Women’s Rights Are Under Attack 30 Years After Leaders Adopted A Blueprint for Equality
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination remains deeply embedded in economies and societies. The report released Thursday by the U.N. agency focused on women’s rights and gender equality found that nearly one-quarter of governments worldwide reported a backlash to women’s rights last year.
UN Human Rights Chief ‘Deeply Worried By Fundamental Shift’ In US
The UN human rights chief has warned of a “fundamental shift” in the US and sounded the alarm over the growing power of “unelected tech oligarchs”, in a stinging rebuke of Washington weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency. Without referring to Trump by name, Türk, an Austrian lawyer who heads the UN’s rights body, criticised the Republican president’s measures to overturn longstanding equity and anti-discrimination policies, as well as repeated threats against the media and politicians.
US Immigration Service Wants To Review Applicants’ Social Media Accounts
Immigration authorities on Wednesday outlined a proposal seeking to access and review the social media accounts of any person applying for citizenship, residency or asylum in the U.S., in a move that they argue is necessary to comply with one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration. The agency said this information would help them to carry out “identity verification, national security and public safety screening, and vetting, and related inspections.”
Accountability Matters to Good Cops
The federal government recently shut down the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), a tool designed to track misconduct among federal officers. To date, neither the White House nor the Justice Department has provided an explanation for decommissioning NLEAD, which helps prevent “wandering officers” from moving between departments unnoticed. National law enforcement leaders have criticized the shutdown, noting that the database gave executives access to information and context about candidates while protecting due process rights.