Pakistani women urged to show unity with Afghan females
Islamabad
May 9, 2021
Islamabad : Members of the Afghan government’s peace negotiation team Dr Habiba Sarabi and Fatima Gailani urged Pakistani women to stand up in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan in the crucial time of negotiation between the Taliban and the Government of Afghanistan.
They were speaking at a webinar on ‘the role of women in the Afghan peace process’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) here.
Member of the Afghan government’s peace negotiation team and former Minister for Women’s Affairs Dr Habiba Sarabi emphasised the need for engaging and involving women in the future of Afghanistan. She underscored the role played by the Constitution of Afghanistan in upholding women’s rights. She especially referred to Article 22 of the Constitution that accords equal rights to men and women of Afghanistan. She expressed her concern over the target killings of the members of the ci
9 de mayo de 2021, 9:39Paris, May 9 (Prensa Latina) The French association Cuba Linda on Sunday highlighted the country s solidarity in Covid-19 times, and reiterated its repudiation of the US economic, commercial and financial blockad
9 de mayo de 2021, 0:30Havana, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Saturday thanked the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for its solidarity and support against the United States economic blockade against Cuba. In a message on his Twitter account, the head of Cuban diplomacy welcomed the demand made by the CARICOM foreign ministers for an end to Washington s pressures. This extraterritorial policy affects third countries and is the main obstacle to our development, Rodriguez tweete
3 May 2021
A greater amount of Americans believe the country has become more divided since President Joe Biden took office than see the country as more united.
Twenty-eight percent of Americans believe the country is “more divided” under Biden compared to 23 percent of Americans who believe the country is “more united” under his leadership, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll Sunday.
But the negative poll number for Biden, which contradicts the media’s narrative, did not stop ABC News from writing the headline, “Country optimistic after Biden’s 1st 100 days: POLL” with the subtitle reading, “
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the country is headed in the right direction.”
Workers Unite for May Day March
International workers day was celebrated this year in San Francisco with a march calling for Congressional action on the PRO Act.
May Day is celebrated around the globe as International Workers Day. Begun in Chicago in 1886 in the struggle for an eight-hour workday, the event is commemorated each year with marches and rallies. In San Francisco this year, more than one thousand working peopleâdockworkers, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, and many other unions and workers groupsârallied on May 1 and marched up Market Street, to protest racism and call for passage of the