globalissues.org / Page 2

UNITED NATIONS, March 10 (IPS) - We have heard it all: When a woman raises her voice, she's too emotional. When she stands her ground, she's too difficult. When she leads, she's too ambitious. If she wears dark suits they whisper 'why does she always ...

UNITED NATIONS, March 10 (IPS) - The ongoing military conflict between Ukraine and Russia--which began February 2022, with no visible signs of ending--has triggered major arms transfers to Europe.

UNITED NATIONS, March 9 (IPS) - On International Women's Day (March 8), global leaders and advocates gather around the rallying cry to strengthen justice systems for all women and girls in a time of increasing pushbacks on gender equality.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 9 (IPS) - Consider what International Women's Day looked like a few years ago, and what it looks like now: the same date, the same global moment of reflection, but a vastly changed global landscape. Gender rights are facing ...

NEW YORK, March 9 (IPS) - As we observe International Women's Day (IWD) this year, the global community does so in a time of continuing turbulence, conflicts and uncertainty about the future of our planet.

NEW YORK, March 9 (IPS) - International Women's Day 2026 (IWD 2026), which was commemorated March 8, under the theme, "Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls", calls for action to dismantle all barriers to equal justice: discriminatory laws ...

ABUJA, March 9 (IPS) - Abimbola David still remembers being robbed twice in taxis in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. The most recent incident occurred in 2023 when the robbers, who pretended to be passengers, took her belongings while the car was moving.

Crises in the region on both Afghanistan's longest borders are undermining the country's stability, a senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday as concerns over Middle East crisis grow amid clashes with Pakistan and a worsening ...

Despite some progress made globally, children around the world still face serious and evolving risks of being sold, sexually exploited and abused, the UN independent human rights expert on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, . ...

On day 10 of the war engulfing the Middle East, UN agencies on Monday reported massive displacement across the region, along with surging food and fuel prices that risk increasing hunger and suffering for the most vulnerable.