News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 98
INDONESIA: Using Religion to Strengthen Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
‘My husband rapes me repeatedly. I asked the ulama (religious leader) for help, but he sided with him, saying that according to Islam, a woman has to obey her husband. I have nowhere else to go. I have no tears left to shed. I no longer scream.’
ARTS-CUBA: Aura of Déjà Vu at the Biennial
- Inter Press Service
Too bold for some tastes and too dissident for others, some of the Cuban exhibits at the recent Havana Arts Biennial brought to mind the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the visual arts were in the vanguard of national culture.
PAKISTAN: Media in the Taliban’s Crosshairs
- Inter Press Service
Till two months back, Shireen Zada of the private television channel Express News would carry a pistol whenever he covered the news in the restive Swat Valley in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
DEVELOPMENT: Make Use of African Skills
- Inter Press Service
The theme of the third biennial Knowledge Management Africa (KMA) conference, which opened Monday in the capital of Senegal, is lofty - 'knowledge to reposition Africa in the world economy'. But the aim is more down-to-earth: to find ways to apply vital information to the basic question of improving the lives of Africa's people.
RIGHTS-IRAN: Damaging Forced Confessions
- Inter Press Service
Iranian political refugees living in India say there is an all too familiar ring about the supposed confessions of arrested journalist Roxana Saberi, which they expect to see footage of on television soon.
AUSTRALIA: Asylum Seekers at Centre of Political Squabble
- Inter Press Service
Australia’s opposition and governing parties have been admonished for attempting to make ‘political capital’ out of the recent spike in asylum seekers trying to reach the nation’s shores by boat.
CAMBODIA: Corruption Allegations Undermine Khmer Rouge Tribunal
- Inter Press Service
The voice of Comrade Duch reverberates daily through the speakers at the 500- seat courtroom in Phnom Penh as he gives testimony in his trial for crimes against humanity.
MAY DAY-ARGENTINA: ‘My Mom Is a Taxi Driver’
- Inter Press Service
A new collection of children’s books in Argentina shows women in jobs and professions that are traditionally held by men, challenging sexist preconceptions.
EDUCATION-US: Women Reach for Technology Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
When Brunila lost her job as a flight attendant after 10 years on the job, she realised she needed to find a more stable career.
POLITICS: U.S. Lacks Capacity to Win Over Afghans
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama and other top officials in his administration have made it clear that there can be no military solution in Afghanistan, and that the non-military efforts to win over the Afghan population will be central to its chances of success.
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