Published October 29, 2019 - Somalia is the world’s worst country for the fifth year in a row when it comes to prosecuting murderers of journalists, CPJ’s 2019 Global Impunity Index found. War and political instability have fostered a deadly cycle of violence and impunity, along with inaction by states worldwide.
The 13 countries that make up the list of the world’s worst impunity offenders represent a mix of conflict-ridden regions and more stable countries where criminal groups, politicians, government officials, and other powerful actors resort to violence to silence critical and investigative reporting. Unchecked corruption, ineffective institutions, and lack of political will to pursue robust investigations are all factors behind impunity, CPJ has found.
The Philippines has been among the worst five countries nearly every year since the index was first published in 2008. The country’s fifth-worst ranking is due in part to the deadly ambush of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists and media workers, in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, on November 23, 2009. The trial of over 100 suspects behind the massacre is due to conclude this year, but as of August 31, 2019—the final date CPJ counted convictions for this year’s index—no verdict had been announced. Ampatuan clan patriarch and former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., whom prosecutors said was the mastermind behind the attack, died in detention in July 2015, reports said.
By Shipra Deo – 18 October 2019
On the 2019 International Day of Rural Women, Landesa’s Shipra Deo explores how land rights are an essential element for overturning misperceptions about the role of women in society and on the farm.
In a workshop with a group of agronomists who work in agriculture extension in India, I ask the participants to draw the picture of a farmer with whom they work. All but one of them draw male figures.
I go to farmer fairs organized by universities, the State Department of Agriculture, and agri-input companies. Most of the farmers visiting there are men. The scientists are men. The company representatives are men. Those organizing meetings and those attending are men.
I attend a policy meeting organized by the state agriculture department. All sitting on the dais are men. All in the audience are men.
Around two-thirds of sexually active women surveyed in a new UN study indicated that although they wished to avoid or postpone having children, they had stopped relying on contraception out of concern for how it was affecting their health. As a result, around a quarter of all pregnancies are unplanned.
Research Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010782419304305?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218187
Direct Link to Full 92-Page 2019 Publication:
https://giwps.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WPS-Index-2019-20-Report.pdf
Извор: WUNRN - 27.10.2019
By JUMP Founder - Isabella Lenarduzzi: JUMP – Empowering Women, Advancing the Economy – EU Based
The Place of Women in the Funding of a Capitalist Economy
October 23, 2019 - With the launch of “Women in Finance”, Belgium is finally acquiring an instrument to raise awareness in the financial sector about the strategic importance of corporate gender equality for its performance, as well as for the country’s economic health and finally for building a more egalitarian society. Financial institutions are at the heart of the capitalist system. Their vitality and sense of responsibility are two essential factors in the well-being of our community.
