Over the next two weeks, participants from across the world – including representatives from governments, the UN, civil society and youth groups, as well as activists – will examine how gender equality, empowerment and sustainable development can be achieved in the digital era. The meeting, known as CSW67, will also highlight online violence and other…
Addressing the Human Rights Council, Nada Al-Nashif warned that serious violations of people’s basic freedoms in Eritrea have continued “and show no sign of improvement”. Military servitude In addition to the longstanding problem of indefinite military service – which intensified during the recent Tigray conflict in Ethiopia – Ms. Al-Nashif insisted that the agreed withdrawal of the Eritrean…
On Monday at the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), a series of roundtable discussions saw global leaders, ci confront two of the most fundamental hurdles facing LDCs: how to make better use of science, technology and innovation (STI), and how to promote structural transformations that can help overcome the real impediments…
“Families forced from their homes by the earthquakes have spent the past four weeks focused on survival, their lives on hold while aftershocks continue to rumble,” said UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Afshan Khan. She said it is now critical “to do all we can to help families begin…
In an appeal for “genuine dialogue” to resolve the crisis, the experts expressed deep concern about the reported repression, arbitrary killings, arrests, detention and enforced disappearances of demonstrators in Peru. The situation stems from Congress’s removal of then president, Pedro Castillo on 7 December, after he was accused of trying to dissolve it. Mr. Castillo remains in…
At current rates, it will take almost another three centuries to bring about equality for women and girls. Hobbled by persistent inequalities, about 383 million women and girls live in extreme poverty, and every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by someone in her own family. These are some of the reasons…
(Photo: Express Web) Lahore: PEMRA’s move to ban former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech and statements was challenged in the Lahore High Court. On behalf of Imran Khan, President Lahore High Court Bar Ishtiaq A Khan and Barrister Ahmed Pansuta filed the petition, in which Pemra and others have been made parties. In the petition,…
A Norwegian offshore oil rig setup, file photo Energy prices surged after the Ukraine war, with Norway earning record revenues from oil and gas. According to Statistics Norway, oil and gas sales generated $140 billion in revenue. This is Norway’s biggest revenue ever, bringing in three times as much revenue as in 2021. It should…
Federal Communications Minister Asaad Mehmood has said that there is a difference between our demands and Imran Khan’s, we ask the institutions to be neutral. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of WAPDA circle office in Dera Ismail Khan, Asad Mahmood said that we ask the institutions to play the basic constitutional role. He said that Imran…
The entry point from the United States into Mexico comes to Matamoros, crossing the entry point where the US citizens were kidnapped. Gunmen kidnapped 4 American citizens in Matamoros, Mexico. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the four Americans entered Matamoros in a white minivan from Texas. The FBI’s San Antonio Division office…
