By Global Issues LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Mar 29 (IPS) – Brave protests against women’s second-class status in Iran; the mass defence of economic rights in the face of a unilateral presidential decision in France; huge mobilisations to resist government plans to weaken the courts in Israel: all these have shown the willingness of people to […]
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By Global Issues UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (IPS) – A group of UN experts* on human rights has blasted the Government of Uganda for making homosexuality punishable by death. “It is an egregious violation of human rights, the experts said, urging Uganda’s president not to promulgate laws that take aim at and further criminalise people […]
By Global Issues WASHINGTON DC, Mar 28 (IPS) – International family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) are critical to achieving gender equity, but U.S. investment in them is not nearly sufficient to meet the moment. Read the full story, “US Lagging Behind on Funding International Family Planning & Reproductive Health”, on globalissues.org → Source: US […]