By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 12 June 2023 (IDN) — An American evangelical lobby group has been coaching high-ranking African politicians and religious and civic leaders to oppose comprehensive sex education (CSE) across the continent. According to openDemocracy, an independent news website, African ambassadors to the UN have gone to the Arizona […]
Investigative Global South Journalists to Receive Awards for Excellence
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 12 June 2023 (IDN) — A select group of investigative reporters from the global South will be recognized this year for outstanding work at the 11th Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, from September 19-22. Their prize, the Shining Light Award, honors journalists whose work was […]
Universalization of Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Essential
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | TOKYO, 11 June 2023 (IDN) — Peacebuilder and Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda, who is president of the Tokyo-based Soka Gakkai International (SGI), issued a statement ahead of the meeting of the Group of 7 (G7) countries in Hiroshima May 19-21, calling on the G7 leaders to take bold steps toward […]
Behind Water Stresses Around the World
By John P. Ruehl Around the world, significant issues are negatively impacting water security. While the situation appears dire, cooperation initiatives show some signs of relief. This article was produced by Globetrotter. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic Policy and a contributor to […]
Reversing Child Labour is Possible
By Simone Galimberti* KATHMANDU, Nepal, 9 June 2023 (IDN) — A little more than an year ago the international community gathered in Durban, South Africa to chalk out a way forward in the fight against child labour. The gathering, officially the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, did indeed provide a roadmap, […]
WHO and the Global Fund Commit to Enhance Collaboration
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA, 9 June 2023 (IDN) —The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) intend to build stronger and more resilient health systems. With this in view, they signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for Collaboration on June 8. It aims at […]
Nuclear Clouds Over the 38th Parallel
Viewpoint by Herbert Wulf This article was issued by the Toda Peace Institute and is being republished with their permission. BONN, Germany, 8 June 2023 (IDN) — North Korea has continued to advance its nuclear weapons program and has launched more than 100 missiles since the beginning of 2022, some with intercontinental range. In South […]
The Rise of Popular Protests Around the World
By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN, 7 June 2023 (IDN) — Over 400 significant anti-government protests have erupted worldwide since 2017. More than 132 countries were directly affected. Of these, 135 were significant economic anti-government protests. 23 percent of major protests lasted more than three months, according to the Global Protest Tracker of the Carnegie Endowment for […]
Rising Death Toll from Over 50 Conflicts Annually
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, 7 June 2023 (IDN) — The death toll from military conflicts worldwide is frighteningly high—over 237,000 battle-related deaths in 2022 alone, mostly from the wars in Ukraine and Ethiopia. The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region accounted for over 100,000 battle-related deaths in 2022, even more than Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
How JFK Would Pursue Peace in Ukraine
By Jeffrey D. Sachs* This article was published in Common Dreams and is being republished with the author’s permission. NEW YORK, 6 June 2023 (IDN) — President John F. Kennedy was one of the world’s great peacemakers. He led a peaceful solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis and then successfully negotiated the Partial Nuclear Test […]