News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 79
MEDIA: The Untold Stories of Violence Against Women
- Inter Press Service
'You don’t need to go far, it is all around us,' said Robert Dijksterhuis, head of the gender division in the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to a room mostly full of women. 'Up to one in three women around the world has been abused in some way - most often by someone she knows,' he added, quoting UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) numbers.
BRAZIL: 'Quilombos' Keep Black Cultural Identity Alive
- Inter Press Service
A black community in the southern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro is trying to maintain its cultural heritage on 287 hectares granted to it by the government in 1999 as part of reparations to the descendants of slaves.
RIGHTS-FRANCE: Domestic Violence - Everybody's Business
- Inter Press Service
Several people are gathered outside a window, staring wide-eyed at a scene within. They watch as a man brutally beats a woman, pounding her face with his fists, kicking her. No one says anything, until an onlooker screams agonisingly: 'stop'.
VIETNAM: Prospects of Total Facebook Blackout Loom Large
- Inter Press Service
While much of the world is busy chatting with friends or posting photos via Facebook, Internet users in Vietnam are worried that government restrictions on access to this popular social networking site could soon evolve into a total blackout, assuming it isn’t so yet.
LITERATURE/WOMEN: 'When a Woman Wins, It is Still a Story'
- Inter Press Service
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 102 times to 106 Nobel laureates between 1901 and 2009. Only 10 of those winners were women. Meanwhile, the Man Booker Prize has been awarded to 15 women in 40 years.
INDIA: Women As Hindu Priests Have An Edge
- Inter Press Service
Defying Hindu orthodoxy and intolerant male priests, women in Maharashtra state, western India, have revived a Vedic tradition and become priests.
Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia
- Inter Press Service
Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women’s rights advocate and senior United Nations official.
AFRICA: Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning
- Inter Press Service
The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information.
RIGHTS: Tick the Right Box If You Feel French
- Inter Press Service
The stereotypical image of a French person is of someone wearing a beret and carrying a baguette under his arm. But can one wear a burqa and also be French? Can one prefer pitta bread to baguettes and still be French?
INDIA: A Famed Region’s Tripple Whammy of Environmental Bane
- Inter Press Service
The combined impact of tourism, climate change and changing lifestyle in this internationally renowned adventure haven has raised serious concerns among environmental groups.
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