Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 290
COVID-19 & its Impact on Textile & Garment Supply Chains in Developing Nations
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jun 11 (IPS) - In the first quarter of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic led to a 3% drop in global trade values. COVID-19 could trigger the biggest economic contraction since World War II, affecting all industries from finance to hospitality.
Unsung Heroines: Who Cares for the Carers?
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 11 (IPS) - Even before Covid-19, the world was facing a care crisis. The plight of often neglected, under-appreciated, under-protected and poorly equipped ‘frontline' health personnel working to contain the pandemic has drawn attention to the tip of the care crisis iceberg.
World Protests Show Rising Outrage and Mounting Discontent
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK and BRUSSELS, Jun 10 (IPS) - After a period of forced silence because of the Covid-19 quarantines, citizens around the world are defying coronavirus restrictions and claiming the streets to fight for real democracy, jobs, living wages, public services, human rights and against corruption, inequality and injustice. We predict an increasing wave of protests all over the world led by different types of people defying the status quo. Unless policies change, clashes in the street are likely to become the new normal.
The Sahel - 'in Every Sense of the Word a Crisis'
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - The combination of rife insecurity, food insecurity and more than 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance has left the Sahel a region in crisis, with the global coronavirus pandemic expected to exacerbate the situation.
Eliminating Age Discrimination from Lockdown Curfews
- Inter Press Service
Jun 10 (IPS) - During the Covid-19 pandemic governments around the world have introduced curfews as an exceptional, yet necessary, means of containing the spread of the virus. Yet while most countries have applied their curfews uniformly to all citizens, authorities across several regions have introduced them only for certain groups exclusively because of their age, including for under-18s.
The Need, Within the UN, for an Honest Conversation on Racism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - I want to once again express to all colleagues my enormous appreciation, my enormous gratitude, for your fantastic professionalism, your flexibility and the way you have been able to fully deliver for the people we care for during this period.
Global Solidarity & Effective Cooperation in the Face of COVID-19
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic upended almost every aspects of life as we know it. Even those countries that are supposed to have the means to manage the spread and mitigate the effects are struggling.
UN Chiefs Silenced by Big Powers with Vetoes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - The massive protests in more than 120 US cities over racial injustice and police brutality went global last week-- amidst presidential threats of military force on demonstrators in Washington DC.
Zimbabwe and U.S. Diplomacy - this Time the Fight is About George Floyd
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, ZImbabwe, Jun 08 (IPS) - A recent diplomatic spat between Zimbabwe and the U.S. began after a senior U.S. official accused Zimbabwe of fomenting unrests across America in the wake of the killing of the unarmed African American, George Floyd."As tall as he is, if he continues to do that I will kick him out of the country," thundered Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe in 2008, his anger aimed at the then United States ambassador James McGee after the diplomat questioned the results of Zimbabwe's 2008 general elections.
Water, Climate, Conflict & Migration: Coping with 1 Billion People on the Move by 2050
- Inter Press Service
HAMILTON, Canada, Jun 08 (IPS) - Do migrants willingly choose to flee their homes, or is migration the only option available?
There is no clear, one-size-fits-all explanation for a decision to migrate — a choice that will be made today by many people worldwide, and by an ever-rising number in years to come because of a lack of access to water, climate disasters, a health crisis and other problems.
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