COVID and Discrimination Aggravated Maternal Mortality in Latin America — Global Issues

COVID and Discrimination Aggravated Maternal Mortality in Latin America — Global Issues

Adequate maternal care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period is essential to curbing the high maternal mortality rates in Latin America, which stopped falling due to women’s health care problems during the COVID pandemic. CREDIT: Government of Tigre / Argentina by Mario Osava (rio de janeiro) Saturday, May 28, 2022…

5 ways UN Peacekeeping partnerships drive peace and development — Global Issues

5 ways UN Peacekeeping partnerships drive peace and development — Global Issues

From protecting civilians in war-torn areas and building social cohesion, to ensuring the safe delivery of humanitarian aid, rebuilding infrastructure, and providing livelihood skills to impoverished communities – peacekeepers work with local and international partners to help create conditions for political solutions and sustainable development. Ahead of the International Day…

Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’ — Global Issues

Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’ — Global Issues

“This settlement is a significant moment for women around the world who have been fighting for reproductive justice for decades,” said UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima. President Gabriel Boric Font issued the apology as part of a settlement resulting from a case brought before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)…

Apology for sterilizing HIV-positive women in moment of ‘reproductive justice’ — Global Issues

Rights office welcomes Zambia’s pledge to abolish the death penalty — Global Issues

President Hakainde Hichilema announced the development on Tuesday in a speech on the eve of Africa Day, according to media reports.  “We warmly welcome the Zambian President’s pledge on 24 May to abolish the death penalty in the country and work with Parliament to end this cruel, inhuman, and degrading…

5 things you should know about the UN Ocean Conference, a chance to save the planet’s largest ecosystem — Global Issues

5 things you should know about the UN Ocean Conference, a chance to save the planet’s largest ecosystem — Global Issues

With delegates from Member States, non-governmental organizations, and universities attending, as well as entrepreneurs looking for ways to sustainably develop the “Blue Economy”, there are hopes that this event, taking place in the Portuguese city of Lisbon between 27 June and 1 July, will mark a new era for the…

‘Think resilience’ to protect against climate and other catastrophes — Global Issues

‘Think resilience’ to protect against climate and other catastrophes — Global Issues

Delegates from some 184 countries gathered in Bali for the 2022 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction where they reviewed efforts to protect communities against a rising number of climate hazards and other catastrophes globally. The summit concluded with an outcome document entitled the Bali Agenda for Resilience, which aims…

States urged to do more to help Haitians fleeing insecurity by sea — Global Issues

States urged to do more to help Haitians fleeing insecurity by sea — Global Issues

Speaking to journalists at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Shabia Mantoo, a spokesperson for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), told journalists that many of the dangerous crossings in the Caribbean Sea take place in overloaded and unseaworthy boats Ms. Mantoo cited a recent example of a vessel carrying over…

Child Labour Survivor Has a Dream of Freeing Others — Global Issues

Child Labour Survivor Has a Dream of Freeing Others — Global Issues

Child labour survivor Selimatha Dziedzorm Salifu (right) and her rescuer Andrews Tagoe (left), deputy general secretary of the General Agricultural Workers’ Union of TUC, who met her on a fishing beach in Ghana. Credit: Lyse Comins/IPS by Lyse Comins (durban) Friday, May 27, 2022 Inter Press Service DURBAN, May 27 (IPS)…

Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland ‘in a state of distress and anxiety’ — Global Issues

Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland ‘in a state of distress and anxiety’ — Global Issues

“Poland remains the main country of arrival for refugees from Ukraine,” UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado told journalists at a regular press briefing in Geneva. And while the pace has slowed in comparison to early March – when over 100,000 people were arriving per day – May has continued to witness around…