Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 338
Sri Lanka on Security Alert Long After Easter Bombings
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 03 (IPS) - Sri Lanka continues to be on a security alert long after the devastation caused by a string of bombings on Easter Sunday this year.
Raisa Wickrematunge, Editor of Groundviews, told IPS: "There has been a tightening of security. There are now security checks being carried out outside hotels and shopping malls - either through scanners or bag and body searches".
Are We Fighting a Losing Battle in the War Against Drugs?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 03 (IPS) - How effective is the global war on drugs?
The latest statistics released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are staggering: 35 million people across the globe currently have a substance use disorder, and as of 2017, 585,000 people have died worldwide as a result of drug use.
U.S.-backed Kurds to Halt Child Soldier use in Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 02 (IPS) - The United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have struck a deal with the United Nations to stop using child soldiers across swathes of eastern Syria under their control and to release all youngsters from their ranks, the U.N. announced Monday.
Unseen and Unsafe: Violence Against Women within Migrant Families
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 02 (IPS) - Refugee and migrant women often face inescapable violence in the home. And the potential for intimate forms of violence is exacerbated by humanitarian crises and job insecurity.
We Are What We Watch
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jul 01 (IPS) - Consistent exposure to TV series with strong characters has the power to influence mental models in society and shift social norms.
Kenya’s March Towards a Demographic Dividend by Investing in Health and Partnering with the Health Sector from the Netherlands Visiting Kenya
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 01 (IPS) - H.E. Frans Makken is Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kenya
Demographic dividend is a term which is increasingly preoccupying discussions among development economists and the donor community in general in Kenya. The term refers to countries with the greatest demographic opportunity for development and those that are ushering in a period in which the working-age population has good health, quality education, decent employment and a lower proportion of young dependents. Smaller numbers of children per household generally lead to larger investments per child, more freedom for women to enter the formal workforce and more household savings for old age. When this happens, the national economic payoff can be substantial, and this is the demographic dividend.
Indigenous Rights Approach a Solution to Climate Change Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Jun 29 (IPS) - The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) was held in Bonn, Germany to rally behind a new approach to achieving a future that is more inclusive and sustainable than the present – through the establishment of secure and proper rights for all.
India's Criminal Justice System is Failing Victims of Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 28 (IPS) - Divya Srinivasan is South Asia Consultant at Equality NowEarly in 2018, India was shaken by the horrific details surrounding the abduction, gang rape, and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, a district in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Unimaginable Horrors” in Libya’s Migrant Detention Centers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 28 (IPS) - For over 10,000 migrants fleeing to Libya from war and violence, their fate often comes down to the mercy of human traffickers or the dark unknown awaiting in detention centers.
Will “UN@75” Revive Multilateralism?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 27 (IPS) - Fergus Watt coordinates the civil society-led UN2020 Initiative. Richard Ponzio directs the Just Security 2020 program at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C.
Despite the polarization and stasis that characterizes so much of the present politics at the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres is betting that the 75th anniversary of the organization, in 2020, will provide an opportunity for the international community to begin to address the "crisis in multilateralism," and to shape a more robust and effective organization.
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