Indigenous people in a remote mountain town in the Andes in Peru are being helped to boost their incomes by preserving a valuable but threatened breed of alpaca.
09/08/2018
Nicaragua Must End ‘Witch-Hunt’ against Dissenting Voices – UN Human Rights Expert
Human Wrongs Watch
Following weeks of civil unrest in Nicaragua, a group of 11 UN independent human rights experts urged the Government on 9 August 2018 to stop the violent repression of protestors, which has left at least 317 people dead and 1,830 injured, stressing that “no one should be detained for the exercise of their human rights”.
09/08/2018
“I Felt I Was in Hell” – Escalating Hostilities Threaten Thousands of Pregnant Women in Yemen’s Hodeidah
Human Wrongs Watch
HODEIDAH, Yemen, 8 August 2018 (UNFPA)* – Escalating violence in Hodeidah, Yemen, threatens the city’s estimated 90,000 pregnant women and girls, UNFPA has announced. Some 14,000 of these women and girls are likely to encounter pregnancy-related complications requiring emergency care, but access to health services has been severely limited by the ongoing crisis.
A post-partum mother with her newborn at the Al Thawra Hospital maternity ward. © UNFPA Yemen
09/08/2018
Around 90% of Yemenis Do Not Have Access to Sufficient Water and Only 40% to Safe Drinking Water. UN Uses Solar Energy to Provide Affordable Access to Clean Water
Human Wrongs Watch
9 August 2018 (IOM)* — Yemen has one of the lowest supplies of freshwater per capita in the world. The effects of a growing population and limited water resources have been exacerbated a great deal by climate change and the escalating conflict.
An estimated 90 per cent of Yemen’s population does not have access to sufficient water and only 40 per cent have access to safe drinking water.
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09/08/2018
Hanging by a Thread
Human Wrongs Watch
By Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service*
6 August 2018 — India has been home to a variety of arts and crafts which have won it a coveted place in the cultural heritage of the world. Handloom is one of the most exquisite textile traditions of India, and Hand-spun and woven fabrics were for centuries an integral part of India’s rich textile tradition.
Moin Qazi
Under colonial rule, which coincided with the Industrial Revolution in Europe, India was reduced to becoming a supplier of cotton to the textile mills of Manchester, Birmingham and Lancashire.
The handloom weaver was virtually wiped out from the market as the country was forced to accept cloth of inferior quality manufactured in England.
The weavers’ craft is threatened with extinction by power looms which offer a cheaper and faster way to produce the same goods; it can take weaver weeks to create what the machines can produce in a day.
Moreover machine products have a much sophisticated finish. As a result, many weavers’ clusters across the country are languishing.
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09/08/2018
A New Generation of Indigenous Leaders – Today, the World Has More than 100 Indigenous Women Ready to Lead the Fight against Hunger and Malnutrition
Human Wrongs Watch
8 August 2018 (FAO)* – It is estimated that there are more than 185 million indigenous women in the world belonging to different regions and cultures. Although their way of life and traditions are not the same, most of them play a crucial role in guaranteeing the food security of their communities and in protecting natural resources, benefitting the more of 7 billion people inhabiting the world.
Photo from FAO.
09/08/2018
Gaza: ‘The Well-Being of Two Million People, Half of Whom Are Children’ at Stake as Emergency Fuel Runs Dry – UN Humanitarian Coordinator
To avert hospital closures and raw sewage overflowing onto the streets of Gaza, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator on 8 August 2018 called on Israeli authorities to allow UN-purchased emergency fuel back across the border of the Palestinian enclave.
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“Restricting the entry of emergency fuel to Gaza is a dangerous practice, with grave consequences on the rights of people in Gaza,” Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Palestine said in a statement.
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09/08/2018
‘Listen to the Voice of the People’ UN Mission Chief Urges Iraqi Leaders amid ‘Volatile’ Environment
Human Wrongs Watch
Despite a myriad of “long-neglected social, economic and development needs”, the Head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on 8 August 2018 said progress had been made towards recovery and stability in the battle-scarred country, and called for Iraqi political leaders to continue to “work for national reconciliation” through “inclusive” solutions.
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09/08/2018
‘Let’s Make Nagasaki the Last city Devastated by an Atomic Bomb’
Human Wrongs Watch
It’s essential that Nagasaki’s devastation should “not be forgotten” now or in the future, if the threat of nuclear war is to be lifted, said the Director of the Japanese city’s Atomic Bomb Museum, ahead of a visit there on 9 August by the UN Secretary-General.
09/08/2018
Former Chilean President Bachelet Nominated as Next High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human Wrongs Watch
She has twice been President of Chile, and on 8 August 2018, ground-breaking politician and women’s rights champion, Michelle Bachelet was nominated by the United Nations chief António Guterres for the key post of High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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