Trump’s Global Gag a Devastating Blow for Women’s Rights

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Trump’s Global Gag a Devastating Blow for Women’s Rights
Erika Guevara-Rosas
The image of a group of men in suits making decisions about the rights of women is becoming an emblematic sign of the backlash against our human rights, particularly those related to women’s bodily integrity and reproductive and sexual freedoms. Just two days after the massive demonstrations … MORE > >

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Populism, Wrong Medicine Against Corruption, Inequality
IPS News Desk
2016 showed that around the world systemic corruption and social inequality reinforce each other, leading to popular disenchantment with political establishments and providing a fertile ground for the rise of populist politicians, warns a new report by an international anti-corruption … MORE > >

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Trump and the Crisis of Democracy
Roberto Savio
George W. Bush, the Republican bridge between Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump as U.S. president, declared that the United States was the only democracy in the world. The election of Trump now makes this traditional American rhetoric impossible. Trump received 3 million votes less than his opponent … MORE > >

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Philippines Joins Space Race
Diana G Mendoza
The Philippines, a tiny developing country, has joined the colossal world of space technology, building its second microsatellite that it plans to launch late this year or in early 2018 — not to study other planets, but to monitor weather patterns and climate change to protect the country’s … MORE > >

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IPS Daily Report – Formerly TerraViva
Editorial Coordinator: Lyndal Rowlands
Managing Editor: Farhana Haque Rahman
Senior Consulting Editor: Thalif Deen

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Kitty Stapp in New York
Estrella Gutierrez in Caracas with Stefanie Wildes and Veronica Firme in Montevideo
Walter Garcia in Madrid with Mauro Teodori in Rome

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