Sudan Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan — Global Issues

Sudan Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan — Global Issues

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Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, April 21, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 21 (IPS) – The current fighting in Sudan marks the failure of supposed processes for transition to democratic rule. The international community needs to learn the lessons of this catastrophe and work with civil society. Democracy betrayed…

Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Womens Clothing — Global Issues

Afghan Tailors Flee to Pakistan After Ban on Stitching Womens Clothing — Global Issues

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Afghan Women refugees undergoing sewing and embroidery training in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar) Monday, April 10, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, Apr 10 (IPS) – “I had my shop in Afghanistan but came here after the Taliban’s warning against stitching women’s clothes. Now, I am working…

Political Settlement First, Refugee Return Second — Global Issues

Political Settlement First, Refugee Return Second — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Opinion by Malik al-Abdeh, Lars Hauch (london) Wednesday, April 05, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 05 (IPS) – Europe’s current approach to facilitating refugee returns and containing new arrivals from Syria is based on wishful thinking. Europeans have come to terms with the fact that a political settlement for Syria’s…

CIVICUS Report Exposes a Civil Society Under Attack — Global Issues

CIVICUS Report Exposes a Civil Society Under Attack — Global Issues

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Ines Pousadela at the launch of the CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, March 31, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Mar 31 (IPS) – As conflict and crises escalate to create human emergencies that have displaced over 100 million people worldwide, civil society’s…

One Year into the Ukraine War, Massive Influx of Russians into Georgia Has Consequences for Locals — Global Issues

One Year into the Ukraine War, Massive Influx of Russians into Georgia Has Consequences for Locals — Global Issues

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Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, has been attracting hundreds of thousands of Russians since the war in Ukraine started in February 2022. The city is a favored destination where Russians can still travel visa-free. by IPS Correspondent (tbilisi) Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Inter Press Service TBILISI, Mar 21 (IPS) – Since the war…

UN Hobbled by Junta and Under Pressure Over Myanmar Aid Crisis — Global Issues

UN Hobbled by Junta and Under Pressure Over Myanmar Aid Crisis — Global Issues

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Rohingya IDPs confined to a Sittwe camp in Rakhine State wait for international intervention. More than 1.5 million people are displaced in Myanmar. Credit: Sara Perria/IPS by Guy Dinmore, Thompson Chau (bangkok) Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Feb 21 (IPS) – Nearly 18 million people – about one-third…

Political Settlement First, Refugee Return Second — Global Issues

Taking a Stance on Feminists Prejudice Against Religious Minority Women — Global Issues

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Opinion by Mariz Tadros (brighton, uk) Friday, February 17, 2023 Inter Press Service BRIGHTON, UK, Feb 17 (IPS) – Since researching the experiences of gender discrimination against women in poverty who belong to religious minorities, many fellow feminists have turned their back on me. The inherent assumption among some of my…

Driven by the War, Russian Women Arrive en Masse to Give Birth in Argentina — Global Issues

Driven by the War, Russian Women Arrive en Masse to Give Birth in Argentina — Global Issues

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Two of the six Russian women who were detained by the Argentine immigration authorities when they reached the country on Feb. 8 and 9 sleep in the Buenos Aires airport. A federal judge ruled that they were placed in a situation of vulnerability and ordered that they be allowed to…