Tag Archives: Advocates

For more than a decade, architect Julio Ñanco Antilef has campaigned to rewrite Chile’s constitution, a relic from when General Augusto Pinochet ruled the country as a military dictator. But now, as Chile prepares to vote on a new draft, Ñanco Antilef finds himself in a paradoxical position: hoping to …

The spokesperson of the Delta state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, has said that anyone who is found with unjustifiable wealth should be investigated and charged to court for unexplainable wealth. Edafe shared this opinion on his X handle. He said it is sad that people now feel it is …

In the first of a two-part series, Angela Muhindo spoke to UN Women ahead of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, marked annually from 25 November to 10 December, Human Rights Day. “My life has been full of pain,” she said, surveying the green landscape where she spent …

Former first lady of Rivers state and a judge of the Rivers State High Court, Eberechi Wike, has advocated the amputation of people found guilty of defiling minors.    Channels TV reports that Mrs Wike stated this on Tuesday, October 24, on the sidelines of the 2nd National Conference of …

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has asked state governments to start thinking of ways to involve pupils in various schools in what she termed ‘’urban development.”   While speaking at the Anambra Investment Summit in Anambra today September 7, Kennedy-Ohaneye advocated for the reduction of school days so …

One year after Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should reconsider whether the Constitution affords Americans a right to birth control, Democrats and reproductive rights advocates are laying the groundwork for state-by-state battles over access to contraception — an issue they hope to turn against Republicans in 2024. The …

Senator Chuck Schumer is poised to keep his leadership position in the Senate and is pushing for mass amnesty for illegal immigrants in the lame-duck Congress. It’s no coincidence that this week, lobbyists for so-called “DREAMers” movements are in D.C. to push for immigration legislation as the House is about …

The United States (US) has allocated $50 million to Nigeria ahead of the 2023 general election. Naija News reports that the money is for the training of some category of people like journalists, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and technical assistance among others in the bid to ensure a transparent election …

The crop of 2022 Democrat Senate candidates is maybe the most radical that has been seen in a while. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the Wisconsin Senate race. A review by the Washington Free Beacon of Democrat Senate candidate Mandela Barnes’ Twitter account reveals Barnes’ support for …

Lalita Roy now has access to clean water and also provides a service to her community by working as a pani apa (water sister), looking after the community’s rainwater harvesting plants. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS by Rafiqul Islam (khulna, bangladesh) Friday, September 23, 2022 Inter Press Service KHULNA, Bangladesh, Sep 23 (IPS) …