Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 333
Social Norms & Women’s Access to Financial Services
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 31 (IPS) - Yasmin Bin-Humam is a Financial Sector Specialist, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), an independent think tank dedicated to financial inclusion.
How do financial services providers (FSPs) shape gender norms that restrict or expand women's access to financial services? In more ways than you might think, and there are good reasons why FSPs should be aware of this.
Tanzania Detains Freelancer Kabendera over 'Citizenship'
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 31 (IPS) - The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Tanzanian authorities to immediately release freelance journalist Erick Kabendera, whom police said is being investigated over his citizenship status.
A Rural Sanitation Model That Works
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, Odisha, India, Jul 30 (IPS) - Research and experience across more than two decades in rural Odisha, India, show that an effective rural sanitation model requires both financial assistance and an integrated water supply.
Free Speech and the Hong Kong Protests
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jul 30 (IPS) - Sometime in the summer of 1974, I was leaning against the gunwale of the ferry between Calais and Dover, watching the moonlight streaming dark waters. When I turned to the left I found that a Chinese lady also looked out over the calm sea. What she told me changed my world view.
**UPDATE** Investigative Journalist Erick Kabendera Arrested
- Inter Press Service
Jul 30 (IPS) - Freelancer Erick Kabendera was reportedly arrested from his home in Mbweni, Dar es Salaam, Tanziana yesterday afternoon by unknown men.
Unidentified Men Take Erick Kabendera from Tanzanian Home
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 29 (IPS) - The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of investigative reporter Erick Kabendera who was forcefully removed from his home today, and called on Tanzanian police to disclose whether they have him in custody.
Power is a Privilege & a Responsibility: Q&A with Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 29 (IPS) - In a special conversation, Katja Iversen, President/CEO of Women Deliver speaks with Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, about Canada's role in taking action for gender equality at home and abroad and our collective and individual responsibility to share power to build a gender equal world.
It's on all of us to make gender equality a reality – which means harnessing our collective power to build a gender equal world.
By empowering girls and women, realizing sexual and reproductive health and rights, tackling gender-based violence, and confronting the combinations of sexism, misogyny, racism, and colonialism, we can take steps towards true gender equality.
Is Civil Society Arguing Itself out of Political Space?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 29 (IPS) - Felix Dodds is Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina and Associate fellow at the Tellus Institute.
As some of you will know I have a new book out Stakeholder Democracy: Represented Democracy in a Time of Fear. (Other contributors to the book were: Jan-Gustav Strandenaes, Carolina Duque Chopitea, Minu Hemmati, Susanne Salz, Bernd Lakemeier, Laura Schmitz, and Jana Borkenhagen).
The book's theory of change is very simple involving stakeholders in the decision making makes better-informed decisions and that those decisions are more likely to be implemented with those stakeholder's support either singularly or in partnership.
Using Renewable Energy and the Circular Economy to Fight Poverty in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 29 (IPS) - On the outer edges of Buenos Aires proper, where the paved streets end and the narrow alleyways of one of Argentina's largest shantytowns begin, visitors can find the En Haccore soup kitchen.
Women, Power, & Changing Face of Political Representation in Latin America & the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - Luis Felipe López-Calva is UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Regional Director for Latin America and the CaribbeanGender inequality is about power asymmetries. In the late 1970s, Robert Putnam reflected on the status of women in policy decisions in his comparative study on political elites. Quoting Elizabeth Vallance, he concluded that, "where power is, women aren't.".
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