Global IssuesWill 2014 World Cup Take Football From Brazil's Masses?
Monday, February 06, 2012
The lack of transparency in the preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is raising concerns over the social implications of hosting the football championship and fears that the country's most democratic and popular sport will only be accessible to the wealthy.
India-Pakistan: Food Heals Historic Hostility
Friday, February 03, 2012
If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then the path to peace between India and Pakistan may lie in the commonalities in their cultures and cuisines.
Laos-Culture: ASEAN Attempts to Build on a Shared Language: Music
Thursday, February 02, 2012
A landmark concert featuring artistes from eight of the ten South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) took place here on Jan. 21, in an effort to build a regional community through the common language of music.
Brazil Deploys 'junior Firefighters' To Snuff Out Dengue
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
The government of the state of Rio de Janeiro is unveiling a battery of creative tactics to engage the population in the battle against dengue fever, which is threatening to reach unprecedented epidemic proportions as a new virus strain hits Brazil.
Uganda: Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower rises from the centre of Gulu town, transmitting talk shows and the latest Ugandan radio hits to listeners across the district. But it also serves as something of an informal memorial to community radio-driven peace efforts during the Lord’s Resistance Army’s destruction of northern Uganda.
Pakistan-India: Women Expose Secret Genital Cutting Rite
Sunday, January 29, 2012
'It was a dark and dingy room, where an elderly woman asked me to take off my panties, made me sit on a low wooden stool with my legs parted and then did something…I screamed out in pain,' recalls Alefia Mustansir, 40, of her childhood experience.
The Ancient Wither In New Iraq
Sunday, January 29, 2012
'I’d say there are around 5,000 of us in the country, but if you ask me next week we may well be under 3,000. After twenty centuries of history in Mesopotamia, we Mandaeans, are about to vanish.' Anxiety about the future of his people is more than evident in the figures given by Saad Atiah Majid, chairman of Basra’s Mandaean Council.
Brazil: Community Radio Flourishes Online
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Community radio stations in Brazil are finding the internet and user-friendly information technologies to be valuable allies for their broadcasts, which focus on citizenship, social equity and human rights.
Cameroon: Anglophones Feel Like a Subjugated People
Thursday, January 26, 2012
When Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced that the 50th anniversary of the reunification of French and British Cameroon will take place later this year, it resurrected bitter feelings among Anglophone Cameroonians who say they do not feel like equal partners with their Francophone counterparts.
Malawi: Street Vendors Lose Customers after Stripping Women Naked
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi’s main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a rampage undressing women and girls wearing trousers, leggings, shorts and mini-skirts.
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