News headlines for “Racism”, page 94
NAMIBIA: Female Hip-Hop Artists Challenge Stereotypes
- Inter Press Service
African hip-hop prides itself on a more positive portrayal of women, but traditional cultural attitudes towards women still dominate the industry, say Namibian female rappers.
ECUADOR: Avatar Downfall a Blow for Indigenous Communities
- Inter Press Service
Science fiction blockbuster Avatar was the big loser in the Oscar awards ceremony - not only a blow for director James Cameron but also seen as a symbolic reverse in the struggle to recover Amazon rainforest areas in Ecuador from the effects of oil pollution.
MALAWI: Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land
- Inter Press Service
Mercy Gondwe, 51, from Rumphi in northern Malawi, was married for 34 years. When her husband died in 2008, she assumed she would inherit the land they had been cultivating together since they got married. But this was not the case.
MEXICO: Scientists Reinvent the Corn Tortilla
- Inter Press Service
The process of making corn tortillas - the filling, age-old traditional food throughout much of Mexico and Central America - pollutes huge volumes of water and consumes a great deal of energy.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Property Rights At Last for Women
- Inter Press Service
A recent court ruling has finally given Swazi women the right to own and administer property in their own names.
VIETNAM: War Movie with Peace Theme Seeks to Heal Wounds
- Inter Press Service
A Vietnamese film that is vying for an Oscar this month offers a glimpse into how Vietnam and the United States are healing decades-old war wounds, as well as how that war still generates emotional debate today.
INDIA: Latest Riots Show Simmering Communal Tensions
- Inter Press Service
This week’s riots in two southern Indian towns highlight how communal tensions in this country of nearly 1.2 billion people simmer just under the surface, exploding at the slightest provocation.
IRAQ: Are Kurds' Days of Kingmaking Over?
- Inter Press Service
In the run-up to Iraq's parliamentary elections next week, the once-united Kurds are not only suffering deep fissures but are expected to lose their privileged kingmaker position after the polls.
Q&A: Brazil Leans on South America to Adopt Its Digital TV Standard
- Inter Press Service
Brazil is lobbying hard to get the rest of Latin America to adopt the Brazilian version of the Japanese digital television standard, as Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela have already done.
RIGHTS-EGYPT: Families Uprooted as Sphinxes Revive
- Inter Press Service
Hajj Khodari lifts a defiant fist at the demolition machinery now just meters away from his front door.
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