Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 315
More Austerity for Developing Countries: It’s Bad News, and It’s Avoidable
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC and LONDON, Nov 25 (IPS) - As the West questions damaging austerity policies, it is becoming the new normal for the rest of the world, risking achievement of sustainable development goals. After years of austerity, a number of Eurozone countries are now considering expansionary fiscal policies. And in the UK, government spending is set to return to levels last seen in the 1970s. But austerity abounds elsewhere in the world, including in some of the poorest countries.
Global Clothing Brands Should Respond to the #MeToo Mandate
- Inter Press Service
Nov 24 (IPS) - It has been two years since #MeToo went viral, and it's about time the garment industry's sexual harassment problem got the attention it deserves. Clothing and footwear brands can do much more to prevent and address gender-based violence in their supply chains, but first they need to confront how badly their inspection or "social auditing" programs fail women.
A Staggering One-in-Three Women Experience Physical, Sexual Abuse
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 (IPS) - Violence against women and girls is among the most widespread, and devastating human rights violations in the world, but much it is often unreported due to impunity, shame and gender inequality, the UN highlighted ahead of Monday's World Day to stamp out abuse of women and girls.
Saudi UNESCO Win Riles Khashoggi Standard-Bearers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22 (IPS) - Human rights campaigners have reacted angrily to the election of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO's top board, highlighting the kingdom's ongoing crackdowns on political freedoms and critics.
We Shouldn't Expect Philanthropists to Fund Activism
- Inter Press Service
Nov 22 (IPS) - Since philanthropists are unlikely to fund anything that destabilises their businesses, building independent institutions can be an effective approach to create lasting impact.
Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Brings Back a Polarising Wartime Figure
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Nov 21 (IPS) - On 16 November, Gotabaya Rajapaksa – who served as defence secretary during the final phase of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war – won a decisive victory in Sri Lanka's presidential election.
U.N. Group Launched to put Afghan Women at Center of Peace Initiatives
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (IPS) - Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United Nations this week launched a U.N. group that aims to put women at the centre of peace initiatives in Afghanistan.
Evo Morales: Hero or Villain?
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Nov 20 (IPS) - To be president in a country like Bolivia might be like a precarious act performed by a tightrope-dancer between "the Devil and the deep blue sea".
After 23 years as Bolivia's President, Evo Morales finally lost his foothold and ended up as political refugee in Mexico, adding his name to a long list of previous revolutionary exiles, like Augusto Sandino, Fidel Castro, and most prominently – Leon Trotsky. The last one was murdered, though the others came back, something Evo Morales has promised to do:
Achieving the Possible: “Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East”
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Nov 20 (IPS) - A historic conference on the Middle East opened at the United Nations in New York on 18th November and will continue until 22nd November. The Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction is presided over by Ambassador Sima Bahous of Jordan.
With the UN Security Council in Paralysis, Are there New Hopes for Rohingya Muslims?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (IPS) - The 15-member UN Security Council (UNSC) stands virtually paralyzed in the face of genocide charges against the government of Myanmar where over 730,000 to one million Rohingya Muslims have been forced to flee to neighboring Bangladesh since a 2016 crackdown by Myanmar's military.
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