News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 154
MALAWI: Women Fight Harmful Cultural Practices
- Inter Press Service
An experience which Belita Simpokolwe went through in December last year remains deeply etched in her memory. 'Sometimes I fail to concentrate in class when these things come back to my mind,' laments 13-year-old Simpokolwe, a grade six pupil at Kawale Primary School, in the northern Malawi district of Chitipa.
POLITICS-AFRICA: Seeking a Democratic South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
The atmosphere is heavily charged with political tensions, alliances are already in the offing, expectations are high and the pressure for the country to achieve a successful transition from an interim government to a democratically elected one is immense.
RIGHTS-INDIA: Women Rally Together to Fight Injustice
- Inter Press Service
Rajbala, 40, learned in the cruelest way possible that poverty exacts an exorbitant price, especially if one is pursuing justice.
CULTURE: Foreign Cash Makes Afghan Films
- Inter Press Service
After the fall of the Taliban, the most widely recognised and praised Afghan film has been 'Osama'. Directed by Sediq Barmak, the 2003 production is the heartrending story of a young girl who disguises herself as a boy named Osama so that she might survive the Taliban regime. Osama received awards at both Cannes and the Golden Globes.
US: Obama Launches Freedom of Information Initiative
- Inter Press Service
Advocates for greater freedom of information are expressing approval of the Obama administration’s new ‘Open Government Directive’ - but some are sounding cautionary notes that executive agencies are still hiding behind 'national security' to conceal government misconduct.
RIGHTS-ZAMBIA: ‘Justice Prevailed’ — Says New Editor Acquitted of False Charges
- Inter Press Service
Chansa Kabwela faced a five-year jail sentence when she sent photographs of a woman giving birth without help in the country’s largest hospital to government officials.
UGANDA: Mob Justice Increases as Court Backlogs Escalate
- Inter Press Service
Sam Kubo had gone to lease out his 600 hectares of land in Kayunga district. But instead he went to his death.
ETHIOPIA: New Election Code Sparks Furore
- Inter Press Service
Opposition parties are troubled by what they say is government’s strategy to keep them out of the general elections in May 2010.
GENDER: U.N. Women's Treaty Weakened by Slew of Reservations
- Inter Press Service
A landmark U.N. treaty on women’s rights, which will be 30 years old next week, is in danger of being politically undermined by a slew of reservations by 22 countries seeking exemptions from some of the convention’s legal obligations.
DEVELOPMENT: Afro-Uruguayan Women Find Their Own Way Home
- Inter Press Service
Contrary to popular belief in Uruguay, the capital city’s black population is no longer concentrated in neighbourhoods like Barrio Sur, Palermo and Cordón, which were historically home to the majority of African descendents and remain heavily steeped in Afro-Uruguayan culture.
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