News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 127
SWAZILAND: Focus on Infants in HIV Prevention
- Inter Press Service
A proud mother, Nonhlanhla Mabuza cuddles her one-day-old baby boy, at the circumcision clinic of Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital. A day after delivering her second son, Thabiso Dlamini, the 20-year-old mother is not only beaming because she has just successfully delivered her tiny little tot — her bundle of joy has just undergone male circumcision.
CHINA: Feeling Lost, ‘Homowives’ Often Struggle Alone
- Inter Press Service
Wang Yibing had been married three years before she found out her husband was gay. He had known all along, yet, like many homosexual men in China, had chosen to enter into a traditional marriage to reduce the pressure he was feeling from his family and society.
Critical Media Hit by Legal Actions in Venezuela
- Inter Press Service
Guillermo Zuloaga, owner of the Globovisión television channel has fled Venezuela to avoid an arrest warrant issued by a court a week after President Hugo Chávez complained that Zuloaga was not being held in prison pending trials for illegal business practices, and for remarks that were deemed 'offensive' to the president.
LATIN AMERICA: Photos a Leveller for Maids and Their Employers
- Inter Press Service
Fifty pairs of women -- maids and their employers -- from Argentina, Chile and Colombia abandoned their daily routines to pose for photographs for a project about the hierarchical relationship that unites them.
INDIA: Muslim Women Explore Opportunity in Non-Traditional Fields
- Inter Press Service
In a small, dingy and humid room inside a house in Metiabruz, a poor Muslim- dominated locality in Kolkata in eastern India, at least 20 Muslim women, aged 16 to 28, can hardly contain their enthusiasm as they talk about their aspirations and why they decided to study information technology (IT), a short-term course offered for a minimal fee by a non-government organisation operating in their area.
BRAZIL: The Football Nation Doesn't Forget Its Heroes
- Inter Press Service
Long known as 'the football nation,' Brazil today is seeking a new title: recognition as a global economic and political power -- though without denying the sport that made it famous.
MEDIA: Mobile Journalism on the Rise in Asia
- Inter Press Service
What do the protests in Burma, bombings in Jakarta, the recent earthquake in Haiti and the massive devastation left by typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines have in common?
Risking Life and Limb for Football in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
'Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that,' former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once said. Uncomfortably close to a bald statement of fact for fans of the beautiful game in Somalia, who risk their lives to watch the World Cup unfolding in South Africa.
Artists Refuse Silence on Zimbabwe Atrocities
- Inter Press Service
In a bold attempt to stoke public debate on national healing, an art exhibition is challenging the government to publicly acknowledge one of the most hideous episodes in Zimbabwe's history.
ARGENTINA: Over 40 and Jobless? Click Here
- Inter Press Service
Tired of being sidelined in the job market because he was over 40, an Argentine computer specialist created a labour exchange for people his age and older, which in just a few months grew to nearly 6,000 people.
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