Jobs Will Not Empower Young Women Until We Address Sexual Harassment — Global Issues

Jobs Will Not Empower Young Women Until We Address Sexual Harassment — Global Issues

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Opinion by Marjoke Oosterom (brighton, uk) Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Inter Press Service BRIGHTON, UK, Jun 28 (IPS) – The writer is Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, UKWhat does empowerment for young women look like? For many, the answer would include jobs. But the belief that jobs bring…

Five Takeaways from the 2022 State of Civil Society Report — Global Issues

Five Takeaways from the 2022 State of Civil Society Report — Global Issues

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Opinion by Mandeep Tiwana (new york) Monday, June 27, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 27 (IPS) – 2022 is halfway through. It’s clear this is a year of immense disruption, mayhem and contestation. Horrendous war crimes are taking place in Ukraine. The conflict is spurring soaring living costs, impacting…

Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156.000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy — Global Issues

Nuclear-Armed Powers Squander $156.000 Every Minute on Their ‘MAD’ Policy — Global Issues

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Credit: US government by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, June 24, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 24 (IPS) – They call it MAD: Mutual Assured Destruction. It is about the nuclear-armed powers’ doctrine of military strategy and national security policy. And they spent on their MAD policy more than 156.000 US…

Indigenous Communities Want Stake in the New Deal to Protect Nature — Global Issues

Indigenous Communities Want Stake in the New Deal to Protect Nature — Global Issues

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The recent eviction debacle involving the Maasai community in the Loliondo division in Tanzania’s northern Ngorongoro District has elevated indigenous people’s concerns about losing their ancestral lands under the ‘30by30’ plan in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Bradford Zak/Unsplash by Busani Bafana (bulawayo, zimbabwe) Thursday, June 23, 2022 Inter Press…

OECDs Regressive World Corporate Income Tax Reform — Global Issues

OECDs Regressive World Corporate Income Tax Reform — Global Issues

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Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 21 (IPS) – After decades of rejecting international tax cooperation under multilateral auspices, rich countries have finally agreed. But, by insisting on their own terms, progressive corporate income…

War in Ukraine Triggers New International Non-Alignment Trend — Global Issues

War in Ukraine Triggers New International Non-Alignment Trend — Global Issues

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View of the United Nations General Assembly, which on three occasions this year has censured the invasion of Russian forces in Ukraine and where many countries have expressed non-alignment with the positions taken by the contenders. CREDIT: Manuel Elias/UN by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Monday, June 20, 2022 Inter Press Service CARACAS,…

Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head? — Global Issues

Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head? — Global Issues

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UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa addresses the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Her second, three-year term as head of UNFCCC ends in July. Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (new york) Monday, June 20, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) – With Patricia Espinosa due to step…