Taliban orders women to stay home; cover up in public — Global Issues

Taliban orders women to stay home; cover up in public — Global Issues

According to information received by UNAMA, this is a formal directive rather than a recommendation, any violations of which will lead to the punishment of male relatives. UNAMA is deeply concerned with today’s announcement by the Taliban that all women must cover their faces in public, should only leave their…

Lethal force by police officers must be barred from peaceful demonstrations — Global Issues

Lethal force by police officers must be barred from peaceful demonstrations — Global Issues

Moreover, it added that the country also failed to investigate and prosecute those responsible. “Any use of force must be in line with the fundamental principles of legality, necessity, and proportionality,” said Committee member Carlos Gómez Martínez. Lethal force The Committee issued its findings after reviewing a petition case filed…

UNICEF highlights devastating mental health dangers for Ukraine’s children — Global Issues

UNICEF highlights devastating mental health dangers for Ukraine’s children — Global Issues

“We’re anticipating numbers in terms of all forms of violence against children to be in the tens of thousands for sure,” said Aaron Greenberg, UNICEF’s regional child protection advisor for Europe & Central Asia. Since the start of war in Ukraine, we’ve reached over 140,000 children and caregivers with mental health and…

Civil Society Responds — as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack — Global Issues

Civil Society Responds — as Health-Care Facilities in Ukraine Come Under Attack — Global Issues

Delivering medicine and humanitarian aid to those in need. Credit: 100%LIFE via UNAIDS Opinion by Eamonn Murphy (geneva) Friday, May 06, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, May 06 (IPS) – The writer is UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director and is leading UNAIDS’ humanitarian response.Alongside the devastation caused by bombs and bullets, the…

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion — Global Issues

7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine, warns UN relief chief, as aid conference raises $6.5 billion — Global Issues

Mr. Griffiths was addressing the International Donor Conference for Ukraine in Warsaw. Co-hosted by Poland and Sweden, in cooperation with the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council. The conference raised a reported $6.5 billion. According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, more than 5.7 million people have…

Threats to media workers’ freedom ‘growing by the day’, UN chief warns — Global Issues

Threats to media workers’ freedom ‘growing by the day’, UN chief warns — Global Issues

The day shines a spotlight on the essential work they do, bringing those in power to account, with transparency, “often at great person risk”, said Secretary-General António Guterres, in a video message. Frontlines of crises “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many media workers have been on the frontlines, providing accurate, science-based reporting…

Consign chemical weapons to ‘pages of history’, urges disarmament chief — Global Issues

Consign chemical weapons to ‘pages of history’, urges disarmament chief — Global Issues

Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement hailing the “powerful testament” that the convention represents, as a successful example of multilateralism, and the security that it can provide.  “We cannot allow an erosion of this essential pillar of the disarmament and non-proliferation regime,” he said.  “There can be no justification for…

Breaking Vicious Cycle of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation — Global Issues

Breaking Vicious Cycle of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation — Global Issues

Rural women are often targeted by human traffickers and taken across borders in Africa and forced to become sex workers. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Friday, April 29, 2022 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Apr 29 (IPS) – Desperate to escape the rural area where she was engaged in the…