News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 141
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Woman Politician Wins Even by Losing
- Inter Press Service
Earnestness is still on her sunburnt face as she faces throngs of people just days after her defeat. Indeed, even as threats continue to come her way, Mai Jori has not given up on her dreams to help empower the women from her region and vows to contest the forthcoming local bodies’ elections.
RIGHTS-MALAWI: Full Court Trial for Gay Couple
- Inter Press Service
Two men who married each other in a traditional engagement ceremony will have to undergo trial and face years of imprisonment if found guilty of having a homosexual relationship.
CHINA: State Media Pushing for a Global Voice
- Inter Press Service
Expanded overseas bureaus, more Chinese and foreign-language editorial products reaching global audiences and now, a reformatting of the country’s most widely read English-language newspaper. These are signs of the expansion of China’s state media, one that President Hu Jintao has described as an 'increasingly fierce struggle in the domain of news and opinion'.
MEDIA-ASIA: Exiled Radio Plays A Cat-and Mouse Game
- Inter Press Service
For exiled journalists working on shortwave radio programming aimed at Burmese and Tibetan listeners, dodging the ‘enemy’ in the name of freer speech is often a cat-and-mouse game.
EDUCATION-MALAWI: Communication Made Easier with a Local Language Dictionary
- Inter Press Service
The thickest book on secondary school teacher Hellen Ndalama’s desk is her indigenous language dictionary. It is also her most-used book.
POLITICS: The Pentagon's Propaganda Networks — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
Propaganda networks that conduct 'psychological warfare' for the Pentagon have been in vogue for a long time. Mike Furlong, a senior Pentagon official who is now being investigated for running a covert network of contractors to supply information for drone strikes and assassinations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, had a long history of working in this field.
WORLD CUP: But South Africa Will Win
- Inter Press Service
Less than a hundred days to go, and the world looks on, often more with scepticism than anticipation.
PAKISTAN: In More Ways Than One, Bollywood Dancing Creates Waves
- Inter Press Service
Saleha Firdaus, a mother of two teenage children, has been moving to the Bollywood beat at a dance studio for over a year now and 'loves every moment' of this personal time. For her part, 22-year-old Maheen Jafri was a 'bedroom dancer' until she discovered a Bollywood and hip-hop dance studio and 'shed my inhibitions totally.'
RIGHTS-BAHRAIN: Weak Laws Let Rapists Off the Hook
- Inter Press Service
Cunning rapists in Bahrain can avoid victimising virgins so they could escape the maximum penalty provided by law, and those who force themselves on young girls can evade punishment by promising to marry their victims.
MALAWI: Rural Communities Jointly Care for Orphans
- Inter Press Service
At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says he cannot afford this luxury. He and his wife are caregivers to a one-year-old orphan.
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