News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 81
CHILE: Women in Arms
- Inter Press Service
The official version of Chilean history renders women’s political participation 'invisible' and relegates them to a secondary or anecdotal role, says journalist Cherie Zalaquett, author of a new book, 'Chilenas en armas' (Chilean Women in Arms).
Q&A: 'Guardian Angel' of Gulf Transsexuals
- Inter Press Service
Transsexuals in the Gulf call Bahraini lawyer Fawziya Janahi 'guardian angel'. She is the Arab world's only female lawyer who takes up cases on behalf of clients who want to change their sex.
MIDEAST: Egypt Makes Cultural Clout Count
- Inter Press Service
Egypt has long been recognised as the cultural trendsetter of the Arabic- speaking world. Despite recent challenges to this role with the advent of satellite television, experts say that contemporary Arab culture remains largely defined by Egyptian literature, music, film and television.
RIGHTS: Before the Olympics in Brazil…
- Inter Press Service
Athletes competing for Olympic gold speak to the imagination of most of us. Homeless people playing an international football tournament may be a less familiar sight. Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro will get a chance to see both.
JAPAN: Death from Overwork Persists Amid Economic Crunch
- Inter Press Service
One morning nine months ago, Kenji Hamada’s colleagues were surprised to find him in their Tokyo office slumped over his desk. They thought he was sleeping, but when he did not wake up after two hours, they realised he was dead.
CAMBODIA: Global Crisis Mostly Bypassing the Young — For Now
- Inter Press Service
Mey Chamnan has learned the hard way about the global economic crisis. Both she and her husband were fired from their 50 U.S.-dollar a month jobs in a local garment factory after declining overseas orders caused huge job losses across Cambodia’s garment industry.
AFGHANISTAN: Poll Finds Optimism, Amid Political Disenchantment
- Inter Press Service
As debate continues in Washington over what its next steps should be in Afghanistan and as the total of NATO-led coalition deaths in the country approaches 70 for the fourth straight month, a new survey says Afghans are slightly more optimistic about the future of their country than in years past.
AFGHANISTAN: The Cheap Way to Hell
- Inter Press Service
For the last three weeks, 30-year-old Ghulam Nabi has lain in a Kabul hospital bed, suffering. His face is etched with hopelessness, loneliness and despair over the life he once had and has now lost forever.
CHILE: Fashion Finds Green Style
- Inter Press Service
Young Chilean designers are turning their creative energy to recycling, natural fibres and working with disadvantaged groups as they produce clothing and accessories - but it is an effort that is not free of tensions.
CHINA: Cultural Counteroffensive at Int’l Book Fair: Hit or Miss?
- Inter Press Service
This year’s Frankfurt Book Fair may have been more of an embarrassment than prestige for its guest of honour — China — but the country’s cultural mandarins still believe that the future of cultural ideas belongs to the Middle Kingdom and that the global financial crisis will play a role in helping them achieve that.
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