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SOUTH AFRICA: GMOs - Strategic Priority in Whose Interest?
- Inter Press Service
The South African government is in the process of drafting regulations to police genetically modified organisms (GMO) as part of the national Consumer Protection Act, but environmental experts are worried the GMO section of the new Act, which was signed into law last April, will not be put into practice.
BOLIVIA: Politics, a Risky Business for Women
- Inter Press Service
Taking an active part in politics in Bolivia can be a hazardous undertaking. Hundreds of reports of violence against women participating in politics attest to the risk. And while attacks go unpunished, a bill designed to protect the rights of women occupying public office has spent almost a decade in Congress waiting to be approved.
US-ECUADOR: Luring Migrants Home an Uphill Battle
- Inter Press Service
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has a Ph.D. in economics, though it may not have prepared him for the recent financial turmoil that beset his coastal country.
SRI LANKA: 25 Years On, Women Still Struggle for Their Rights
- Inter Press Service
When Thamalini, leader of the women’s wing of Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger guerrillas, entertained guests at the women’s political wing office in northern areas once controlled by the rebels, the visitors were served tea and other refreshments by male aides.
U.S.: Cities Use Inclusionary Zoning as Housing Costs Climb
- Inter Press Service
With most U.S. cities facing a severe shortage of affordable housing, more and more are beginning to turn to so-called inclusionary zoning (IZ).
AFGHANISTAN: The Cheap Way to Hell
- Inter Press Service
For the last three weeks, 30-year-old Ghulam Nabi has lain in a Kabul hospital bed, suffering. His face is etched with hopelessness, loneliness and despair over the life he once had and has now lost forever.
ENVIRONMENT/POLITICS: India-China Deal Reinforces Climate Stand
- Inter Press Service
India and China’s memorandum of understanding signed last week in this capital may have only had 'a symbolic value,' but it nevertheless showed that two of the world’s major players were serious about finding an alternative path to dealing with climate change while trying to attain sustainable development, said a top United Nations official.
CLIMATE CHANGE: 350 PPM Too Ambitious, Say Lawmakers
- Inter Press Service
A future global climate change treaty must limit the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million (ppm), and not 450 ppm, the currently proposed level, Samuel Fankhauser told a meeting of pro-environment legislators from the eight most industrialised countries and emerging economies here. But they felt the goal was not feasible.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Budgeting Environmental Justice
- Inter Press Service
There is a consensus that industrialised nations are mainly responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. It should be equally clear that such responsibility should have political consequences. But it isn't.
CHILE: Fashion Finds Green Style
- Inter Press Service
Young Chilean designers are turning their creative energy to recycling, natural fibres and working with disadvantaged groups as they produce clothing and accessories - but it is an effort that is not free of tensions.
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