While gendered realities are increasingly acknowledged and addressed by international organisations and agencies, in practice, gendered social norms and attitudes have proven to be difficult to address.
Anti-choice activists at the United Nations argue that rural women need food, not reproductive choice. But unsafe abortions kill women.
Blaming citizens for their alleged populist or anti-democratic turn is misleading. Without the active involvement of the economic elite, both foreign and domestic, authoritarian capitalism could not have emerged in Hungary.
Why did Macri win the elections? Because of the falling price of commodities? The power of the media? A change in the mood of the population?. Español
This new law exploits the spirit of such legislation in order to bolster the ruling majority’s authority and to further intimidate vulnerable groups.
Whatever the Public Order Act’s role in maintaining the rule of law, it has also served as a tool to undermine the human rights that are essential to a democracy.
¿Por qué Macri ganó las elecciones? ¿Debido a la caída del precio de los productos básicos? ¿El poder de los medios? ¿Un cambio en el estado de ánimo de la población? English
This is a truly historic moment, even though the candidates seem not to acknowledge it. The election opens the opportunity for a democratic shake-up to get Mexico out of a long night of violence. Español
México está en un momento histórico que los candidatos parecen no reconocer. El país necesita una auténtica sacudida democrática que le permita salir de una larga noche de violencia. English
Joyce Sheppard talks about the campaign to save South Yorkshire’s Women’s Aid – one of many domestic violence services impacted by government cuts.
A pesar de la retórica sobre un futuro digital a la vuelta de la esquina, la reforma de las telecomunicaciones adolece de falta de inversión social y educativa. English
