News headlines for “Racism”, page 96
MUSIC-BRAZIL: 'Enchanted' Guitars for Social Change
- Inter Press Service
Perfectly in tune, in spite of the off-key world of Terra Encantada ('Enchanted Land'), a shanty town in this Brazilian city, the guitars of Daniel Sant'Anna's orchestra strike up the 'Ode to Joy', played by children and teenagers who are looking for a way forward in their lives.
ROMANIA: Starting Early on Human Rights With School Textbook
- Inter Press Service
A textbook on human rights activism, being introduced in Romanian schools this year, steers away from preaching and uses interviews with global and local rights activists to suggest how young people may get involved.
MEXICO: Street Stalls, Web Visible Face of Neo-Nazism
- Inter Press Service
Street stalls in the centre of the Mexican capital openly display books and publications that are sympathetic to Adolf Hitler and Nazism, indicating that there is public demand for such items.
DEVELOPMENT: Natural Dye Omnibus Draws Top Researchers to India
- Inter Press Service
A 15-volume documentation of 3,000 natural dyes by a 19th century British textile entrepreneur will be the focus of an upcoming international seminar on natural dyes in India.
THAILAND: Talk of the Next Coup Raises Political Temperature
- Inter Press Service
A Thai national habit of openly speculating if this South-east Asian kingdom is on the verge of its next coup d’etat is in full flight.
PAKISTAN: Mental Illness among Women: Gender-Driven?
- Inter Press Service
No sooner does a visitor step into the facility than a surreal scene unfolds: The sound of laughter, the sight of ready smiles and vigorous, pumping handshakes mix with the acrid odor of an unwashed human body and the unbearable stench of neglect that in turn combines with the heavy smell of medicine.
FRANCE: Burqa Ban Keeps Immigration Issue Alive
- Inter Press Service
With the French regional elections coming up in March and a debate on national identity raging, the burqa polemic is keeping the immigration and 'values' issue alive here.
ASIA: ‘Post-Disaster Psychosocial Support a Must for Children’
- Inter Press Service
When disaster strikes, acute stress disorders, especially among children, may follow. Yet the need for early psychosocial interventions is often overlooked, if not ignored.
CULTURE-INDIA: Globalised Ice Cream Please, Big Scoop
- Inter Press Service
'Passport Please.' That's what everyone thought they'd ask if you queued up at that exclusive new ice cream shop in one of those smart new malls of fashionable south Delhi.
LAOS: Getting Women in the News Takes Much More than Policy
- Inter Press Service
Women’s empowerment may be a key policy of the Lao government, but this is far from obvious in this South-east Asian country’s newspapers and publications, many of which usually give more space to government pronouncements by male officials and pass on questionable stereotypes of women in their reportage.
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