News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 77
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.
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.
U.S.: 'We All Breathe the Same Air and Drink the Same Water'
- Inter Press Service
Some 8,000 kilometres from the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Native American environmental experts from 66 tribes came together at a summit here this week to address the most pressing needs in their communities - problems, all emphasised, that know no geographic boundaries.
MEDIA-ARGENTINA: Fighting Stereotypes of Slums 'From the Inside'
- Inter Press Service
A group of local residents from Villa 1-11-14, a slum on the outskirts of the Argentine capital, put out a magazine aimed at breaking down the stereotypes propagated by the mainstream media, which associate neighbourhoods like theirs only with drugs, crime and marginalisation.
NICARAGUA: A Month of Free Fun and Games for Children
- Inter Press Service
More than one million poor children in Nicaragua will enjoy a massive Christmas celebration this month, complete with recreational activities and presents, organised by the government of President Daniel Ortega. But the opposition is criticising the project as populist and eccentric.
EGYPT: New Money Boosts Puppy Mill Industry
- Inter Press Service
A few years ago, dog markets were dull places with pooch purveyors keeping an eye open for more lucrative business.
INDIA: Mobiles For Gender Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
The Indian Government should consider providing mobile phones at a subsidy to women from the bottom of the pyramid since it helps improve their status and welfare, says a recent report.
CULTURE-IBEROAMERICA: Women MisPrized
- Inter Press Service
'The judges are usually men, and they tend to prefer men's writing,' Mexican journalist and novelist Elena Poniatowska, a perennial candidate for the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, said with a note of resignation in her voice.
CHILE: Media Empires Undermine Pluralistic Democracy
- Inter Press Service
Chile is a classic example of the concentration of media ownership in too few hands, says Chilean journalist María Olivia Mönckeberg in her latest book 'Los magnates de la prensa' (The Press Magnates). If the state does not exercise stricter regulation, democracy itself may be undermined, she warns.
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