Citizens for Justice and Peace
Climate change could cause more than 140 million climate migrants: World Bank
20-Mar-2018
According to a new World Bank report, more than 140 million living in three world regions will likely migrate within their own countries by 2050, the Guardian reported. The World Bank considered three regions, and found that sub-Saharan African could see 86 million internall displaced people in the years leading up to 2050. This figure was…
Brazil Supreme Court ruling facilitates legal recognition for transgender people
15-Mar-2018
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s government cannot mandate judicial review or medical procedures for transgender people wishing to alter their name and gender marker on identification papers, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported. Previously, transgender people in Brazil had been allowed to change their name and legal gender on certain identification documents and in the…
China has detained Uighur women, separating them from their Pakistani husbands
15-Mar-2018
Legislators in Pakistani’s northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan have called on Chinese authorities in the neighbouring country’s Xinjiang province to free at least 50 Chinese women who are married to Pakistani men, the Guardian reported. Some of these women have been detained for a year over murky accusations of extremism. They were reportedly apprehended last year when visiting family…
Security forces bases being built on land where Rohingya villages were razed: Amnesty
15-Mar-2018
Amnesty International has said in a new report that Myanmar authorities are constructing security force bases and bulldozing areas where just months ago Rohingya villages were razed. Amnesty said its research has found that entire villages of torched Rohingya homes have been bulldozed since the beginning of the year, with nearby trees and plants also being removed.…
Women politicians disproportionately targeted by online harassment: Study
14-Mar-2018
A study found that women politicians face more criticism online compared to male politicians regarding their appearance and marital status, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported. Atalanta, a British group that is working to increase the number of women in senior government roles, conducted an international study in which it analysed tweets sent to three major pairs…
The world’s major forests could lose half their wildlife due to global warming: Study
14-Mar-2018
According to a new study, the world’s greatest forests are at risk of losing more than half of their plant species unless more efforts are not made to combat climate change, the Guardian reported. The study, conducted by the WWF, the University of East Anglia, and the James Cook University, also found that animal species like…
More than 1,000 female workers call for change in humanitarian sector
13-Mar-2018
More than 1,100 female aid workers from 81 countries have signed an open letter calling for changes to be made in the humanitarian sector, the Guardian reported. This follows accusations that several major humanitarian organisations, including the United Nations, Oxfam, and Save the Children, mishandled allegations of sexual misconduct. The letter notes the women’s concern that…
Militia fighters engage in mass rape in Central African Republic: MSF
13-Mar-2018
French medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) has said that militia fighters abducted and raped a large number of women in a remote area of Central African Republic in February 2018, Reuters reported. MSF said the women had left their village, Kiriwiri, to collect water and see to their fields, and were abducted by militia fighters and…
Thousands of asylum seekers still remain stranded in Greek islands
12-Mar-2018
Nine human rights and humanitarian groups recently stated that several thousand asylum seekers remain stranded on the Greek island migrant “hotspots”, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). Greek government data indicates that more than 10,000 people remain stuck on the Aegean islands of Chios, Kos, Leros, Lesbos, and Samos, where most asylum seekers are being hosted. The…
Ethnic cleansing of Rohingya persists in Myanmar: UN Human Rights official
12-Mar-2018
UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour recently travelled to Bangladesh’s Cox Bazar, which is hosting several hundred thousand Rohingya refugees who have steadily fled from Myanmar after a military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in late August 2017. Following his visit, Gilmour said, “The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Myanmar continues. I don’t…