By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK (IDN) — Women have key contributions to make to leadership across all sectors, communities and societies from politics and corporations to sports and STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), diverse leadership benefits everyone, says UN Women, the global champion for gender equality. “Leaders need to represent the people they serve […]
The Future Is Better with Women in Every Decision-Making
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director [Also available in: ar |es | fr | ru | zh] NEW YORK (IDN) — International Women’s Day (March 8) this year comes at a difficult time for the world and for gender equality, but at a perfect moment to fight for transformative action and to salute women […]
Share of Women Parliamentarians Reaches ‘All-Time High’
By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) — There is a long way to go to achieve gender parity. But a new report reveals that the share of women parliamentarians worldwide reached more than 25 per cent in 2020 marking a historic step. Women in Parliament report was launched on March 5 ahead of the International Women’s […]
More Women Researchers in Developing Nations Than in the Rich
By Jaya Ramachandran PARIS (IDN) — While women make up 33.3% of researchers in the global average, in South and Southeast Asia, several countries are achieving gender parity, according to data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics for 107 countries covering the years 2015–2018. This is the case for Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, for instance. […]
Free COVID-19 Vaccines from Big Pharma Control
Viewpoint by Sonali Kolhatkar This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Sonali Kolhatkar is the founder, host and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV and Pacifica stations. LOS ANGELES (IDN) — At a recent virtual […]
China Sets Over 6% GDP Target & 11 Million Urban Jobs in 2021
By Press Trust of India (PTI) BEIJING (IDN) — China, which was the first to be hit by COVID-19 and the earliest to recover from the lockdown effects, has fixed a GDP (Gross Domestic Product) target of over 6% in 2021, optimistic of an economic recovery after last year’s 2.3% growth, its weakest in decades. […]
Gorbachev’s Legacy After 30 Years of the Soviet Union’s Disintegration
By Andrei Grachev A Russian historian, political analyst and journalist, Dr Andrei Grachev, was the adviser for Mikhail Gorbachev and official Spokesman of the President of the USSR until his resignation in December 1991. InDepthNews is re-publishing this article courtesy of Other News. Original link > https://www.other-news.info/2021/03/the-time-of-gorbachev MOSCOW (IDN) — Two books were published practically […]
Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
Viewpoint by Moritz Kütt, Jan Hoekema and Tom Sauer * The English version of this article was first published in The Toda Peace Institute‘s Global Outlook on February 28, 2021.** TOKYO (IDN) — On January 22, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force. The new agreement also called the Nuclear Ban […]
Reinvigorate Multilateralism by Replacing its Operating Principle
Viewpoint by Inge Kaul* The following article first appeared on the website of Center for Global Development and was adapted from a paper published originally by Global Perspectives and cross-published by CGD. BERLIN (IDN | CGD) — The global policy debate on multilateralism has taken an intriguing turn during recent months and its focus has […]
India Driving Toward ‘Authoritarianism’ — Media Being Gagged
The following is a revised version of the previous report titled “India Falls from ‘Free’ to ‘Partly Free’ in Freedom Index” By Ditsa Bhattacharya, NewsClick and ICF Team NEW DELHI (IDN) — India’s status fell from “free” to “partly free” in the Freedom in the World 2021 report released on March 3. India’s score in […]