News headlines for “Racism”, page 88
IOC Joins U.N. to Level the Playing Field for Women
- Inter Press Service
The sight of girls and boys playing cricket and skateboarding together in the streets of Afghanistan and Iraq may be unexpected to some, but it is a homegrown effort aimed at fostering gender equality.
PAKISTAN: The Other Side Of World Cup Footballs
- Inter Press Service
England coach Fabio Capello has bemoaned the unpredictable trajectory of the Jabulani World Cup ball, calling it 'the worst ball' in the history of the tournament. But labour rights groups have a greater complaint.
CHINA: Cyberlives Thrive Under the State’s Watchful Eyes
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-four-year-old Li Jun sits where he sits most nights of the week, in front of a computer in his local Internet cafe in the east of the Chinese capital, playing ‘World of Warcraft’.
UGANDA: Too Young to Know, Yet Too Young to Die
- Inter Press Service
Thirteen-year-old Jacinta Okello and her fellow primary school classmates call it 'doing bad manners'. But when you ask her what she knows about sex, she breaks into a shy smile, looks to her feet and giggles.
LITERATURE-CUBA: 'Forbidden Stories' by Sonia Rivera-Valdés
- Inter Press Service
Lázara wakes up every morning in her home in New York, has a cup of coffee and, with the same passion with which she takes a stand for or against every cause, she turns on the radio, hoping to hear the news that she has been waiting for most of her life: the demise of former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
BRAZIL: Murky Finances Haunt 2014 Football World Cup
- Inter Press Service
Delays in construction to prepare for the 2014 football World Cup, to be hosted by Brazil, bring to mind the budget overruns and the secretive bidding process ahead of the Pan-American Games held in Rio de Janeiro in 2007.
CUBA: Church-State Dialogue Sends 'Signals' to the World
- Inter Press Service
The talks between the Catholic Church and the Cuban government are unprecedented in several respects in this socialist island nation, and this should be taken into account by the international community, experts say.
COLOMBIA: Drug Trade's Hold on Football Persists
- Inter Press Service
Football, the most popular sport in Colombia, has been subject to heavy pressures from drug trafficking since the mid-1970s. A new study shows that the illicit trade continues to tarnish the upper echelons of this sport.
JAPAN: Left-Behind Parents Want End to Single Child Custody System
- Inter Press Service
Masako Suzuki, 50, has been fighting tooth and nail for the last six years just to gain equal custody of her son, who lives with her estranged husband.
SWAZILAND: Focus on Infants in HIV Prevention
- Inter Press Service
A proud mother, Nonhlanhla Mabuza cuddles her one-day-old baby boy, at the circumcision clinic of Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital. A day after delivering her second son, Thabiso Dlamini, the 20-year-old mother is not only beaming because she has just successfully delivered her tiny little tot — her bundle of joy has just undergone male circumcision.
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