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Some Côte d'Ivoire Women Don’t Want Joint Responsibility for Family
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Dic 14 (IPS) - After 17 years of women struggling for parity with men in the household, Côte d'Ivoire's legislature has finally adopted a law which establishes equal responsibility for legally married spouses. But not everyone is happy.
No Women, No Elections
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Dic 14 (IPS) - Kenya's rights activists are furious that the country's highest court "violated" women's constitutional rights by ruling against the implementation of a gender quota in parliament ahead of the 2013 general elections.
U.S. Pivot Heightens Asian Disputes
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Dic 14 (IPS) - With newly re-elected President Barack Obama having chosen Southeast Asia as his first foreign destination, where he also attended the much-anticipated pan-Pacific East Asia Summit, the U.S. has underscored its commitment to its so-called strategic ‘pivot' to the Asia-Pacific region.
OP-ED: A Universal Climate Change Agreement Is Necessary and Possible
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 14 (IPS) - The results of the United Nations climate change conference that closed in Doha, Qatar on Dec. 8 show once again that the international negotiations are moving steadily in the right direction, but alarmingly slow.
Washington Struggles for Relevance as Assad’s Fall Approaches
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 14 (IPS) - This week, the United States officially recognised the newly-formed National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people, culminating a two-year process of legitimising the Syrian opposition with the U.S. government.
Unregulated Drug Market Has Deadly Impact in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Dic 14 (IPS) - When 26-year-old Muhammad Qasim, a rickshaw driver from Lahore's low-income Shahadra settlement, died last month, his family was shocked to learn that the cause of death was an overdose – of cough syrup.
Bicycling to Work in Rio de Janeiro
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - The cyclists riding in the bicycle lanes along the beachfront avenue of this Brazilian city pass the car drivers stuck in rush hour traffic.
Civil War on the Egyptian Horizon
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Dic 14 (IPS) - Egypt is facing its worst political crisis since the January 2011 revolution ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak, with analysts warning of a possible civil war. Furthermore, unlike during the revolution, opposition to the current regime is bitterly divided between Islamists and more secular Egyptians.
Case to Abolish Gambian Death Penalty Falls on Toothless Court
- Inter Press Service
BANJUL, Dic 14 (IPS) - The court of justice for the West African economic community is expected to hear a civil society case calling for the abolition of the death penalty in the Gambia this December, four months after the execution of nine prisoners shocked the world.
Caribbean Islands Find Economic Advantages in Sustainable Energy
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dic 14 (IPS) - With the exception of oil rich Trinidad and Tobago, most, if not all, other Caribbean islands are extremely vulnerable when it comes to the high costs of imported fuels that are easily disrupted by natural disasters and other phenomena.
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