By Global Issues UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) – A 2.0 version of an ancient Biblical saying reads: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a woman to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The male/female ratio for the Secretary-General stands at 9 vs zero. […]
By Global Issues BRATISLAVA, Jul 05 (IPS) – Women’s rights groups fear a new legal provision in poland requiring doctors to collect records on all pregnancies could create what they have described as a ‘pregnancy register’ to monitor whether women are having abortions. Read the full story, “Rights Groups Question ‘Pregnancy Register’ for Polish Women”, […]
By Global Issues BRUSSELS, Jul 05 (IPS) – The writer is executive director of HealthforAnimals, the global animal health association World Zoonoses Day, which will be commemorated on July 6, celebrates the success of the first vaccine which was created against the zoonotic disease ‘rabies’. It was developed by Louis Pasteur, a French biologist […]