News headlines for “Democracy”, page 364
Education Key to Gender Equality in Asia & the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 01 (IPS) - Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
Equal rights have been demanded and promised for generations, but last year a shift occurred in the women's movement. Across Asia and the Pacific and around the world, women demonstrated to condemn a status quo which continues to deprive too many women and girls of respect and equal opportunity.
Slavery is Not a Thing of the Past, It Still Exists Today Affecting Millions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (IPS) - Shannon Scribner is Associate Director of Humanitarian Programs and Policy at Oxfam America
While natural hazards like hurricanes, exacerbated by climate change, are causing people to migrate, it's conflict, violence and persecution that have forced more than 68.5 million people from their homes today, exposing them to higher risks and increased vulnerability, especially women and children.
Mauritius Scores Win over Britain in Diego Garcia Decolonisation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28 (IPS) - Mauritius has scored a victory over Britain at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a case involving the decolonisation of the strategically important island of Diego Garcia that is home to a United States military base.
“A Year of Shame” for Middle East and North Africa
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28 (IPS) - Human rights violations are at an all-time high in the Middle East and North Africa, and global indifference is only making it worse.
UN Accused of Failing to Move Aggressively Against Sexual Abuse
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (IPS) - The United Nations, which prides itself with a "zero tolerance" policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, has come under relentless fire for failing to match its words with deeds—specifically in relation to some of the high-profile cases that have jolted the Organization.
Repression Stands in the Way of Political Solution to Crisis in Venezuela
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Feb 27 (IPS) - The violent repression that prevented food and medical aid from crossing into Venezuela, which left at least four people dead and 58 with gunshot wounds, has distanced solutions to what is today Latin America's biggest political crisis, although 10 countries in the hemisphere are stepping up the pressure while at the same time ruling out the use of force.
Sexual Assault Survivors March to End Gender Violence in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (IPS) - Divya Srinivasan* is South Asia Consultant for international women's rights organisation Equality Now**
In an historic first, thousands of people participated in a 10,000-kilometre long Dignity March across India to raise awareness about sexual violence, bring an end to stigma faced by survivors, and highlight the barriers women and children face in accessing justice.
Hate Speech Threatens Our Humanity
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (IPS) - Do politicians' words matter? Since becoming US President, Donald J Trump has dismissed his opponents and others he does not like as evil, stupid or both. He has referred to undocumented immigrants as animals, and to poor countries as shitholes.
Why West Craves Materialism & East Sticks To Religion
- Inter Press Service
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 (IPS) - Imran Khan is the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been slaves and had a huge inferiority complex of the British. The school I went to was similar to all elite schools in Pakistan.
The Wall: Thirty Years Ago European Walls Were Destroyed, but Others Are Being Built
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Feb 25 (IPS) - On January 25, 2017, the Trump administration signed Executive Order 13767, instructing the Government to begin new constructions and replacements of walls between the US and Mexico. From December 22, 2018 to January 25, 2019, the federal government was partially shut down due to President Trump's declared intention to veto any spending bill that did not include $5 billion in funding for a border wall. It was with good reason the Congress withheld such an enormous sum of money. As the European experience indicates, building walls between countries has proven to be both obsolete and disastrous.
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