Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 322
Hollywood and Business Luminaries Spotlight World’s ‘Stateless’ Woes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 08 (IPS) - Movie star Cate Blanchett and businessman Richard Branson spoke up this week for the millions of people around the world who cannot get passports and other papers because they lack an official nationality.
Reforms Will Grant Nationality to Children of Iranian Women
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 07 (IPS) - After more than a decade of women's rights activism, Iran's Guardian Council has finally approved an amendment that would grant Iranian citizenship to the children of Iranian women married to foreign men.
South Sudan's Authorities Allow Serious Human Rights Abuses to Flourish and go Unpunished - Report
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 07 (IPS) - Human rights movement Amnesty International has accused South Sudanese authorities for lack of independence as they have allowed allowing human rights abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity to go unpunished.
Afghan War Deadly for Children Despite Peace Process: UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) - The United Nations has warned that the past four years were among the deadliest for children in Afghanistan since the United States-led invasion of 2001, with nearly 13,000 youngsters killed and injured in that period.
Human Trafficking - It Came Disguised as the Opportunity of a Lifetime
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 03 (IPS) - Six years ago Mary Njambi* received news of a once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity far away from her poverty-stricken village situated in the heart of Kiambu County, Central Kenya. She was 20 years old, a single mother and out of work.
Salvaging the SDGs: New Thinking to Spur Action Takes Shape
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 03 (IPS) - For the first time since a new development agenda was adopted in 2015 to make the world a better place for everyone, government leaders assembled at the United Nations in late September to take stock of progress. The verdict of this summit was not good.
Wall Street can Free the World’s 40 Million Modern-Day Slaves
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - Financiers in Wall Street, the City of London and other banking centres should play a bigger role in freeing the millions of people who endure slave-like working conditions globally, according to a new study.
Constitutional Committee Breakthrough Offers ‘Sign of Hope’ for Long-suffering Syrians
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 01 (IPS) - There is a "sign of hope for the long-suffering Syrian people" as a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible and inclusive Constitutional Committee is set to start deliberations next month, the United Nations Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Monday.
Watchdog Pushes U.S. to Publish ‘Duty to Warn’ Khashoggi Files
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 30 (IPS) - A media watchdog has asked United States intelligence agencies to reveal whether they knew about an assassination plot against Jamal Khashoggi and failed to warn the Saudi journalist he was in mortal danger.
Medical Centres Cover Every Village in Tibet
- Inter Press Service
LHASA, Sep 30 (IPS) - Tibetan medicine is one of the world's oldest known traditional medicines, originally developed during the pre-Buddhist era in the kingdom known as Shang Shung. IPS correspondent Crystal Oderson visited one of the major Tibetan health facilities in Lhasa.... and got a glimpse of the age old tradition.
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