News headlines for “Racism”, page 108
BALKANS: Ultranationalists Face Ban
- Inter Press Service
Ultranationalist groups behind the violence in Belgrade last month face ban by the Constitutional Court of Serbia.
ENVIRONMENT: Turning Junk Mail Into Art
- Inter Press Service
Like everyone else, Barbara Hashimoto hated the junk mail coming in through the door. Until she decided one day that it could be transformed into art, and lessons about the environment.
MEXICO: Underwater Museum to Protect Coral Reefs
- Inter Press Service
Four sculptures in human forms, made of concrete, will be submerged in November in the Mexican Caribbean - the first of 400 figures that will comprise the world's largest underwater museum.
JAPAN: Buddhist Priests Use Pop Culture to Win Back Faithful
- Inter Press Service
Hip hop. Fashion. Zen café. Animation.
BRAZIL: Olympics in Rio — 'Happiness' Trumps Wealth and Technology
- Inter Press Service
Brazil has 'the happiest and most creative' people in the world, and deserved this opportunity, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in Copenhagen, celebrating Friday's election of Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Olympic Games.
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.'
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