By Roberto Savio* | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
ROME (IDN | Other News) – The U.S. Congress, under the valiant leadership of Republicans, has vetoed the entry of Syrian refugees, including women and children, into the United States against Obama’s intention to accept 10,000 – a symbolic amount in a country, which accepts over 50.000 refugees every year – while Germany is accepting at least 800,000 Syrians.
What is frightening is the total ignorance of the world behind that veto.
By Jutta Wolf | IDN-InDepthNews Report
BERLIN | BRUSSELS (IDN) – A new report finds that progress towards equality of women and men in the news media has virtually ground to a halt over the past five years. In fact, “progress towards news representation that acknowledges women’s participation in economic life remains elusive”. The report calls for “an end to media sexism by 2020”.
According to the findings of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), released on November 23, worldwide, women make up only 24% of the people heard, read about or seen in newspaper, television and radio news, exactly the same level found in 2010.
The Central American country of Costa Rica is a model state that embodies the concept of global citizenship by pursuing a culture of peace and aspiring to achieve complete carbon-neutrality.
By Fabíola Ortiz | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
SAN JOSE (IDN) – With less than five million inhabitants, Costa Rica became famous for abolishing its army in the late 1940’s, when its Central American neighbours were involved in armed conflicts. After becoming a model of peace in the region, the country now wants to be known as a laboratory for a deep decarbonisation process of the world economy.
By Ana Maria Currea* | IDN-InDepthNews Viewpoint
NEW YORK (IDN | UNDP) – It is well established that the poor are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and that women, who account for the majority of the world’s poor, are disproportionately impacted.
Why is this fact so important? And what are we doing to address it?
Women farmers account for 45 to 80 percent of all food production in developing countries. This means that any changes in climate – such as droughts and floods –affect their livelihoods, incomes and food security more than they do men.
By Krishan Dutt | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
KUALA LUMPUR (IDN) – The need for sustainable development, aligning multiple economic and environmental priorities, stressed by the leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies, in their Manila declaration on November 19, has been reiterated in a new report that forecasts a robust growth for ‘Emerging Asia’ in 2015 and in the next five years.
KUALA LUMPUR (IDN) – The need for sustainable development, aligning multiple economic and environmental priorities, stressed by the leaders of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies, in their Manila declaration on November 19, has been reiterated in a new report that forecasts a robust growth for ‘Emerging Asia’ in 2015 and in the next five years. SPANISH | GERMAN | HINDI | JAPANESE
Ein Gastbeitrag von Roberto Savio*
ROM (IDN) – Nach den Terroranschlägen in Paris am 13. November ist der Ruf nach einer gemeinsamen Front des Westens gegen den Islamischen Staat (IS) lauter geworden. Auch in westlichen Medien wird eine Intensivierung der militärischen Intervention gegen Kämpfer der radikalen islamischen Fundamentalisten gefordert. Das überrascht nicht. Die Blutbäder von Paris können nur Trauer auf der einen Seite und weiteren Horror auf der anderen nach sich ziehen.
By Julio Godoy | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
BERLIN (IDN) – It happened at least twice in January and February 2014: U.S. senator John McCain expressly thanked “God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar and our Qatari friends” for supporting the Sunni Islamic opposition to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. The first time McCain said so to the U.S. television network CNN in January 2014, the second time one month later during a speech at the Munich Security conference.
McCain was simply referring to Saudi Arabian help to create the Islamic State guerrilla group terrorising its way to Damascus. Prince Bandar bin Sultan was once Saudi ambassador in Washington – curiously enough, during 2001, coinciding with the attacks against the World Trade Centre and Washington.
By Ramesh Jaura | IDN-InDepthNews Analysis
BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) – While Europe and the United States are engrossed in a highly emotional debate and punitive military actions against perpetrators of terrorism – with President Francois Hollande declaring that “France is at war” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s pronouncements reflect an approach characterised by robust reasoning.
Von Tharanga Yakupitiyage
New York (IDN) – Die UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele (SDGs) können nur verwirklicht werden, wenn sie in der breiten Masse bekannt sind. Deshalb spielt Bildung eine entscheidende Rolle bei ihrer Umsetzung, hieß es bei einem Treffen in New York, auf dem das fünfjährige Bestehen der UN-Initiative ‘United Nations Academic Impact’ (UNAI) gefeiert wurde. Bildung helfe zudem, auch grenzenübergreifend das Verständnis für unterschiedliche Kulturen zu fördern sowie unterschiedliche Wertvorstellungen zu begreifen und zu verbreiten, waren sich die Teilnehmer des Treffens einig.
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