Time to Build the Movement Now — Global Issues

A World in Crisis Needs Both Trade and Aid — Global Issues

Opinion by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Rebeca Grynspan – Pamela Coke-Hamilton (geneva) Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 16 (IPS) – We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system more than three-quarters of a century ago. A quadruple shock…

Gender Equality & Womens Rights Wiped out Under the Taliban — Global Issues

Gender Equality & Womens Rights Wiped out Under the Taliban — Global Issues

Opinion by Sima Bahous (new york) Monday, August 15, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 15 (IPS) – The writer is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women In the year that has passed since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan we have seen daily and continuous deterioration in the…

Time to Build the Movement Now — Global Issues

‘Aid Organizations Must Include the Youth Voice’ August 12, 2022—International Youth Day — Global Issues

Opinion by Yasmine Sherif, H.D. Wright (new york) Friday, August 12, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 12 (IPS) – Today marks International Youth Day, a global celebration of the transformative power of young people. Introduced by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, the event was inaugurated not only…

Time to Build the Movement Now — Global Issues

A Safe Haven for Ousted Political Leaders Escaping Executions and Hangings — Global Issues

Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, August 12, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (IPS) – When world political leaders, mostly presidents and prime ministers, are ousted from power following military coups or street demonstrations, they flee to “safe havens” to avoid being jailed, executed by firing squads…

Democracy in Iraq Under Threat Following the Storming of Parliament — Global Issues

Democracy in Iraq Under Threat Following the Storming of Parliament — Global Issues

Sarah Hepp Opinion by Sarah Hepp (amman, jordan) Friday, August 12, 2022 Inter Press Service AMMAN, Jordan, Aug 12 (IPS) – The storming of the Iraqi parliament by supporters of Al-Sadr was motivated by years of political impasse — threatening Iraq’s democracy and peace Iraq’s stricken democracy is being stress-tested once…

Time to Build the Movement Now — Global Issues

An Opportunity to Create a Bottom-Up Global Governance — Global Issues

Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug 10 (IPS) – The upcoming summit on Education, part of the UN Secretary General’s ambitious agenda, can truly bring accountability and participation to the inevitably new ways education will be imparted in the future. With…