{"id":1414,"date":"2018-08-16T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T11:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/?page_id=1414"},"modified":"2021-02-21T13:38:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T12:38:55","slug":"global-issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/?page_id=1414","title":{"rendered":"Global Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feedzy-c6489a211ce396ddff1cbbf56482359f feedzy-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\" class=\"rss_title\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Issues News Headlines<\/a> <span class=\"rss_description\"> <\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Afghan Men Quietly Resist Taliban Ban on Girls\u2019 Education\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/afghanmenquietlyresistedutationban.jpg');\" title=\"Afghan Men Quietly Resist Taliban Ban on Girls\u2019 Education\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/afghanmenquietlyresistedutationban.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Afghan Men Quietly Resist Taliban Ban on Girls\u2019 Education<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 20:23 <\/small><p>KABUL, September 10 (IPS)  - Many wonder why men in Afghanistan do not protest when women\u2019s rights are trampled upon. In reality, many are rebelling behind the scenes, for instance, by helping their daughters get an education.\nRead the full story, \u201cAfghan Men Quietly Resist Taliban Ban on Girls\u2019 Education\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"A Spectre is Haunting Europe \u2014 the Spectre of Ultra-Nationalism\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/Adf__.jpg');\" title=\"A Spectre is Haunting Europe \u2014 the Spectre of Ultra-Nationalism\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/Adf__.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">A Spectre is Haunting Europe \u2014 the Spectre of Ultra-Nationalism<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 14:02 <\/small><p>STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 10 (IPS)  - During summer months there is a certain news drought. Nevertheless, this year social media has been crowded with news from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, while customary tales about grisly murders have not been neglected. In Sweden it is election year and summer reporting has been supplemented by a debate about \u201chate speech against ethnic groups\u201d. If individual tragedies connected with murders upset people, many seem to be indifferent to the fact that entire population groups are targeted by politicians. Swedish social media is overloaded with outcries about \u201cMuslim\u201d immigration and concerns about Sweden becoming \u201cIslamized\u201d and in danger of being transformed into a new Afghanistan.\nRead the full story, \u201cA Spectre is Haunting Europe \u2014 the Spectre of Ultra-Nationalism\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"US Plans to Restrict Foreign Journalists Trigger Rising Protests\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/Plans-to-Restrict_.jpg');\" title=\"US Plans to Restrict Foreign Journalists Trigger Rising Protests\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/Plans-to-Restrict_.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">US Plans to Restrict Foreign Journalists Trigger Rising Protests<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 12:58 <\/small><p>UNITED NATIONS, September 10 (IPS)  - First, it was the mass deportations of undocumented aliens, then a crackdown on liberal-minded academics from prestigious US Universities, and now, restrictions on foreign journalists based in the US.\nRead the full story, \u201cUS Plans to Restrict Foreign Journalists Trigger Rising Protests\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Lawmakers Need to Grapple With the \u2018Human Story\u2019 of the Aged, Youth, Women and Girls when Making Policy\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/R5DT2289-edited.jpg');\" title=\"Lawmakers Need to Grapple With the \u2018Human Story\u2019 of the Aged, Youth, Women and Girls when Making Policy\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/R5DT2289-edited.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Lawmakers Need to Grapple With the \u2018Human Story\u2019 of the Aged, Youth, Women and Girls when Making Policy<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 12:08 <\/small><p>KUALA LUMPUR &amp; JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 10 (IPS)  - \u201cAs parliamentarians, we should understand that behind every demographic indicator is a human story,\u201d Kamikawa Yoko, MP Japan and Chair of AFPPD, reminded lawmakers in her opening address to the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) annual conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.\nRead the full story, \u201cLawmakers Need to Grapple With the \u2018Human Story\u2019 of the Aged, Youth, Women and Girls when Making Policy\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Human cost of violence in South Sudan \u2018continues to grow\u2019\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/15-04-2026-UNOCHA-South-Sudan-02.jpg\/image1170x530cropped.jpg');\" title=\"Human cost of violence in South Sudan \u2018continues to grow\u2019\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/15-04-2026-UNOCHA-South-Sudan-02.jpg\/image1170x530cropped.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Human cost of violence in South Sudan \u2018continues to grow\u2019<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 12:00 <\/small><p>Independent human rights investigators voiced deep concern over growing risks to both civilians and South Sudan\u2019s political transition following their latest fact-finding mission to the world\u2019s youngest nation \u2013 their 14th in a decade. Read the full story, \u201cHuman cost of violence in South Sudan \u2018continues to grow\u2019\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Security Council LIVE: Fresh attacks prompt emergency meeting on Yemen\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"default\" style=\"background-image:url(\/images\/butterfly-512.png);\" title=\"Security Council LIVE: Fresh attacks prompt emergency meeting on Yemen\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/images\/butterfly-512.png\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Security Council LIVE: Fresh attacks prompt emergency meeting on Yemen<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 12:00 <\/small><p>On the heels of reported Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and the capture of another key port by the militants on Yemen\u2019s Red Sea coast \u2013 including the seizure of eight UN vehicles from a key aid hub there \u2013 the Security Council is meeting on Thursday at 3pm in New York to discuss the latest developments.Read the full story, \u201cSecurity Council LIVE: Fresh attacks prompt emergency meeting on Yemen\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"\u2018An assault on humanity itself\u2019: Guterres pays tribute to 9\/11 victims, survivors and first responders\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/11-09-2024-UN-Photo-WTC-memorial-02.jpg\/image1170x530cropped.jpg');\" title=\"\u2018An assault on humanity itself\u2019: Guterres pays tribute to 9\/11 victims, survivors and first responders\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Collections\/Embargoed\/11-09-2024-UN-Photo-WTC-memorial-02.jpg\/image1170x530cropped.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">\u2018An assault on humanity itself\u2019: Guterres pays tribute to 9\/11 victims, survivors and first responders<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 12:00 <\/small><p>Twenty-five years ago, the heinous terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 against the United States claimed thousands of lives and represented \u201can assault on humanity itself\u201d, the UN chief said on Thursday.Read the full story, \u201c\u2018An assault on humanity itself\u2019: Guterres pays tribute to 9\/11 victims, survivors and first responders\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"UN climate chief warns political division is undermining fight against \u2018economic security emergency\u2019\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"default\" style=\"background-image:url(\/images\/butterfly-512.png);\" title=\"UN climate chief warns political division is undermining fight against \u2018economic security emergency\u2019\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/images\/butterfly-512.png\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/10\/44017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">UN climate chief warns political division is undermining fight against \u2018economic security emergency\u2019<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 12:00 <\/small><p>The head of the UN's climate body has warned that treating global warming as a partisan issue is dangerously out of step with reality, as he set out a stark account of the economic toll climate change is already inflicting on Europe.Read the full story, \u201cUN climate chief warns political division is undermining fight against \u2018economic security emergency\u2019\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/09\/44004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"UN and Partners Work to Stabilize Health and WASH Systems in Venezuela Following Deadly Earthquakes\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/June-earthquakes_.jpg');\" title=\"UN and Partners Work to Stabilize Health and WASH Systems in Venezuela Following Deadly Earthquakes\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/June-earthquakes_.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/09\/44004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">UN and Partners Work to Stabilize Health and WASH Systems in Venezuela Following Deadly Earthquakes<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 10 September 2026 at 00:51 <\/small><p>UNITED NATIONS, September 9 (IPS)  - Two months after devastating twin earthquakes struck northern and central Venezuela on June 24, the humanitarian community has been on the frontlines, delivering lifesaving aid and focusing efforts on sustainable paths for rehabilitation.\nRead the full story, \u201cUN and Partners Work to Stabilize Health and WASH Systems in Venezuela Following Deadly Earthquakes\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><div class=\"rss_image\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/09\/44003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\" title=\"Development Goals Falter as Civil Society Is Shut Out\" style=\"width:150px; height:150px;\"><span class=\"fetched\" style=\"background-image:  url('https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/UN-staff-members_.jpg');\" title=\"Development Goals Falter as Civil Society Is Shut Out\"><\/span><amp-img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/static.globalissues.org\/ips\/2026\/09\/UN-staff-members_.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalissues.org\/news\/2026\/09\/09\/44003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Development Goals Falter as Civil Society Is Shut Out<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/www.globalissues.org\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.globalissues.org\">Global Issues<\/a> on 9 September 2026 at 23:19 <\/small><p>BRUSSELS, Belgium \/ MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, September 9 (IPS)  - When the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) ended in New York in July, it took two recorded votes for states to pass a ministerial declaration that, until recently, would have been adopted without controversy. Uruguay, speaking for the Group of 77 developing countries plus China, pushed through the deletion of a reference to the agreement reached at the COP28 climate summit. Israel forced a vote on a paragraph about self-determination for people under occupation. Russia dissociated itself from the passage on peace and security. The wrangling revealed the extent to which the consensus that in 2015 saw all 193 UN states agree the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) \u2013 a common blueprint to end poverty, tackle climate change and build accountable institutions by 2030 \u2013 has been eroded.\nRead the full story, \u201cDevelopment Goals Falter as Civil Society Is Shut Out\u201d, on globalissues.org \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1415,"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1414\/revisions\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arjenholterman.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}