Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 266
Volunteerism in the Decade of Action
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan 25 (IPS) - After the pioneer Global Technical Meeting on Volunteerism last July, a recently-held on-line follow up helped gathering new insights from experts and practitioners from the world on how to move forward with positioning volunteering at the center of development agenda.
Q&A: Why Survivors Should be at the Centre of Discussions on Genocide and Gender Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 (IPS) - Women and young girls are disproportionately affected by conflict and genocide, and that is why they should be a central part of conversations on the issue, according to Jacqueline Murekatete, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide and founder and President of the Genocide Survivors Foundation (GSF).
“Survivors need to be invited to the table to share their testimonies,” Murekatete told IPS. “When people hear personal stories they’re more likely to want to get involved. It makes a huge difference to have their testimony.”
Their Hope for a Brighter Future Inspires Us All
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (IPS) - Looking back upon 2020, we all bear the scars of a devastating year; none so much as girls and boys around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education for over 1.6 billion children and youth globally and continues to do so. It has also deepened socio-economic inequities and heightened insecurities around the world, further impacting the lives of girls and boys everywhere. Ongoing, protracted conflicts, forced displacement and the worsening climate crisis were no less forgiving.
Teach Us How to Become Carpenters South Sudanese Want to Shape Their Future
- Inter Press Service
Likuangole, South Sudan, Jan 22 (IPS) - Located in Jonglei state, one of the most underdeveloped regions of South Sudan, Likuangole is a town badly hit by floods and often battered by conflict. Despite the lack of secondary schools and industry, its residents aspire to transform their lives. But real investment is needed to spur development.
Q&A: Why we Must Invest in Educating Children in Crisis-Hit Burkina Faso
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Jan 22 (IPS) - Education Cannot Wait (ECW) - the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises – was on the ground in Burkina Faso last week with its Director, Yasmine Sherif, to launch a new multi-year programme that aims to provide an education to over 800,000 children and adolescents in crisis-affected areas.
Personal Testimonies, Pledges Mark the Start of the Fair Share to End Child Labour Campaign
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 (IPS) - 152 million children are subjected to child labour. Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has brought together former child workers, international organisations, global youth, business and education leaders for a global campaign to save the.
Selimatha Salifu of Ghana is a former child labourer who has vowed to do her part to bring attention to the plight of the world’s over 150 million child labourers. Raised in a fishing community, she recalls her days buying fish to sell, working from daybreak till nightfall to contribute to her family. She credits the General Agriculture Workers Union for rescuing her and ensuring she enrolled in school.
Change Financing Priorities to Address COVID-19, Conference Hears
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Japan, Jan 21 (IPS) - Innovative financing to resolve COVID-19 crisis was needed, a joint African and Asian parliamentarians’ webinar heard this week.
The webinar, facilitated by Asian Population and Development Association (APDA), was aimed at enhancing support for the implementation of International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)commitments in the face of the pandemic.
A BASIC TRUTH: Facing an Existential Threat, Humanity Must Work Together
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 20 (IPS) - Siddharth Chatterjee, is UN Resident Coordinator (RC) in Kenya, and RC designate to ChinaCOVID-19 is like a rainstorm, a thunderous and powerful rainstorm all over the world. If we didn’t know before, we certainly know now just where the holes are in our roofs, or where there are no roofs. We see ever more clearly who is getting drenched and who is dying, and who remains dry.
Afghanistan Threatened With Rising Violence Once Again
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jan 20 (IPS) - When the Doha talks were launched in September, the Afghan people's hopes for an end of war and violence were high. So far, many have been disappointed as the negotiations have not done much to improve the security situation.
In Zimbabwe there is Freedom of Speech, but no Freedom After the Speech
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jan 19 (IPS) - A long-running gag says “in Zimbabwe there is freedom of speech, but no freedom after the speech”. But for journalists and activists who have been forced to endure nights in the country’s overcrowded and filthy holding cells, this is no laughing matter as prison inmates have no personal protective equipment to guard against COVID-19.
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