News headlines for “Racism”, page 105
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.
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.
SOUTH ASIA: The Ties that Bind: Artists, Writers Forge Peace
- Inter Press Service
Imagine writers, scholars and folk performers from eight South Asian countries coming together to share their common heritage and culture while promoting peace and harmony at the same time.
EDUCATION: Foreign Students Flock Back to U.S
- Inter Press Service
The number of international students attending colleges and universities in the United States has reached an all-time high of 671,616, largely bolstered by an increasing number of undergraduate students from China, while U.S. students are also studying abroad in higher numbers.
U.S.: Supreme Court Punts on 'Redskins' Case
- Inter Press Service
The ongoing drive to purge derogatory American Indian nicknames and mascots from U.S. sports and schools took a minor hit Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined, without comment, to hear an appeal challenging the trademark protecting the name of the National Football League's Washington Redskins.
RIGHTS-TURKEY: Transforming Men from Culprits to Allies
- Inter Press Service
Success in fighting violence against women may well hinge on partnership with an often overlooked but still a critically vital party - men themselves.
SWAZILAND: Help Sex Workers - Senator
- Inter Press Service
It is one of the world’s oldest professions, dating so far back that it is even mentioned in the Bible. But in the deeply cultural and religious country of Swaziland, Senator Thuli Msane stirred a hornet’s nest when she publicly challenged a new strict bill opposing prostitution.
INDIA/CHINA: Dalai Lama’s Border State Visit: Purely Spiritual?
- Inter Press Service
It is hard to say whether the Dalai Lama’s sojourn this week in India’s Arunachal Pradesh state—which China claims as southern Tibet—is a purely spiritual exercise or a trip with a deep political mission.
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