A project of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai International in consultative status with ECOSOC
A Joint Media Project of
the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency
and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
By Pattama Vilailert
BANGKOK (IDN) — Quality Education and Reduced Inequalities are two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With 3.3 per cent of Thailand’s population categorized as “disabled”, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) has come up with an innovative program to provide a new lease of life to people who would otherwise be left behind in the sphere of higher education. (P22) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | THAI
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By Kalinga Seneviratne
BANGKOK (IDN) — While the massacre of 37 people that included 26 preschool children in a remote north-eastern township of Thailand on October 7 has shocked the nation and exposed the inadequacy of the public mental health system, it is yet to trigger a debate about whether Buddhism could step in to help solve a major social crisis in the majority Buddhist country. (P21) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | THAI
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Viewpoint by Nandita Bajaj*
ST PAUL, Minnesota (IDN) — As the global population fast approaches 8 billion, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem wants us to avoid what she calls “population alarmism.” A fearless advocate for reproductive rights, Dr Kanem, has rightfully noted that reproductive coercion, whether in an effort to limit births or to promote them, is an egregious violation of individual rights.…
【ニューヨークIDN＝キャロライン・マワンガ】
２２年前に採択された画期的な国連決議で定められた年次報告をアントニオ・グテーレス事務総長が発表したことを受けて、「女性・平和・安全に関する安保理公開討論」が先ごろ開催された。この中でアミナ・モハマド国連副事務総長は、女性の人権擁護とさらなる包摂の促進は、平和と安全をもたらす戦略として既に証明されたものであると語った。
グテーレス事務総長はその年次報告で「２０００年以降の規範的な合意があり、ジェンダー平等が持続的な平和と紛争予防への道を提供するとの証拠があるにも関わらず、事態はその反対方向に向かっています。今日、世界では女性の人権に関してこの世代を通じて勝ち取られてきた成果がなきものにされようとする一方で、暴力的な紛争や軍事支出の増大を目の当たりにしています。」と語った。…
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