization that rising temperatures and climactic disruptions disproportionately impact women, particularly in developing countries, as they tend to be more dependent upon natural resources and are thus overrepresented in resource-intensive economic sectors.
International Women’s Day, 2021 - Why Gender Parity & Diversity are Paramount to a Just COVID-19 Recovery
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 08 (IPS) - To commemorate International Women’s Day, the United Nations has called for “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 World,” as the day coincides with the dark week when WHO declared the virus a global pandemic.
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