North Korea has warned of a "realistic" chance of nuclear war in the region, citing US and South Korean military drills Read Full Article at RT.com
NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) - The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. On International Women’s Day, let us remind ourselves of the power of education. We have all benefited from an education that less than a century ago was not a given for a girl and which still remains a distant utopia for millions of young girls.
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Empowere Her”, on globalissues.org →
The inequalities faced by women in the real world are also prevalent online. On International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March, the UN is raising awareness of these disparities, and putting forward a vision of fairer digital future for all.
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MADRID, Mar 07 (IPS) - The answer is that there are alarming setbacks for maternal health care and, in many cases, even a total lack of maternity services, which threaten to further raise the number of these tragic preventable deaths one million or more a year by 2030.
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 07 (IPS) - Recent crises have pushed the gender inequality gap even wider and new technology has brought new threats to women’s autonomy and safety. This year’s International Women's Day celebrated under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” is an opportunity to strengthen efforts to uplift and empower women and girls’ digital participation to ultimately improve their lives.
Guimarães, Portugal, Mar 07 (IPS) - The accelerating pace of digitalization has ushered humanity into a whole different era of information and communication. Today, digitalization permeates every aspect of our lives, socio-economically and politically.
The Pentagon is considering installing US-made missiles on Soviet-manufactured Ukrainian fighter jets, Politico has reported Read Full Article at RT.com
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tremendous power of technology and innovation has become clear to the world. However, it has also increased exclusion, discrimination, and inequalities -- especially for women and girls.
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - This feature is part of a series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. For the first time in history, says a new report from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), not a single functioning parliament in the world is “male-only”.
Is the increasing number of women in parliaments a singular achievement for gender empowerment? Or is it the result of mandatory legislative quotas for women’s representation in world’s parliaments?
PARIS, Mar 08 (IPS) - The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. In September 2020, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for women’s rights celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was, however, a bittersweet commemoration, mixing joy for the progress in gender equality achieved since 1995, and the stark realization about the multidimensional gaps awaiting tackling and the new divides brought by the social consequences of COVID-19.