News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 146
EUROPE: Fight Female Mutilation Harder Activists Urge EU
- Inter Press Service
With hundreds of thousands of girls and women believed to be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Europe, rights groups have mounted a campaign to get EU leaders to stop what they see as a barbaric and dangerous procedure.
RIGHTS: Mideast and North Africa Cited for Press Abuses
- Inter Press Service
A report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on press freedom around the world in 2009 depicts an especially gloomy situation in the Middle East and North Africa, where authorities continue to use repressive measures to muzzle journalists.
NIGERIA: HIV-positive Youth Still Stigmatised
- Inter Press Service
'I will never have anything to do with women since I have been diagnosed to have a killer disease.' It is not clear how Muhammad Jungudo (17) contracted HIV, but he suspects it happened at a local barber shop where the implements used for shaving are rarely sterilised. And knowing how he contracted the virus is important. At least it was to Jungudo’s family.
RELIGION-TURKEY: Alevi's Future Bleak Despite Equality Moves
- Inter Press Service
A political initiative to eliminate discrimination against the Alevi, Turkey’s main religious minority, risks being stymied by the Diyanet, the country’s powerful religious body that does not recognise anything but Sunni Islam.
HAITI: U.N. Supports Move to Protect Heritage
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations’ cultural agency, UNESCO, and the government of Haiti have joined forces to try to safeguard and protect the Caribbean nation’s artistic heritage in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake which destroyed not only countless lives but also many national art treasures.
U.S.: Telecom Lobby Tests Pledge of Transparency
- Inter Press Service
Despite President Barack Obama's pledge in his State of the Union address last month to 'require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or Congress,' the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says the Obama administration has been 'fighting hard to stop the release of the names of these representatives.'
RELIGION: Young Western Muslims Fight Misperceptions
- Inter Press Service
Islamophobia is rising in the West, and sectarian clashes have undermined unity in the Muslim world, but there is hope from 'within', says a group of young Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLTs) working to address these problems.
MIDEAST: Gaza's Female Scribes Face Worse Than Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
Female journalists worldwide complain about discrimination on the grounds of gender. However, their colleagues in Gaza also face death threats, the dangers of working in a war zone and the struggle for daily necessities as the Israeli siege on Gaza drags on.
EGYPT: Press Freer, but Still Fettered
- Inter Press Service
Not long ago an editorial like the one that appeared in the independent Al- Dustour newspaper this week might never have made it into print.
RIGHTS-MEXICO: Reporters, Activists Demand State Protection
- Inter Press Service
Journalists and human rights activists in Mexico are frantically seeking a mechanism to protect them from attacks related to their work, but the state has been slow to respond. The Colombian model might provide a solution.
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