The report of the reference news network on December 28 ** Spanish "El País" ** on December 26 took stock of the "forgotten" news in 2023, and the original text is excerpted as follows:
In the parlance of cooperative and humanitarian action, they are "forgotten crises" – with almost no funds allocated and unnoticed by the majority. The same happens with the so-called forgotten disease or ** person, whom the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano refers to as the "nobody". They are Afghan girls who have been forced into hiding and dropped out of school;They are Buruli ulcer patients in Côte d'Ivoire, suffering from this cruel disease and barely making a sound;They are Sudanese who organized to help each other when the international community abandoned them in the midst of the disaster;They are the indigenous people who fought for their land and our planet;They are people who die of pneumonia, hunger or poverty, and these are problems that could have been prevented and avoided.
We take stock of the "Don't forget...... in 2023"Here are some of the forgotten crises and forgotten people who are here this year to be the protagonists.
Disenfranchised women.
Afghanistan is the only country in the world where half of the population (women and girls) is deprived of a basic human right – the right to education. In September 2021, the Taliban indefinitely postponed the return to school of Afghan girls over the age of 12.
Dorothy Estrada Tank is the co-author of a United Nations report on the situation of women in Afghanistan, released in August this year. She hoped that gender segregation would be criminalized as a crime and that those who instigated such acts would be held accountable.
Since coming to power, the Taliban have also issued more than 50 decrees to keep women out of public life. "Half of Afghans are now under house arrest," denounced Zahra Juya, an award-winning Afghan journalist.
Neglected tropical diseases.
There are 21 diseases that the World Health Organization calls "neglected" diseases, colloquially known as "forgotten" diseases. These diseases — to which the scientific community and national authorities pay little attention — are forgotten, and even more so to the people who suffer from them, almost all of whom are poor people from poor countries.
We have to admit that just in 2023, neglected tropical diseases are not as good as they used to be. This year, the Jury of the Princess of Asturias Award awarded the International Cooperation Award to the Initiative for the Drug Discovery of Neglected Diseases. The head of the organization, Luis Pizarro, stressed that one of its latest "achievements" is to find a way to suffer from sleeping sickness.
A place of unrest beyond the chaos of war.
Did you know that in early October, a ** invasion hit parts of Afghanistan?Not a figurative **, but a real **, a ** that killed more than 2,500 people and injured just as many. With all eyes focused on the Gaza Strip, where the war had just begun, humanitarian aid arrived in Afghanistan only sporadically. But this is not the only crisis overshadowed by major wars, other international geopolitical affairs, or the passage of time.
Nepal also experienced violent tremors. On November 3, 6Level 4 strong**, resulting in more than 150 deaths. Towns and cities were in ruins. Dan Rono, head of child protection at the UN Children** office in Nepal, warned that "the nutritional status of minors is likely to deteriorate further" as basic services such as sanitation and water have been affected.
Climate change beyond COP28.
The Dubai climate summit ended less than a month ago. At the heart of the discussion was the use of fossil fuels, which closed with a historic agreement. Beyond speeches, documents, negotiations and rhetoric are the real-world impacts of climate change. Bolivians know this very well. The country is considered the most vulnerable South American country to this crisis, and Bolivians have seen their lakes cut off due to drought, they don't have a drop of water in their taps, and they can't water their crops. Without water, life would perish, and wildfires would eventually destroy what was left. (Compiled by Su Jiawei).