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Women's Initiation in Zambia: Dancing in Bed
- Inter Press Service
Staying in Chawama, a compound outside Zambia's capital Lusaka, I spent many an evening chatting to the local women as they sat outside and cooked on their charcoal braziers. It intrigued me how a lot of the gossip would come back to one topic: the importance of 'chinamwali', the traditional initiation training most Zambian women go through before they get married.
Q&A: In Search of La Buen Vida
- Inter Press Service
The clock is ticking to live up to the promises governments made a decade ago to improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people. But are those promises themselves inherently flawed?
Report Shows Rollback on Rights in China
- Inter Press Service
A new report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) charges that China has largely failed to meet the commitments laid out in its first-ever National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP), introduced in 2009.
Climate Change Could Be Aggravating Effects of El Niño, La Niña
- Inter Press Service
The strongest La Niña weather system in 50 years has brought historic flooding to Australia and drought to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, driving up food prices.
SRI LANKA: Media Freedom Still Distant
- Inter Press Service
January is indelibly linked to the tumultuous recent history of the media in Sri Lanka. Two years ago, on Jan. 8 Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge, editor of the The Sunday Leader newspaper, was murdered while on his way to work.
DR CONGO: Promise of Potable Water for Kikwit
- Inter Press Service
When the ground is broken for the Kakobola dam, engineers just might be able to hear the jubilation in the city of Kikwit, 200 kilometres away. The city's million residents are desperate to improve their water supply.
DEATH PENALTY: Perception of Crime an Obstacle to Abolition
- Inter Press Service
The past year has seen mixed fortunes for activists working towards abolishing the death penalty in Africa. Togo and Burundi joined the ranks of African states that have removed capital punishment from their statutes, while Gambia extended its application to new offences.
Overhaul Foreign Aid to Rebuild Haiti
- Inter Press Service
The international community's response was fast and effective during the emergency cause by the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti that claimed at least 230,000 lives. But the 'impressive' outpouring of solidarity stalled when reconstruction began, as international and local institutions failed to measure up to the challenge.
U.S. Bank Blacklists U.N. Missions
- Inter Press Service
When the United Nations decided to locate its secretariat in the city of New York, the United States as host nation signed a 'headquarters agreement' back in 1947 not only ensuring diplomatic immunity to foreign diplomats but also pledging to facilitate the day-to-day activities of member states without any hindrance.
HAITI: Haphazard Aid Hindering Long-Term Recovery
- Inter Press Service
That Haiti will not recover from the trauma of 2010 for many years is an unfortunate but understood fact. More disturbing, according to a new analysis, is that aspects of current aid efforts are undermining Haiti's ability to begin the reconstruction process and develop a strong, functional state infrastructure.
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