Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 303
An Ambitious Year for Climate Action Is a Big Year for Women’s Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
Mar 09 (IPS) - This year, the Paris Agreement's effectiveness as a global response to the climate crisis is being tested as governments are preparing to submit more ambitious national targets for mitigation and adaptation.
Journalists Tell Slovakia's PM-elect: 'Thanks, but No Thanks'
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Mar 09 (IPS) - Plans announced by Slovakia's prime minister-elect to fund investigative journalists to act as corruption watchdogs on government and state bodies have been dismissed as "a road to hell" by local journalists.
The Arc of Justice: The World’s Religions Launch Strategic Priorities for Peace
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 09 (IPS) - As a growing public health crisis becomes increasingly urgent, prominent global actors and institutions, including the United Nations, are confronted by the realisation that all hands on deck are required to address the cross-cutting challenges faced by our world today.
Feminists Rewrite Their Realities Across the Global Map
- Inter Press Service
Mar 06 (IPS) - In November 2019, thousands of Chileans took to the streets to perform an anti-rape, anti-femicide choreography organized by a small feminist collective called Las Tesis. The group created the choreographed chant in response to an upswing in violence against women and human rights violations in Chile, where 42 cases of sexual abuse are reportedto the police each day, with only around 25% resulting in judicial rulings.
On 8th March – and All the Other Days: Each for Equal
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 06 (IPS) - Gender equality is a basic human right and a prerequisite for sustainable development, so why does inequality persist in so many countries, and what can we all do to address it?
Realising Women’s Rights Difficult for Africa’s Fragile States
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 06 (IPS) - Pokot girls are expected to face the knife stark naked and with courage. To inspire confidence, their fathers sit a few metres away from them with a spear in hand.
Slavery Modernises, Adapts to Stay Alive in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 05 (IPS) - "Slave labour is not declining; it has taken on new forms and is growing; it expanded to new sectors where it did not previously exist," said Ivanete da Silva Sousa, an activist in the fight against modern-day slavery in northern Brazil.
Many Milestones but Painfully Slow Progress Towards Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 05 (IPS) - The narrative surrounding women's rights in 2020 carries much hope and possibility. A new decade is ushering in important anniversaries and milestones: 25 years since the Beijing Platform for Action, 110 years since the birth of International Women's Day and the 10-year countdown to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
There Can Be No Green Peace Without Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Mar 05 (IPS) - Gender inequality - like the climate emergency - is not inevitable, but is kept in place by the poor choices too many cis men make on a daily basis. And it is not just womxn who are hurt and trapped by this patriarchal problem, but girls and non-binary people too, as well as many boys and men.
To Attack a Female Journalist’s Credibility, Go After Her Body
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 04 (IPS) - Brazilian journalist Patrícia Campos Mello made her career reporting from conflict zones around the world -- but lately, the greatest threats to her security are coming from closer to home.
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