11/07/2021

Six-Fold Increase in People Suffering Famine-Like Conditions Since Pandemic Began

Human Wrongs Watch

By Oxfam International*

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Almost a billion of us go to bed hungry every night. Not because there isn’t enough food for everyone, but because of the deep injustice in the way food is produced and accessed | OXFAM.

A new Oxfam report released on 9 July 2021 says that as many as 11 people are likely dying of hunger and malnutrition each minute. This is more than the current global death rate of COVID-19, which is around seven people per minute.

The report, ‘The Hunger Virus Multiplies’ says that conflict remains the primary cause of hunger since the pandemic, pushing over half a million people into famine-like conditions – a six-fold increase since 2020.

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11/07/2021

Venezuela: Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation, Threatened by the Invasions Resulting from Extractive Activities, Illegal Groups, and Covid-19

Human Wrongs Watch

By LUIS JESÚS BELLO*

8 July 2021 (IWGIA)** — The Jödi, the Yanomami and the Uwottüja living in voluntary isolation are threatened by the invasions that result from extractive activities and by the presence of illegal groups in the area: to the environmental impact we should add the socio-cultural and sanitary ramifications.

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The isolated groups are aware that foreign agents are potential disease carriers, which represents a motivation to remain isolated. The Covid-19 pandemic worsens this situation due to the high epidemiological and immunological vulnerability. Continue reading →

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11/07/2021

‘Women in Many Countries Face Discrimination in Registering Births, This Exposing Their Children to the Risk of Becoming Stateless’

Human Wrongs Watch

GENEVA / NEW YORK (UNICEF)*  – A joint report released on 7 July 2021by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), shows that in many countries women can face discrimination which obstructs or hinders their ability to register births, exposing their children to the risk of becoming stateless. | Français

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11/07/2021

It Took Hundreds of Thousands of Years for World Population to Grow to 1 Billion – Then in Just Another 200 Years or So, It Grew Sevenfold… Today, It Stands at About 7.7 Billion

According to UNFPA research in March, an estimated 12 million women experienced disruptions to family planning services. Right: Women of the Flower Hmong hill tribe sell cooked rice at a local market in Can Cau, Viet Nam. Left: Local Western Saharan women

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11 July 2021 (United Nations)* — In this second year of COVID-19, we are suspended in an in-between state, where parts of the world are emerging from the deep recesses of the pandemic while others are locked in battle with the coronavirus as access to vaccines remains a distant, deadly reality.

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11/07/2021

‘Ensure Reproductive Health Rights for All’

Human Wrongs Watch

World Population Day, 11 July 2021

11 July 2021 (UN News)* — Erosion of women’s reproductive rights has been one of the fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.

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In his message for World Population Day, observed on Sunday, the UN chief called for closing gaps in access to sexual and reproductive health services which the crisis has created.

Grim milestones

The pandemic “continues to upend our world, reaching one grim milestone after another,” said Mr. Guterres.

Last week, the global death toll due to COVID-19 officially surpassed four million.

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11/07/2021

Disruptions in Contraceptives Supply – and Lockdowns – Predicted to Result in a Sharp Rise in Unplanned Pregnancies for the Most Vulnerable

Human Wrongs Watch

World Population Day, 11 July 2021
Rights and choices are the answer: Whether baby boom or bust, the solution to shifting fertility rates lies in prioritizing the reproductive health and rights of all people

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A mobile health clinic, supported by UNFPA and the Spotlight Initiative, brings critical family planning and other services to underserved parts of Mozambique. ©UNFPA Mozambique/Mbuto Machili

11 July 2021 (UNFPA)* — In this second year of COVID-19, we are suspended in an in-between state, where parts of the world are emerging from the deep recesses of the pandemic while others are locked in battle with the coronavirus as access to vaccines remains a distant, deadly reality.

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10/07/2021

A Film Challenging Religious Norms

Human Wrongs Watch

By Sania Farooqui*

NEW DELHI, India, Jul 9 2021 (IPS)* – When Turkish- Norwegian writer and filmmaker Nefise Ozkal Lorentzen heard about Seyran Ates’ mixed gender mosque in Berlin, Germany, she immediately decided to make a film on Seyran’s life.

It took three years to produce the film, ‘Seyran Ates: Sex Revolution and Islam’ a portrait of a female Imam and her struggles in activating revolution within Islam.

In an interview given to me, Nefise says, “Gender” was the key concept in her quest into the mystery of Islam as a religion.

“Seyran Ates is a very powerful woman, but besides being powerful, she is so real, and I found that so fascinating. This film is a journey through Seyran’s life from her humble beginning as a Muslim girl in Turkey’s slums to a female leader daring to challenge her own religion.

“It took me some time to penetrate through the fortifications of bodyguard protections and the thick walls of media interest in her work and to really bring her into “our living room”.

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10/07/2021

UK Policing Bill Will Unfairly Criminalise Ethnic Minorities, Warn Experts

Human Wrongs Watch

By Adam Bychawski*

Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy joined by rights campaigners in accusing the government of bringing in discriminatory legislation
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9 July 2021 (openDemocracy)* — The UK government’s controversial new policing law will increase the unjust criminalisation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy has warned.
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The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which passed through the House of Commons this week, has been condemned by experts over the controversial new powers it gives to police and judges that would allow them to place restrictions on demonstrations and increase sentences for children.

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10/07/2021

A Robust New Strategy for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

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The targets of the new 2030 Strategy of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) are in alignment with blue transformation, a pillar of FAO’s new Strategic Framework

Photo: ©David Salvatori

The GFCM’s ambitious new 2030 Strategy will boost fisheries and aquaculture in the Black Sea and Mediterranean region.

ROME (FAO)* – An ambitious commitment adopted 9 July 2021 by 22 countries plus the European Union aims to secure a sustainable future for fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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10/07/2021

South Sudan at a Crossroads

Human Wrongs Watch

By Human Rights Watch*

Challenges and Hopes 10 Years After Independence

9 July 2021 — Ten years ago, on July 9, 2011, South Sudan gained its long-fought independence from Sudan. Since then, the new country descended into a bloody seven-year civil war, and while a peace deal was inked by warring parties in 2018, fighting between communities, as well as government human rights abuses, rage on.

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