News headlines for “Democracy”, page 411
Three Ways the Global Compact Can Better Serve Refugees
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Mar 12 (IPS) - Kitty van der Heijden is Director of the Washington-based World Resources Institute Europe and WRI AfricaThe UN High Commissioner for Refugees has a tall task: deliver a "Global Compact for Refugees" to the United Nations' General Assembly by the end of 2018.
The Politicization of Humanitarian Aid Through Budget Cuts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 (IPS) - Ahead of the pending ‘list of shame,' the Secretary-General's Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflicts, child protection actors share concerns about the politicization of humanitarian aid putting child protection capacities at a disadvantage.
We Must Protect the Future for Palestinian Refugee Girls
- Inter Press Service
Forest Communities Join Forces to Fight Land Degradation in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
Political Dominoes Topple in Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
Women Miners Stake a Claim in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 08 (IPS) - This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of this year's International Women's Day on March 8.Tapiwa Moyo, 40, religiously leaves her home each day when the first cock crows and joins a throng of women who have taken up artisanal mining in her community.
Women Lead the Fight for Housing in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RÃO DE JANEIRO/SÃO PAULO, Mar 07 (IPS) - This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of this year's International Women's Day on March 8, which this year has as a theme: "Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives."Here we empower women and we do not tolerate domestic violence, which we treat as our own, not as an intra-family, issue," says Lurdinha Lopes, a leader of the squatting movement in Brazil.
Syria’s ‘Human Catastrophe’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 07 (IPS) - Despite calls for a ceasefire, violent clashes have continued and humanitarian access remains limited in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, leaving the international community extremely concerned.
Since the Syrian government intensified its attacks in recent weeks, more than 700 civilians, many of them children, have been killed in Eastern Ghouta.
A Fair Reflection? Women and the Media
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Mar 06 (IPS) - Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCOInformation and communication technologies have the potential to open up new worlds of ideas and the media - television, newspapers, advertising, blogs, social networks, film – is increasingly omnipresent in the lives of many of us. In line with one of the major themes of this year's Commission on the Status of Women, UNESCO is assessing how the media and ICTs shape the lives of women.
Press for Progress: Women’s Equality & Political Participation
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 06 (IPS) - This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of this year's International Women's Day on March 8.
Peter Kagwanja is former Adviser Government of Kenya (2008-2013) and currently the President and Chief Executive of the Africa Policy Institute.
Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya. March 8, 2018 International Women's Day offers another opportunity to reflect on the progress made towards gender equality and women's political rights.
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