More action needed to advance women’s role in global peace and security — Global Issues

More action needed to advance women’s role in global peace and security — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Addressing the Council’s annual debate on resolution 1325, he appealed for countries to “urgently bridge the gap between rhetoric and reality” through concrete action in the areas of participation, financing and leadership. “Of 18 peace agreements reached last year, only one was signed or witnessed by a representative of a…

Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres — Global Issues

Human right to food needs ‘massive investment’: Guterres — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Addressing the UN-backed body meeting in Rome on Monday, António Guterres underscored that the session was taking place “at a moment of crisis for global food security” and provided some sobering statistics. “Last year, 735 million people went hungry. More than 3 billion cannot afford a healthy diet,” said the…

‘Staggering’ health consequences — Global Issues

‘Staggering’ health consequences — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Temperatures have already started to drop into single figures. With about two-thirds of the affected areas assessed, more than 21,500 homes are confirmed destroyed and a further 17,000 severely damaged, according to the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA). Over 154,000 people have been impacted. Critical psychosocial support That number…

Women’s sexual and reproductive rights an ‘unfinished agenda’ — Global Issues

Women’s sexual and reproductive rights an ‘unfinished agenda’ — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Countries attending the landmark Conference, held in Cairo, agreed a Programme of Action which promised that women and girls must have the power to make decisions about their own lives, their bodies and their futures. Mr. Türk commended the “leaps” made during the past three decades which include a reduction…

South Asian Community Health Workers Say Their Work is Work — Global Issues

South Asian Community Health Workers Say Their Work is Work — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Community health workers demand to be recognised as formal workers with pay and benefits to match. Credit: Zofeen T. Ebrahim by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Thursday, October 19, 2023 Inter Press Service KARACHI, Oct 19 (IPS) – “Professionally, I am still where I was 23 years ago when I started working as…

Mexico on the Rights Path — Global Issues

Mexico on the Rights Path — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 10 (IPS) – Mexico’s Supreme Court recently declared abortion bans unconstitutional, effectively decriminalising abortion throughout the vast federal country, so far characterised by a legislative patchwork. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit…

Human rights ‘in a state of collapse’, warns Türk — Global Issues

Human rights ‘in a state of collapse’, warns Türk — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

“Human rights in Afghanistan are in a state of collapse,” he told the Human Rights Council, before sounding the alarm over ongoing reports of extrajudicial killings, torture and ill-treatment and arbitrary arrests and detentions, as well as serious violations against former Government officials, as documented in a new human rights…

Draft hijab law tantamount to ‘gender apartheid’ say rights experts — Global Issues

Draft hijab law tantamount to ‘gender apartheid’ say rights experts — Global Issues

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“The draft law could be described as a form of gender apartheid, as authorities appear to be governing through systemic discrimination with the intention of suppressing women and girls into total submission,” the independent experts said. They stressed that the proposed parliamentary Bill to Support the Family by Promoting the…