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Q&A: To Be a Child and HIV-Positive in Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 13 (IPS) - U.N. correspondent Stephanie Parker sits down with filmmaker Lieven Corthouts as he opens up about the children in "Little Heaven" orphanage, located in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Local Control Revives Depleted Fisheries
- Inter Press Service
CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 13 (IPS) - It takes a village to protect a reef and sustain a local fishery, more than two decades of experience now shows.
A Sustainability Paradise : Ecovillage at Ithaca
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 13 (IPS) - Why can't we live a different way? That’s the question asked by a pioneer community of 160 trying to achieve greater sustainability and a higher quality of life.
Women Secure a Third of Mexican Parliament
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 13 (IPS) - Female candidates are poised to occupy an unprecedented third of the seats in Mexico's bicameral parliament when preliminary results for the Jul.1 election are confirmed.
U.S.: Being Young and Homeless Could Get Even Worse
- Inter Press Service
BERKELEY, California, Jul 13 (IPS) - Amber, 24, who’s been living on the streets half her life, was sitting on a sunny sidewalk in downtown Berkeley last week, cuddling her three-month-old puppy and talking to a friend. But if voters approve a measure the city council placed on the November ballot, sitting on the sidewalk – after a warning – could cost her 75 dollars.
UNDP Predicts Rise of the Global South
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 13 (IPS) - When the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) unveils its annual flagship Human Development Report (HDR) in mid-October, the primary focus will be on a growing new phenomenon on the economic horizon: the rise of the global South and the significant progress in South-South cooperation over the last decade.
TURKMENISTAN: Ashgabat Quietly Builds Up Caspian Military Might
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 13 (IPS) - WASHINGTON, Jul 12 2012 (EurasiaNet) - When it comes to the brewing arms race in the Caspian Sea region, no one can accuse Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of navel-gazing. Ashgabat is now able to back its claims to some energy-rich patches of the sea with considerable firepower.
Post-Genocide Rwanda Demonstrates Re-building is Possible
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 13 (IPS) - UNITED NATIONS July 12 (IPS) – Eighteen years after the genocide, Rwanda demonstrates that rebuilding a nation is possible. On Thursday the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the world premiere of the short documentary: “Rwanda - Reaching New Heights” which was followed by an online discussion with film-maker Zak Mulligan and UNDP Rwanda Country Director Auke Lootsma, who was on video call from Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.
Uses of Technology to Educate Children and Young Adults in Uganda
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 13 (IPS) - The Uganda Scouts Association, described as a youth development organization, is spearheading a nation-wide campaign to reach young people in schools and out of school through their programmes targeting the health of students and their households, according to Cleopatra John Byarugaba,director of the U Report in Uganda.
Egypt’s New Unions Face Uncertain Future
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Jul 13 (IPS) - The independent trade unions that have sprung up across Egypt over the last 17 months face an uncertain future, caught between Islamists and the military and operating under labour laws that have not changed since Hosni Mubarak was in power.
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