News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 67
POLITICS: U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Web Services
- Inter Press Service
After U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's January address on the role of internet freedom in U.S. foreign policy, the Barack Obama administration appears to be taking the first steps to introduce specific legislation and policies to exploit the role of the internet in opening up those countries ruled by oppressive or authoritarian governments.
NAMIBIA: Female Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Stereotypes
- Inter Press Service
African hip-hop prides itself on a more positive portrayal of women, but traditional cultural attitudes towards women still dominate the industry, say Namibian female rappers.
ECUADOR: Avatar Downfall a Blow for Indigenous Communities
- Inter Press Service
Science fiction blockbuster Avatar was the big loser in the Oscar awards ceremony - not only a blow for director James Cameron but also seen as a symbolic reverse in the struggle to recover Amazon rainforest areas in Ecuador from the effects of oil pollution.
MALAWI: Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land
- Inter Press Service
Mercy Gondwe, 51, from Rumphi in northern Malawi, was married for 34 years. When her husband died in 2008, she assumed she would inherit the land they had been cultivating together since they got married. But this was not the case.
MEDIA-NEPAL: Self-Censorship Creeping Up After Killings
- Inter Press Service
The climate of fear that has been growing in this Himalayan country since the murder of two media entrepreneurs and other attacks on journalists may well push them to turn to more self-censorship.
Q&A:: 11.8 Seconds That Broke Taboos for Women
- Inter Press Service
Dressed in an abaya (long, loose gown worn by women to cover their dress) and a headscarf, Naseem Hameed cannot be recognised as she alights from a crowded, rickety public bus to reach her destination — the sports stadium.
MEXICO: Scientists Reinvent the Corn Tortilla
- Inter Press Service
The process of making corn tortillas - the filling, age-old traditional food throughout much of Mexico and Central America - pollutes huge volumes of water and consumes a great deal of energy.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Property Rights At Last for Women
- Inter Press Service
A recent court ruling has finally given Swazi women the right to own and administer property in their own names.
VIETNAM: War Movie with Peace Theme Seeks to Heal Wounds
- Inter Press Service
A Vietnamese film that is vying for an Oscar this month offers a glimpse into how Vietnam and the United States are healing decades-old war wounds, as well as how that war still generates emotional debate today.
Q&A: More Women Journalists Doesn’t Mean More Gender Awareness
- Inter Press Service
Young Indian women are taking to journalism in droves, but Ammu Joseph, author of several authoritative books on women in media, believes that these numbers do not necessarily translate into gender awareness.
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