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Officials Decry "Appalling Gaps" in Global Data on Women
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - The World Bank and U.S. government on Thursday each announced major new initiatives aimed at expanding knowledge on the experience of women around the world, while acknowledging that much remains to be done on filling the global “data gap” on women.
Guyana's Gold Boom Brings Pollution and Conflict
- Inter Press Service
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 19 (IPS) - Pedro Melville, 62, a father of nine from Guyana's northwestern gold and manganese mining district of Matthew’s Ridge, sees the impacts of unchecked prospecting on the local environment every day.
U.S.: Police Treat Condoms as Contraband, Rights Group Says
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (IPS) - How many condoms is it legal to carry around in your pocket? That’s the question sex workers in the United States are asking after being routinely targeted by police for having prophylactics – not in itself a crime.
Syria Escapes Threatened Sanctions by Third Double Veto at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - Syria became the first country in the history of the United Nations to be "protected" for an unprecedented third time by double vetoes cast by Russia and China in the Security Council.
Women Rights Defenders Targeted in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - There has been an alarming increase over the past two years in violence against women human rights defenders and journalists in Mexico, according to women’s human rights organisations.
Malnutrition Implicated in Child Killer Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Jul 19 (IPS) -
Parents wait anxiously outside a Phnom Penh hospital. Credit: Mike Hodgkinson/IPSHealth experts are blaming high malnutrition levels for an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) that has killed more than 54 children in impoverished Cambodia since April.
Caribbean Moves to Protect Rights of HIV-Positive Workers
- Inter Press Service
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Jul 19 (IPS) - Thirty years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, Caribbean countries are slowly putting necessary legislation in place to ensure the rights of workers despite their HIV/AIDS and chronic disease status.
Prison Study Programme Shuns Argentine "Dirty War" Criminals
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 19 (IPS) - A group of prisoners convicted of crimes against humanity committed during Argentina's last dictatorship (1976-1983) have put university and prison authorities in a difficult position by asking to enrol in an academic study programme for inmates financed by the state.
Caribbean Moves to Protect Rights of HIV-Positive Workers
- Inter Press Service
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Jul 19 (IPS) - Thirty years into the HIV and AIDS epidemic, Caribbean countries are slowly putting necessary legislation in place to ensure the rights of workers despite their HIV/AIDS and chronic disease status.
Prison Study Programme Shuns Argentine “Dirty War” Criminals
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 19 (IPS) - A group of prisoners convicted of crimes against humanity committed during Argentina’s last dictatorship (1976-1983) have put university and prison authorities in a difficult position by asking to enrol in an academic study programme for inmates financed by the state.
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