News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 111
RELIGION-CHINA: Buddhism Enjoys A Revival
- Inter Press Service
Quan Zhenyuan discovered Buddhism by accident. After the owner of a vegetarian restaurant here in the Chinese capital gave her a book about the religion, she became hooked. Today, Quan is one of a growing number of urban Chinese who turn to Buddhism for spiritual fulfillment.
MIDEAST: Egypt's Duplicity Stands Exposed
- Inter Press Service
More than 250,000 classified U.S. diplomatic cables released by online whistle- blower WikiLeaks include statements made behind closed doors that could prove embarrassing for Egypt’s government, say analysts.
PAKISTAN: Death Sentence Revives Calls to Scrap Blasphemy Laws
- Inter Press Service
What began as altercation among farm workers has become a full-blown nightmare for Pakistani mother Asia Bibi, one that points to her being led to the gallows.
UGANDA: ICT Boom for Economy, A Bust for Some Women
- Inter Press Service
The rapid growth of the ICT market in Uganda has been greeted with optimism over its potential to boost the country’s development. But less attention is being paid to the increase in gender based violence due to the use of information and communications technology.
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: For Women, Cyber Crimes Are All Too Real
- Inter Press Service
The Grade 10 student was first drugged, and then four men raped her. The group then apparently tried to extort money from her family. When the family filed a complaint with the police instead, the extortionists in October then posted a cellphone video of her whole ordeal on the Internet.
Teaching Virtual Resistance to Violence
- Inter Press Service
What if young boys were imbued with a sense of empathy and fair play to counteract a culture that victimises women? Could they grow up to become part of a generation that renounces gender violence once and for all?
Strong as China, Fragile as Porcelain
- Inter Press Service
In times of inflationary pressures the price of patriotism too goes up. The news that an 18th century Chinese porcelain vase sold for a record-breaking 68 million dollars at a London auction to a mainland China buyer this month did not go down well either with Chinese government regulators fretting about asset bubbles or with a Chinese public angry about income inequality.
ARGENTINA: Click Here to Escape Gender Violence
- Inter Press Service
'Men are drunks and batterers,' Lorena Maurin tells IPS before heading in to her computer class, an oasis for women in the 22 de Enero neighbourhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Egypt Rejects 'Interference' in Elections
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's authoritarian government ramped up its crackdown on journalists and opposition politicians ahead of the Nov. 28 parliamentary elections and rebuffed a U.S. call for international observers to monitor 'free and fair' balloting.
KENYA: A Brand New Constitution, But Can Women Enjoy Land Rights?
- Inter Press Service
Mary Kimani wishes her husband were still alive. Holding her one-year-old son in one hand and a hoe in the other, she recounts with bitterness how she and her children lost their livelihood to her husband’s family.
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