Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 298
Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, SDGs are Even More Relevant Today Than Ever Before
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (IPS) - Our world today is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The vicious, novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe, destroying lives and ruining livelihoods.
No Space for Social Distancing in Rohingya Refugee Camps
- Inter Press Service
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Apr 15 (IPS) - Nine-year-old Mohammad Rafique used to collect vegetables from Kutupalong Bazaar and sell them at a market inside Kutupalong camp, a camp of some 600,000 Rohingyas, in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.
In His Fight Against WHO, Trump Plays Politics with Human Lives
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) - President Donald Trump's threat to abruptly cut all US funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) has been described as "reckless and deadly"—particularly at a time when the Geneva-based UN agency was engaged in an uphill battle against the spreading coronavirus.
The COVID-19 Cash Crisis: Will the UN Cease to Exist?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 15 (IPS) - The coronavirus pandemic has set off an unprecedented institutional crisis at the United Nations – funds are drying up, key meetings are cancelled and the world body is fighting for its future.
India Liberalises Abortion Law but Social Stigma Pushes Vulnerable Women to Unsafe Abortions
- Inter Press Service
NEW DEHLI, Apr 14 (IPS) - Arti Zodpe is from the Tamasha (folk dance-drama) theatre in Sangli, in India's Maharashtra state. After evening performances, some of the singers and dancers offer sex work services to the audience.
Bioenergy, the Ugly Duckling of Mexico's Energy Transition
- Inter Press Service
OAXACA, Mexico, Apr 10 (IPS) - Rosa Manzano carefully arranges pieces of wood in a big mud igloo that, seven days after it is full, will produce charcoal of high caloric content.
A Gender-equal Ethiopian Parliament can Improve the Lives of all Women
- Inter Press Service
YORK, United Kingdom, Apr 10 (IPS) - In 1991, the share of seats held by women in the Ethiopian parliament was under 3 percent. Today it stands at 38 percent, almost twice the ratio of women in the United States Congress. Experts say when women are better represented in government office, the gains are likely to spill down and improve the lives of all women.
Kerala Covid-19 Response Model for Emulation
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 09 (IPS) - Within weeks, the Covid-19 epidemic was classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an epidemic of international significance, triggering a pre-agreed WHO response. By the end of the first week of April, more than 1.3 million people had been confirmed as infected, with over 65,000 deaths across the world.
Alive Amidst the Mayhem of COVID-19 - A Sex Worker’s Story
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 09 (IPS) - For a Bangladeshi woman, who has worked as a sex worker since childhood, her future post-COVID-19 looks hopeless.
Shilpy, who works at Daulatdia, the largest brothel in the country, told IPS how she now also fears for the future of her two daughters.
Covid-19 & its Impact on the Work of Disarmament
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) - Humanity has faced no challenge greater than COVID-19 since the Second World War. As this rapidly developing global health emergency places unprecedented strain on our medical, economic and social systems, we must work hard to prevent new risks for instability, unrest and conflict.
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