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SRI LANKA: Gov’t to Resettle Displaced Tamils Ahead of Monsoon
- Inter Press Service
The Sri Lankan government, accused of keeping the refugees who fled fighting between the military and Tamil rebels against their will, is preparing to resettle these minority civilians ahead of next month’s monsoon period, officials from non-government agencies said Friday.
BRAZIL: Artistic Energy as Antidote to Exclusion
- Inter Press Service
Putting the power of art to the test in extreme situations has become an unintended but necessary task for the Axé Project, a Brazilian non-governmental organisation (NGO) aimed at creating the conditions for street kids and other at-risk children to overcome educational, family and community exclusion.
SRI LANKA: Women Want Better Pay, Out of Free Trade Zones
- Inter Press Service
The room is dingy and cramped. The walls are unplastered and its rough cement edges can scrape the skin easily. Furniture is strewn all over the place, plastic chairs stacked one on top of the other, boxes on top of them, handbags hanging from the wall and clothes on a rack. A small kerosene cooker is kept on the side of the room while a bicycle is parked next to the only bed in the 10-by-10-feet room.
DEVELOPMENT-INDIA: Muslim Community Leaders Join AIDS Fight
- Inter Press Service
Muslim religious leaders may seem too conservative to promote the message of safe sex to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic. But that image seems to be changing. Thanks to community-based organisations and young social entrepreneurs working quietly in villages.
LATIN AMERICA: Women in History - More than Just Heroines
- Inter Press Service
Juana Azurduy or Manuela Sáenz, Bartolina Sisa or Gertrudis Bocanegra, Luisa Cáceres or Policarpa Salavarrieta - these heroines attest to the participation of women in the struggle for Latin America’s independence from Spain, a revolutionary movement that began two centuries ago this year.
RIGHTS-INDIA: HIV-Positive Women Get User Rights to Till Land
- Inter Press Service
Till four months back, 33-year-old Mugil hardly ventured out of her parent’s home, preferring to stay indoors and tend to the household chores.
CUBA: Raising Awareness about Racial Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
Intellectuals and artists concerned about continued racial discrimination in Cuba are attempting to revive the Cofradía de la Negritud (CONEG), a 'brotherhood' or association of black people aimed at raising awareness of the problem.
WOMEN-PAKISTAN: Domestic Violence Bill Draws Mixed Reactions
- Inter Press Service
A historic bill seeking to punish domestic abuse still raises doubts about its ability to meet the goal it sets out to do: end violence against women.
CHILE: Building the Bicentennial Society?
- Inter Press Service
The Chilean government has embarked on major works of infrastructure, national programmes and 28 competitions, in preparation for the 2010 celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the country's independence. But the bicentennial projects, which began this month, have drawn their share of criticism.
Q&A: ‘We Need Small Government That Can Restore Economic Growth’
- Inter Press Service
Many of the old guards of Japan’s longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) were banished from the political landscape in the aftermath of the Aug. 30 general election in Japan. Ending the LDP’s long-running grip on power is opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which won a historic landslide victory.
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