Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 280
UN Women Calls for Accelerating its Unfinished Business
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 07 (IPS) - Twenty-five years ago, the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing set a path-breaking agenda for women's rights. As a result of the two-week gathering with more than 30,000 activists, representatives from 189 nations unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Americans By Force
- Inter Press Service
MIAMI, Sep 04 (IPS) - Why, in the United States, where change is the most pronounced hallmark, do some aspects never change? Why do many bad habits resist giving way to novelties that prove to be the basis of the success of the most developed country on earth and still the leading power? Why is the explanation for that leadership due to a few factors? Why does Trump profess a visceral opposition to immigration, knowing that it is the key to the country's success? Because millions of his compatriots interpret the sinew of American DNA as a threat to their comparative social advantage.
Mozambique Reels from Repeated Attacks on Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 04 (IPS) - While Mozambique was recently rattled by an arson attack on a local media organisation, experts say that it's only a part of a worrying pattern of continuous attacks on the media in the country.
Nobel Laureates and Global Leaders Call for Urgent Action to Prevent COVID-19 Child Rights Disaster
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 04 (IPS) - Regina Njagi's four children, aged between 11 and 17, have not benefitted from online learning since the COVID-19 led to the closure of all schools in Kenya, earlier in March. With the closure, Njagi lost her job as a teacher at a local private school.
Not Guilty Verdict in Kuciak Killing - a Chilling Message for Journalists
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Sep 04 (IPS) - A Slovak businessman with alleged links to organised crime has been found not guilty of ordering the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak in a ruling that has left press freedom campaigner and politicians shocked.
“Hidden” Costs of Our Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 03 (IPS) - Five years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda we are far from achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to the recently launched SOFI Report (The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020), we are not on track to eradicate poverty, hunger and malnutrition. On the contrary, with the current trends, the global number of undernourished people in 2030 would exceed 840 million. Moreover, WHO has reported alarming rates of overweight and obesity, globally affecting 39% and 13% of the adult population, respectively.
Music Collective 'Megative' Dubs Out the Negative
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Sep 02 (IPS) - Even as their income dries up and their touring opportunities disappear because of the Covid-19 pandemic, some artists are using their work to call out injustice, criticize inept leaders and spark social change.
A Pandemic Cannot Justify Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, India, Sep 02 (IPS) - For the past five months, our screens have been flooded with distressing imagery of one catastrophe after another: From the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable communities, to cyclones in West Bengal, Odisha, and Maharashtra.
It Is Time to End the Controversial World Bank’s Doing Business Report
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK and WASHINGTON D.C., Sep 02 (IPS) - On 27 August the World Bank announced that it will suspend the Doing Business Report over data irregularities, until it conducts a review and audit. The halting of the report was welcomed by trade unions, academics and human rights groups.
South Sudan - COVID-19 and Ongoing Violence has Catastrophic Effects on Civilians
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - Large-scale intercommunal violence on civilians in the Jonglei and greater Pibor regions in South Sudan has led to the mass displacement of thousands of people who are living in the open without health care, adequate food, shelter, water or sanitation in the middle of the rainy season.
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