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  1. Ahead of UN Summit of the Future, Mobilizing Youth for Change

    - Inter Press Service

    TOKYO, Japan, Mar 27 (IPS) - In a significant precursor to the United Nations Summit of the Future slated for September, the "Future Action Festival" convened at Tokyo's National Stadium on March 24, drawing a crowd of approximately 66,000 attendees and reaching over half a million viewers via live streaming. The event, a collaborative effort by youth and citizen groups, aimed to foster a deeper understanding and proactive stance among young people on nuclear disarmament and climate change solutions.

  2. The Kids of the Islamic State: A Childhood Stolen

    - Inter Press Service

    HASSAKE, Syria, Mar 27 (IPS) - Rozena, a 31-year-old woman from Guyana, says she travelled to Turkey in 2015 to join an NGO which helped Syrian refugees. That’s all she’ll reveal when asked how and why she ended up living in the so-called Islamic State for four years.

  3. The Gambia Must Not Repeal FGM Ban

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) - Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) showed that while some success is taking place, the pace of progress remains slow - lagging behind population growth, especially in places where FGM is most common.

  4. Global Governance: Time for Reform

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) - At last the UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. While stopping short of demanding a permanent end to the violence, it goes further than the world’s peak peace and security body had so far managed since the start of the current brutal phase of conflict in October. But the time it’s taken to get to this point signals an ongoing failure of global institutions to uphold human rights.

  5. Abandoned Children Growing Problem in Northern Syria

    - Inter Press Service

    IDLIB, Syria, Mar 27 (IPS) - Wael Al-Hassan was returning from work in the Syrian city of Harim when he heard the sound of a baby crying.

  6. UN Security Council At Last Adopts a Ceasefire Resolution in Gaza

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) - After nearly six months of a devastating war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has at last adopted a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The resolution calls for the ceasefire to come into effect for the month of Ramadan, demands the unconditional release of all hostages and ensures humanitarian access.

  7. Will Israel Defy Another Security Council Resolution?

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) - The UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution for a temporary cease-fire in the ongoing conflict in Gaza — adopted by a 14-0 vote with the US abstaining — marks a significant step forward in momentarily halting the five-month-old fighting which has claimed the lives of over 32,000 Palestinians and 1,200 inside Israel.

    But a lingering question remains: how will Israel respond?

  8. South Asian Network on Human Rights Calls on Bhutan to Free Political Prisoners

    - Inter Press Service

    THIMPHU, Bhutan, Mar 26 (IPS) - South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, has called on the Government of Bhutan to release the political prisoners it has detained for decades.

  9. UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces

    - UN News

    The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday, revealing a surge in credible allegations of torture and executions of captured Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the hands of Russian forces.

  10. Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza

    - UN News

    There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Tuesday.

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