Global Issues
News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 30
YEMEN: Youth Ready to Confront Gender Roles
- Inter Press Service
Despite being at the forefront of sweeping changes taking place in the country, the lives of the majority of Yemeni women are restricted to early marriage, motherhood and serving husbands, according to a new study by Women Without Borders (WWB), a Vienna based public relations and advocacy platform for women’s voices around the world.
ARGENTINA: Free Books in Public Places to Woo Readers
- Inter Press Service
'This book has not been lost. It has no owner; it is part of the Argentine Free Book Movement, and it was left in this place so that you would find it.'
The Royal Are More Royal Outside Britain
- Inter Press Service
Quite a treat Britain has on offer for the world these days. Or who would ever have been talking - in this day and age - about a prince and princess riding in splendour into a world of pageboys and palaces.
GUATEMALA: Theatre as HIV Prevention Tool in Native Communities
- Inter Press Service
Poverty, lack of access to education and taboos about sexuality have hampered campaigns for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS among indigenous communities in Guatemala. These constraints have led to the development of new ways of communicating vital information, like theatre.
CUBA: Youth, Love and Sex — Fewer Constraints
- Inter Press Service
Cuba's young people today feel they have more freedom to navigate the waters of romantic feelings in an uncomplicated way.
CUBA: The 'Other' Revolutions
- Inter Press Service
YES to sexual diversity! NO to transgenics! LONG LIVE @! In stark contrast to the political apathy of many of their contemporaries, some sectors of Cuban youth are radically re-writing the standard slogans, opting for active participation and fomenting 'new revolutions within the Revolution.'
CUBA: Gender Inequality Persists Behind Closed Doors
- Inter Press Service
While gender roles have changed since Cuba's 1959 revolution, inequalities persist among men and women in private life, and young people are both accepting that and breaking with it.
PHILIPPINES: Religious Groups Weigh In on Reproductive Health Debate
- Inter Press Service
In a country where an estimated 4,500 women die every year due to complications during childbirth, the enactment of a reproductive health (RH) policy is said to be a measure that could save lives.
OP-ED: Solid Present, Bright Future for Latin America's Film Industry
- Inter Press Service
Since the 1980s, despite chronic social crisis, Latin America has seen significant advances in economic and industrial development, which have given a boost to the region's film industry.
U.S. Reports Decry Curbs on NGOs, Internet, Minorities
- Inter Press Service
Growing government harassment of civil society organisations (CSOs), restrictions on Internet use, and persecution of vulnerable minorities constituted three of the most worrisome trends that slowed the spread of human rights around the globe in 2010, according to latest annual edition of the State Department's massive 'Country Reports'.
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