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Australian Retailers Feel Heat of Bangladesh Tragedy

Saturday, May 25, 2013

SYDNEY, May 25 (IPS) - Australia's largest textile workers' union and activist groups are up in arms that the country's leading retail chains, who source most of their fashion labels from Bangladesh, are refusing to sign a legally binding accord that will help to improve labour and safety standards in Bangladeshi garment factories.

Forestry Programmes Bogged Down in Latin America

Saturday, May 25, 2013

MEXICO CITY, May 25 (IPS) - Issues related to the ownership of forest carbon and to prior consultation mechanisms threaten to derail plans for the Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation of Forests (REDD+) in some countries of Latin America, according to experts.

Africa Union Must Do More for Peace

Saturday, May 25, 2013

NAIROBI, May 25 (IPS) - "My husband and older son, unable to cope with the war, became mentally ill. Two of my sons became child soldiers and an eight-year-old daughter was abducted – they were never to be seen again," Mariamu Dong says, referring to the 21-year civil war between north and south Sudan, which are now separate countries.

OAS Chief Calls for “Long-Awaited” Debate on Drug Policy

Saturday, May 25, 2013

WASHINGTON, May 25 (IPS) - Following the release of a major draft report on drug policy in the Americas, the secretary-general of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, called for the beginning of debate aimed at reforming those policies throughout the region.

OP-ED: Making Every African Child Count

Friday, May 24, 2013

ADDIS ABABA, May 24 (IPS) - There is much to celebrate this week as the African Union marks 50 years as an independent pan-African entity. 

Q&A: “From Slaves to Generals and Rulers”

Friday, May 24, 2013

NEW YORK, May 24 (IPS) - Say "Africa" and myriad images flood our minds. Like its landscape and peoples, the continent's history is rich and diverse. While numerous books have been written and films made on the African slave trade in the West, a lesser-known aspect of the continent's history lies in India.

Q&A: 'I Feel Indigenous No Matter Where I Am and Where I’m Going'

Friday, May 24, 2013

UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (IPS) - Aboriginal youth are making their mark at the two-week United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. And this year, the gathering's twelfth, 24-year-old Angela Landry, whose Anishinaabe name is Eagle Heart Woman, is representing them.

Heroin Dulls Hardships for Afghan Women

Friday, May 24, 2013

KABUL, May 24 (IPS) - Located on a narrow street in a quiet neighbourhood in Kabul, the Sanga Amaj Women's Treatment Centre is the only one of its kind in Afghanistan: named after the 22-year-old journalist who was assassinated in 2007, the facility caters exclusively to Kabul's massive population of female drug addicts.

Health Care for Immigrants Crumbling in Spain

Friday, May 24, 2013

MALAGA, Spain, May 24 (IPS) - The death of a young Senegalese man from tuberculosis in Spain, following alleged lack of medical care, triggered a new outcry by civil society organisations against the law passed last year that excludes undocumented immigrants from the public health system except in emergencies.

Multimedia Project Tackles LGBT Rights in Palestine

Friday, May 24, 2013

JERUSALEM, May 24 (IPS) - Public discussions about sexuality and gender diversity are difficult to start in many places. But a new multimedia project that is garnering buzz in Palestine aims to reverse this trend and open up dialogue within Palestinian society around these historically taboo issues.

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