News headlines for “Democracy”, page 55
Lives at Risk After Some States Withdraw From Landmine Treaty
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, May 05 (IPS) - As a string of European states announce withdrawals from a global treaty banning antipersonnel landmines, campaigners are warning countless lives could be put at risk as decades of progress fighting the weapons come under threat.
Uncertainty Looms for Kenya Following Tense IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 05 (IPS) - Reflecting on this year’s IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings, one word lingers in my mind: uncertainty. The shifting global geopolitical landscape loomed large—none more so than the US administration’s initial threat to withdraw from the Bretton Woods institutions.
A Feminist Future for the UN: Why the Next Secretary-General Must Champion Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 05 (IPS) - Climate change is threatening to engulf small island states such as Maldives and the Marshall Islands. Gender apartheid is still practiced in theocratic states such as Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. War crimes and genocide are taking place in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Sudan.
World Press Freedom Day 2025 - Global Press Freedom Index Falls to Critical Low - Report
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, May 02 (IPS) - Global press freedom across the world is at a “critical moment,” campaigners have warned, as a major index mapping the state of global press freedom hits an unprecedented low.
To Save Our Planet, We Must Protect Its Defenders
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, May 02 (IPS) - The most powerful court in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, is preparing to clarify the obligations of States in relation to climate change. In its upcoming Advisory Opinion, the Court must articulate ambitious standards for respecting and protecting the human rights of environmental defenders in the context of the climate crisis.
Humanitarian Aid is Stretched Following Surges in Violence in Sudan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 02 (IPS) - After over two years of extended warfare in Sudan, humanitarian organizations have expressed fears of an imminent collapse as widespread hunger, displacement, and insecurity ravages the population. With tensions between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) having reached a new peak in 2025, it is imperative that Sudanese communities in the most crisis-affected areas have unfettered access to life-saving aid.
Press Freedom Is Being Buried but How Many Really Know or Care?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 02 (IPS) - World Press Freedom Day 2025 - Pressures on the press are piling up. Like an avalanche gaining speed yet unnoticed by most people in the valley below, freedom of the press is being relentlessly trampled over - despite the valiant efforts of a few.
‘The International Response Should Follow the Principle of ‘Nothing about Us, Without Us’’
- Inter Press Service
May 01 (IPS) - CIVICUS speaks with Ukrainian gender rights activist Maryna Rudenko about the gendered impacts of the war in Ukraine and the importance of including women in peacebuilding efforts.
Trump’s First 100 Days Portend Long-Lasting Damage to Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 01 (IPS) - Press freedom is no longer a given in the United States 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term as journalists and newsrooms face mounting pressures that threaten their ability to report freely and the public’s right to know.
US Cutbacks Lead to Growing Anxiety Among UN Staffers - & its Impact on Mental Health
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 01 (IPS) - The Trump administration’s on-again-off-again threats against the United Nations, and US withdrawals from several UN agencies aggravated further by financial cutbacks, have left most staffers with growing apprehension and uncertainty about their future--- and their mental health.
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