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Salvadoran Civil Society Groups Opposed to Carbon Credit Plan
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 02 (IPS) - Civil society organisations are asking the World Bank to reject the Salvadoran government's proposal to join a programme for reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to deforestation, on the argument that it will actually harm the environment.
Many Chilean Women Keep Mum About Unequal Wages
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 02 (IPS) - "I know that my male colleagues earn more than I do and work the same amount or even less. And my employers keep me in a non-managerial post, even though I do tasks at that level,” said Pamela, a Chilean professional who holds a doctorate in economics.
Treaty That Saved the Ozone May Worsen Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 02 (IPS) - The Montreal Protocol, a climate treaty that gathers all U.N. member countries behind the goal of protecting the ozone layer, may not be the "most successful international agreement" anymore, as former U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan used to put it.
UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent’s Sticky Fingers Spoiling Foreign Investors’ Appetites
- Inter Press Service
TASHKENT, Aug 02 (IPS) - The recent travails in Uzbekistan of Russian cellphone giant MTS – hit by employee arrests and a three-month suspension – highlight the perils for foreigners of doing business in Central Asia’s most populous country.
Breakthrough for Women in Senegal's Lower House
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Aug 02 (IPS) - A record number of women were sworn in as legislators as Senegal's new parliament was inaugurated on Monday. Sixty-four women now have seats in this West African country's 150-member National Assembly, thanks to a law on gender parity.
Salvadoran Civil Society Groups Opposed to Carbon Credit Plan
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Aug 02 (IPS) - Civil society organisations are asking the World Bank to reject the Salvadoran government’s proposal to join a programme for reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to deforestation, on the argument that it will actually harm the environment.
UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent’s Sticky Fingers Spoiling Foreign Investors’ Appetites
- Inter Press Service
TASHKENT, Aug 02 (IPS) - (EurasiaNet) - The recent travails in Uzbekistan of Russian cellphone giant MTS – hit by employee arrests and a three-month suspension – highlight the perils for foreigners of doing business in Central Asia’s most populous country.
When the Lights Go Out, Talk
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Aug 02 (IPS) - When the lights go out, Gazans look for generators to switch on. And, they find people to talk to. With so many power cuts over so long now, people are giving themselves the somewhat dubious comfort that human relations may have improved as a result of these power cuts.
Investigation Exposes Cruelty at Foie Gras Farms
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 02 (IPS) - Roasted foie gras fillet, with fresh chestnuts and soymilk skin. This dish from Mugaritz, considered the third-best restaurant in the world, sounds exotic. But how this "delicacy" - foie gras means "fat liver" - is produced and at what cost have been unmasked in an investigation led by Animal Equality.
Small-scale Fisherfolk in Rio de Janeiro – a Vanishing Species
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 02 (IPS) - "My sons will be anything, but never fishermen,” said 32-year-old Maicon Alexandre, the youngest of the leaders of Ahomar, a union of small-scale fisherpeople on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
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