Malaysias TVET Ecosystem in Need of All-of-Society Engagement — Global Issues

Malaysias TVET Ecosystem in Need of All-of-Society Engagement — Global Issues

TVET students from Tech Terrain College in Malaysia visited as part of The Asia Foundation’s research work on improving technical and vocational education in the country . Credit: The Asia Foundation/ Whitney Legge Opinion by Nadya Subramaniam, Fauwaz Abdul Aziz (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Friday, January 20, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA…

UN aid reaches Soledar as IAEA boosts safety measures at nuclear sites — Global Issues

UN aid reaches Soledar as IAEA boosts safety measures at nuclear sites — Global Issues

Jens Laerke from UN aid coordinating office, OCHA, said that three trucks had been granted access to the heavily disputed city in the Donbas region, which has been an intense battleground, as Russian forces seek to advance on the strategically important town of Bakhmut. He told journalists at Friday’s briefing…

innovative relief project offers hope for sustainable future — Global Issues

innovative relief project offers hope for sustainable future — Global Issues

Focusing on remote Androy and Anosy regions – some four hours’ drive from the capital, Antananarivo – WFP’s Rapid Rural Transformation initiative delivers solar-powered hubs, a sustainable water source and digital health check-ups, in partnership with the Government. The benefits for communities are multiple and welcome: energy, water and digital platforms,…

Collapse of legal system is ‘human rights catastrophe’ — Global Issues

Collapse of legal system is ‘human rights catastrophe’ — Global Issues

“Lawyers, judges, prosecutors and other actors involved with the legal system in Afghanistan face grave risks to their safety, and those still practicing must navigate a deeply challenging, non-independent legal system”, Special Rapporteurs Margaret Satterthwaite, on the independence of judges and lawyers, and Richard Bennett, on the situation of human…

Cambodia positioned to fully integrate LGBT people into society, UN expert says — Global Issues

Cambodia positioned to fully integrate LGBT people into society, UN expert says — Global Issues

In presenting his conclusions at the end of a 10-day visit to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Battambang, the UN independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, urged authorities to legally recognize LGBT families. “Without exception, State agents with whom I held…

China ‘making enormous progress’ to get every older adult vaccinated — Global Issues

China ‘making enormous progress’ to get every older adult vaccinated — Global Issues

Dr. Kate O’Brien from the World Health Organization (WHO) explained that the change in China’s initial “zero-dose” policy for elderly people had left some unsure about asking for a coronavirus vaccine now. “Clearly with the need for protection of older adults, it’s been difficult for older adults to sort of…

Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s rights — Global Issues

Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s rights — Global Issues

Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, and the Assistant Secretary-General for UN political, peacebuilding and peace operations, Khaled Khiari, spend four days on a fact-finding mission in Afghanistan, to engage with Taliban leaders, and “underscore UN solidarity with the Afghan people”, according to a press release…

The Journalist Stranded in Europe’s "Guantᮡmo" — Global Issues

The Journalist Stranded in Europe’s "Guantᮡmo" — Global Issues

Pablo González during a previous trip to Ukraine. Credit: Juan Teixeira/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (nabarniz, spain) Thursday, January 19, 2023 Inter Press Service NABARNIZ, Spain, Jan 19 (IPS) – It’s 23 hours a day in a cell without natural light and just one to walk around in a 7×4-metre courtyard. For…

the Biden Administration can Provide it — Global Issues

the Biden Administration can Provide it — Global Issues

US-Africa Leaders Summit. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Opinion by Pauline Muchina, Emira Woods (nairobi, kenya) Thursday, January 19, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 19 (IPS) – United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is traveling to South Africa, Zambia, and Senegal this week in the hopes of strengthening U.S.-Africa relations at…

UK ‘immunity’ legislation could hamper victims’ rights, warns Türk — Global Issues

UK ‘immunity’ legislation could hamper victims’ rights, warns Türk — Global Issues

The High Commissioner for Human Rights acknowledged on Thursday that addressing the violent legacy of intercommunal relations in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to the 1990s was “hugely complex and sensitive”. ‘Conditional immunity’ But he warned against plans to give conditional immunity from investigation and prosecution to those accused of serious human…