Global Issues
News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 38
CHILE: Flood of Criticism for 'Retrograde' AIDS Campaign
- Inter Press Service
'It’s much more fun to die of old age than to die of AIDS. And if you die with your lifelong partner, so much the better. Avoid AIDS: be faithful' is one of the controversial TV spots in this year’s edition of the annual anti-AIDS campaign by Chile’s Health Ministry.
CAMEROON: Profits Were Only a Phone Call Away
- Inter Press Service
These are awkward times for the men in the middle in Cameroon's Western Highlands. A profitable niche buying produce cheaply on farms, and supplying farmers with seed and fertiliser at premium prices has been shattered by the sound of a cellphone ringing.
CUBA: Drag Queens and Volunteers Promote Safe Sex
- Inter Press Service
Margot Parapar gets plenty of laughs from the audience with this joke: 'Now the human body is divided into five parts: head, trunk, upper and lower limbs, and condom.' Using his female stage name, Cuban drag queen, comedian and health promoter Oliver Alarcón includes HIV/AIDS prevention messages in his shows.
RELIGION-CHINA: Buddhism Enjoys A Revival
- Inter Press Service
Quan Zhenyuan discovered Buddhism by accident. After the owner of a vegetarian restaurant here in the Chinese capital gave her a book about the religion, she became hooked. Today, Quan is one of a growing number of urban Chinese who turn to Buddhism for spiritual fulfillment.
MIDEAST: Egypt's Duplicity Stands Exposed
- Inter Press Service
More than 250,000 classified U.S. diplomatic cables released by online whistle- blower WikiLeaks include statements made behind closed doors that could prove embarrassing for Egypt’s government, say analysts.
PAKISTAN: Death Sentence Revives Calls to Scrap Blasphemy Laws
- Inter Press Service
What began as altercation among farm workers has become a full-blown nightmare for Pakistani mother Asia Bibi, one that points to her being led to the gallows.
UGANDA: ICT Boom for Economy, A Bust for Some Women
- Inter Press Service
The rapid growth of the ICT market in Uganda has been greeted with optimism over its potential to boost the country’s development. But less attention is being paid to the increase in gender based violence due to the use of information and communications technology.
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: For Women, Cyber Crimes Are All Too Real
- Inter Press Service
The Grade 10 student was first drugged, and then four men raped her. The group then apparently tried to extort money from her family. When the family filed a complaint with the police instead, the extortionists in October then posted a cellphone video of her whole ordeal on the Internet.
Teaching Virtual Resistance to Violence
- Inter Press Service
What if young boys were imbued with a sense of empathy and fair play to counteract a culture that victimises women? Could they grow up to become part of a generation that renounces gender violence once and for all?
Strong as China, Fragile as Porcelain
- Inter Press Service
In times of inflationary pressures the price of patriotism too goes up. The news that an 18th century Chinese porcelain vase sold for a record-breaking 68 million dollars at a London auction to a mainland China buyer this month did not go down well either with Chinese government regulators fretting about asset bubbles or with a Chinese public angry about income inequality.
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