• Navigating Global Climate Challenges: Perspectives from China's COP29 Delegation
    Saturday, November 23, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
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  • Preparing for climate chaos in Timor-Leste, one of the world’s most vulnerable nations
    Saturday, November 23, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    Timor-Leste, a young island nation in Southeast Asia, is particularly vulnerable to the ravages of the climate crisis. A combination of technology, community knowledge and UN support could help to ensure that casualties and damage are...
  • The trial that brought down a warlord
    Saturday, November 23, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    How do you bring a war criminal to justice? UN Video reported on the case of Sheka, the infamous leader of a feared armed group that raped and ravaged civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in its award-winning film The...
  • COP29 agrees to $300 billion climate deal for developing countries; UN chief says he had ‘hoped for a more ambitious outcome’
    Saturday, November 23, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    UN climate negotiations wrapped up early on Sunday morning in Baku, with wealthy countries pledging to invest at least $300 billion a year to the global fight against climate change. Developing countries who had been seeking more than $1...
  • Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’
    Saturday, November 23, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    Families fleeing from besieged areas of northern Gaza are leaving homes and shelters with just the shirts on their backs, Louise Wateridge, Senior Emergency Coordinator for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, told UN News on...
  • ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel, Hamas leadership: what happens next?
    Saturday, November 23, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    The decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants citing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas commander...
  • Insights From Negotiator into How COPs Move Needle Towards Healthy, Liveable Planet
    Saturday, November 23, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    BAKU, Nov 23 (IPS) - Every year, the Conference of the Parties creates a global milestone for the climate movement, setting new standards and advancing action towards a net-zero planet to sustain all life on earth. COPs provide a...
  • Climate Change in Azerbaijan is Putting Women at Increased Risk of Gender-Based Violence
    Friday, November 22, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    PARIS, Nov 22 (IPS) - Climate change exacerbates existing gender inequalities and gender-based violence. At COP29 in Azerbaijan, governments have been urged to prioritize gender-responsive climate policies that address the specific needs...
  • And That’s a Wrap on COP29 — This Year’s Global Climate Summit
    Friday, November 22, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Over the last two weeks, more than 65,000 delegates came together to work on the next global climate agreement at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan , the UN’s annual climate conference event. Held from Nov. 11 to Nov. 22 and unofficially dubbed...
  • A Beginner’s Guide to Climate Finance: What You Need to Know
    Friday, November 22, 2024 from Global Citizen
    The latest United Nations climate summit, COP29, earned the nickname “ The Finance COP ” for its focus on questions like who should pay for fixing the climate crisis, and how much?   In theory, climate finance is all about figuring out...
  • Once in a Blue Moon, Things Dont Fall Apart
    Friday, November 22, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    BAKU, Nov 22 (IPS) - The drive home is uneventful. Our Bolt driver is a careful driver—the bright, half-moon provides a delightful end to an evening of song and good food. Our last night as an IPS team at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Read...
  • International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu
    Friday, November 22, 2024 from Global Issues News Headlines
    UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22 (IPS) - On November 21, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the former defense minister Yoav Gallant. In a statement released by the...
  • SADC: Denounce Security Force Violence in Mozambique
    Friday, November 22, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Police deploy amid opposition protests in Maputo, Mozambique, November 7, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Carlos Uqueio (Johannesburg) – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) should publicly condemn the Mozambican...
  • I Believe in the Global Community to Call for Climate Justice — You Should Too
    Friday, November 22, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Eduardo Mosqueda is an environmental activist from Mexico, where civic space is repressed . He serves as Executive Director for a non-governmental organization called Tsiniki which specializes in human rights — particularly environmental...
  • UN Review of DR Congo Exposes Lack of Progress on Rights
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image People displaced by fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels at a camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 13, 2024. © 2024 Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo Last week, the United Nations...
  • Ugandan Military Court to Try Opposition Leader
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Ugandan opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, stands in the dock at the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, Uganda, November 20. 2024. © 2024 Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo A Ugandan...
  • Palestine: ICC Warrants Revive Hope for Long-Delayed Justice
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan gives an interview with Reuters about Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, The Hague, Netherlands, October 12, 2023.  © 2023 REUTERS/Piroschka van...
  • Thailand: Insurgents Target Civilians in South
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image The concept art for the Guan Yin statue, Songkhla, Thailand. © 2024 Prachatai (Bangkok) – Separatist insurgents in southern Thailand carried out an unlawful grenade attack against civilians on November 20, 2024, at...
  • Turkmenistan Forcibly Hospitalizes Human Rights Defender
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Human rights defender Soltan Achilova, forcibly held in an infectious disease hospital in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. November 20, 2024. © 2024 Private Turkmenistan’s authorities have gone to extreme lengths to...
  • Myanmar: Surging Landmine Use Claims Lives, Livelihoods
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image A member of the opposition Karenni Nationalities Defence Force holds antipersonnel mines planted by the Myanmar military and removed during demining operations near Pekon township, July 11, 2023. © 2023 STR/AFP via...
  • Proposed US Landmine Transfers Gravely Threaten Civilians
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image A pile of shoes during the annual demonstration by NGO Humanity and Inclusion denouncing antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions in Lyon on September 20, 2014. © 2014 Getty Images (Washington,...
  • Concerns Grow for Health of Detained Chinese Lawyer
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong in Beijing, China. © 2017 AP Photo “Our ideals have become clearer, and our dream is political. The Citizens’ Movement calls on everyone to act like a citizen. When [this movement]...
  • Global Citizen Launches Power Our Planet Climate Action Campaign at Global Citizen NOW: Rio de Janeiro
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Global Citizen NOW: Rio de Janeiro , an action summit hosted by Global Citizen and the 2024 G20 Presidency, and supported by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, convened over 450 world leaders, innovators, and advocates on the...
  • Hong Kong: 45 Democracy Advocates Harshly Sentenced
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Elsa Wu, foster mother of activist Hendrick Lui, was taken into a police van outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building after the sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, November 19,...
  • Trans Day of Remembrance Marked with Grim Murder Data
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image People carry the names of murdered transgendered women as dozens of transgender women and allies gather to commemorate murdered members of their community on Transgender Day of Remembrance in Mexico City. © 2017 AP...
  • Study Finds Third of UK Children Living in Poverty
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Children play in a park on a housing estate in Redcar, Teesside, May 17, 2023. © 2023 Joanne Coates/Bloomberg via Getty Images Newly published data show that 5.2 million children in the United Kingdom – 36 percent...
  • UN: Approve Next Steps on Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image United Nations Headquarters building in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 2021. © 2021 Sergi Reboredo / VWPics via AP Images (New York) – United Nations member countries should vote to launch formal...
  • Colombia Charges Former FARC Leaders with Child Recruitment
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Relatives of victims of extrajudicial executions and magistrates are pictured during a hearing of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in Cali, Colombia on June 5, 2023. © 2024 Joaquin Sarimento/AFP via Getty...
  • Celebrate World Children’s Day by Taking Action for Children’s Rights
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Global Citizen
    The boundless potential of our youth inspires the world to come together each year to celebrate World Children’s Day on Nov. 20 — a day devoted to honoring, empowering, and advocating for tomorrow’s leaders, dreamers, and changemakers....
  • Iran: Flurry of New Death Sentences
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image A demonstration on the anniversary of the death in custody of Mahsa Jina Amini with signs calling to stop the executions in Iran, September 14, 2024. © 2024 Georg Wendt/picture alliance via Getty Images (Beirut)...
  • Tajikistan: Tajik Activist Deported from Germany Jailed
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Dilmurod Ergashev at a demonstration in Berlin on December 23, 2022 in support of Abdullohi Shamsiddin who was detained and ultimately deported to Tajikistan in January 2023. © 2022 Sharofiddin Gadoev (Berlin,...
  • Syria Violating World Court Order
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image (The Hague) – Syria has failed to comply with an International Court of Justice (ICJ) order a year ago directing it to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of torture in the country, Human Rights...
  • Uzbekistan Targets 'Undesirable' Foreigners and Stateless Persons
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, July 26, 2023. © 2023 Jasmine Leung/SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo On November 15, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a new law targeting “undesirable” foreign...
  • Saudi Arabia: Public Investment Fund Linked to Abuses
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (center) heads a meeting of the Council of Economic Affairs and Development in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on May 29, 2018. The council is responsible for...
  • Landmines: New Casualties Show Need to Support Treaty Ban
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from
    Click to expand Image Mine clearance equipment on display at a Cambodia Mine Action Center training held in Preytotoeung village, Battambang province, Cambodia, on January 19, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Heng Sinith (Bangkok, November 20,...
  • Surviving Cervical Cancer: Milicent’s Journey Through Stigma, Discrimination, and Advocacy
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Cervical cancer often develops silently, but its consequences can be devastating if not diagnosed in time. For 36-year-old Milicent Kagonga, a mother of three, early warning signs like irregular bleeding, pelvic pain, and persistent...
  • Unlocking the Future: Media Stamped Helps Kids and Parents Navigate the Digital World Together
    Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Did you know that kids ages 8-12 in the US spend a staggering 4-6 hours a day on screens, while teens are clocking up to 9 hours outside of schoolwork? Whether binge-watching the latest series, playing games, or chatting with friends,...
  • What We Want to See Happen at COP29
    Monday, November 11, 2024 from Global Citizen
    COP29 has arrived — another year, another Conference of the Parties.  The annual climate conference has fallen into a stale rhythm of many words and minimal actions. Greta Thunberg said it best at the last COP she attended three years...
  • This Open Letter Spells Out 3 Demands of African Smallholder Farmers
    Thursday, November 7, 2024 from Global Citizen
    A week away from COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, the voices of smallholder farmers must be heard. These farmers produce the majority of Africa’s food yet find themselves on the...
  • How to Apply for the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award
    Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Are you a young leader dedicated to using technology for good? Do you dream of creating meaningful change to help end extreme poverty? The Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award is now open for applications from Nov. 6, 2024,...
  • How Communities Are Key to Ending Child Marriage
    Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Over the last decade, global calls to ban forced and child marriage have become more prominent, but with 28 girls still forced to wed every minute , the deadly practice persists. It endures through policy loopholes, cultural norms, and...
  • What Did (and Didn’t) Get Accomplished at the 2024 Biodiversity COP in Colombia
    Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Over the past two weeks, world leaders gathered for the first time since 2022 in Cali, Colombia, to assess progress on crucial global targets to stop human-caused biodiversity loss and environmental degradation at COP16. The talks ended...
  • Seeds of Change: Amplifying the Voices of Sierra Leone’s Women Smallholder Farmers
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Global Citizen
    A quiet transformation is taking root in rural communities across Sierra Leone. In three different districts in the Eastern Province of the country, women farmers enrolled in the Nurturing Opportunities for Women (NOW) program , run by...
  • From Fear to Action: Five Ways to Stay Grounded in a Climate-Challenged World
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Picture a young college student, let’s say his name is Boyd, who has always dreamed of traveling the world. Yet instead of planning his adventures, he’s glued to his phone, scrolling through headlines, images, and videos of devastating...
  • Dishing Out the Truth: Dishwashers Save Water in the Kitchen
    Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from Global Citizen
      For years, there’s been a belief that dishwashers are wasteful when it comes to water usage, and handwashing is more water-efficient. But modern dishwashers challenge that myth. Let’s explore why dishwashers are not only convenient but...
  • Get Ready for Global Citizen NOW: Rio de Janeiro!
    Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from Global Citizen
    In partnership with the Government of Brazil and the 2024 G20 Presidency, we’re thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated Global Citizen NOW action summit is coming to Brazil on Nov 17, 2024! This landmark event takes place on the...
  • This Polio Survivor is the First Female Wheelchair Athlete to Complete the Ironman
    Thursday, October 24, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Growing up, Minda Dentler was a proud spectator cheering on her three siblings as they competed in cross country, tennis, wrestling, and football.  “They were athletic. I was on the sidelines,” she says.  Dentler, who contracted polio as...
  • Why We All Need to Be Global Citizens: Five Key Reasons to Unite Against Poverty
    Thursday, October 17, 2024 from Global Citizen
    October 17 marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty , a critical reminder of the ongoing struggle to lift millions out of hardship. This day, established by the United Nations, serves as a global call to action to end...
  • Inside the Global Hunger Crisis: Food Banks Share Their Stories and Solutions
    Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Global hunger is a challenge that requires a united effort, it should not just be the responsibility of one person or organization. Yet, for some, relying on one organization — say, a food bank — is their only option. With hunger...
  • With A Fury, Women Are Cultivating Confidence in Ethiopia
    Tuesday, October 15, 2024 from Global Citizen
    Woyneshet Kassa, 32, carefully brushes dirt from a potato in a cultivation shed at her family's homestead. Beside her, Worknesh Fufa, 38, rolls potatoes back and forth along a suspended bed, which holds hundreds of the germinating...
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