News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 84
MEXICO: Black Minority Invisible in Bicentennial Celebrations
- Inter Press Service
Mexico has big plans for celebrating its 200th anniversary of independence from Spain next year. But Mexicans of African descent are as invisible in those plans as they are in everyday life.
EGYPT: Virtually, Some Real Freedom
- Inter Press Service
Egyptians critical of their government are using new media and the Internet to expose its improprieties and press for social change.
PHILIPPINES: Muslim Unrest ‘A Political Problem in Religious Garb’
- Inter Press Service
Pushing Muslims’ long-held aspirations for genuine self-determination in mainly Catholic Philippines is a complicated struggle 'because we are not a priority issue' for the central government.
CHILE: Preserving the Kaweshkar Language — In the Nick of Time
- Inter Press Service
Sound files containing recordings of spoken Kaweshkar - a nearly extinct indigenous language of southern Chile — have been put together thanks to the work of ethnolinguist Óscar Aguilera and anthropologist José Tonko, and donated to national and foreign institutions with the aim of preserving the culture of one of Chile’s nine native groups.
DEVELOPMENT:: Gender Advocates Keep a Close Eye on Climate Talks
- Inter Press Service
After nine months of a rollercoaster ride pushing for a gender perspective on climate change, advocates are finally beginning to reap the fruits of their labour.
DEVELOPMENT: ‘Gender Is No Distraction in Climate Change Talks’
- Inter Press Service
As the countdown to the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit draws to a close, gender and climate change advocates are doubling their efforts to make sure that 23 gender-related paragraphs in the negotiating text will make it to the new treaty that will be hammered out in December.
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Women Talk: ‘We Want Greater Gender Equality’
- Inter Press Service
'I hope to see a society where women can comfortably work and raise a family — at the same time.'
POLITICS-CHINA: Coming Soon: A Stage-Managed 60th Anniversary Bash
- Inter Press Service
When it comes to pageantry, China’s communist leaders leave little to chance. This October, which marks 60 decades of their rule over the Middle Kingdom, mass events and grand spectacles would have needed little choreography to elicit a joyous mood.
ARGENTINA: New Voice for Sexual Minorities
- Inter Press Service
A monthly magazine published by an Argentine umbrella group of some thirty organisations of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans (LGBTs) seeks to become a major communications channel for the community and an instrument for disseminating the actions that sexual minorities undertake to defend their rights.
LATIN AMERICA: Ensuring Democratisation of Digital Broadcasting
- Inter Press Service
Just as they did with analogue television, the countries of Latin America have opted for different digital broadcasting standards. But more than this technological diversity, what concerns social organisations is the absence of policies and regulatory frameworks to ensure a true democratisation of this means of communication.
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