Nigerian Women Challenge ‘Colonialist’ Patriarchy — Global Issues

Nigerian Women Challenge ‘Colonialist’ Patriarchy — Global Issues

Bukes Saliu, a forklift driver, is a Nigerian woman who challenging stereotypes. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (lagos) Thursday, September 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LAGOS, Sep 28 (IPS) – Bukes Saliu wakes up very early every workday to beat the gruesome Lagos traffic to head to a job quite…

Gains, Losses & Lessons One Year On — Global Issues

Gains, Losses & Lessons One Year On — Global Issues

Opinion by Sanam Naraghi (new york) Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 20 (IPS) – On September 16th Iranians everywhere commemorated the first anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s murder by the country’s notorious ‘guidance patrol’. Arrested for being badly covered, the 22-year-old was beaten so violently, she…

UN Must Live Up to Its Promises of Gender Equality —and Support Women — Global Issues

UN Must Live Up to Its Promises of Gender Equality —and Support Women — Global Issues

Opinion by Shihana Mohamed (united nations) Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) – In 2015, the UN’s 193 member states adopted 17 goals for the health of the world that together comprise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reached worldwide by 2030. The UN…

How an International Criminal Court Investigation Could Expand Human Rights — Global Issues

How an International Criminal Court Investigation Could Expand Human Rights — Global Issues

Flashback to a time when women and girls were able to attend school. UNICEF supported Zarghuna Girls School with educational supplies, teachers’ training, and assists in repairing the infrastructure. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Monday, September 18, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 18 (IPS)…

Multilingual #AfghanGirlsVoices Campaign to Return Millions Back to School — Global Issues

Multilingual #AfghanGirlsVoices Campaign to Return Millions Back to School — Global Issues

Education Cannot Wait’s #AfghanGirlsVoices shines a light on young Afghan girls deprived of their basic right to education and learning. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, September 18, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Sep 18 (IPS) – A Taliban edict is rolling back time in Afghanistan after access to education…

The Baloch Girls Remain Stranded at the School Gates — Global Issues

The Baloch Girls Remain Stranded at the School Gates — Global Issues

In class at the public school in Lasbela, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The low quality of government schools has turned private education into a luxury accessible to only a few. Credit: Mariyam Suleman Anees/IPS by Mariyam Suleman Anees (gwadar, pakistan) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service GWADAR, Pakistan, Sep 13…

Women Lured by Promise of Jobs, Sold as Brides — Global Issues

Women Lured by Promise of Jobs, Sold as Brides — Global Issues

Women walk in a village in Indian-administered Kashmir. Women here often find themselves lured by the promise of a job into unsuitable marriages. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Athar Parvaiz (budgam, india) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service BUDGAM, INDIA, Sep 13 (IPS) – It has been over a decade since…

Global Pushback Puts Lives at Risk — Global Issues

Global Pushback Puts Lives at Risk — Global Issues

Opinion by Dorothy Akongo – Flata Mwale – Vivian Mugarisi (kampala/lusaka/harare) Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA/LUSAKA/HARARE, Sep 12 (IPS) – Almost 30 years ago in 1994, the world witnessed a historic event as 179 nations convened on African soil, in Cairo, for the International Conference on Population and…