Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1010
India’s ‘Temple Slaves’ Struggle to Break Free
- Inter Press Service
NIZAMABAD, India, Jun 22 (IPS) - At 32, Nalluri Poshani looks like an old woman. Squatting on the floor amidst piles of tobacco and tree leaves that she expertly transforms into ‘beedis', a local cigarette, she tells IPS, "I feel dizzy. The tobacco gives me headaches and nausea."
Senegal Walks a Fine Line Between Development and Environmental Protection
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Jun 22 (IPS) - While the cement factories in Senegal are at war, ostensibly over the environmental impact one company will have on this West African nation, experts have cautioned that as the government plans to radically develop and industrialise the country, striking a balance between environmental protection and development will be key.
Q&A: “Fukushima Accident Still Ongoing After Three Years”
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 20 (IPS) - It has been three years since the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan. But the consequences are still ongoing due to continuous leaks of radioactivity into the environment, says independent nuclear energy consultant Mycle Schneider.
Afghans Look Beyond Elections
- Inter Press Service
LAKSHKARGAH, Afghanistan, Jun 20 (IPS) - With protests erupting Thursday over alleged voter fraud during Afghanistan's first-ever democratic transfer of power, and presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah announcing his intention to boycott the electoral process, ordinary Afghans are beginning to despair that they will ever start to feel a sense of normalcy in their country, ravaged by years of civil war.
Improved Access to Water May Hold the Solution to Ending FGM in Africa
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Jun 20 (IPS) - Could it be possible that if women in Africa had access to water, it could save them from undergoing the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)? It seems that according to yet-to-be released research by Ugandan Gwada Okot Tao, FGM and other forms of circumcision in Africa could be linked to water.
Deploying Morals Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) - With legislation, legality and policy at the forefront of governmental decisions on nuclear weapons, what seemingly gets neglected are our morals.
Green Groups Offer Broad Vision for Global Paper Sector Reforms
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (IPS) - More than 120 environmental groups from across the globe have offered a comprehensive vision document on how to enact, strengthen and implement sustainability reforms across the paper sector.
IT and Internet Offer Possibilities of Overcoming Blockade in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jun 19 (IPS) - "After graduating, I joined the thousands of other graduates on the list of the unemployed. Then I read about a project that offers a technology incubator for youth projects, applied, was accepted and now I'm no longer on that list!
Water Cut-off in U.S. City Violates Human Rights, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 19 (IPS) - When the United Nations reaches out to resolve a water or sanitation crisis, it is largely across urban slums and remote villages in Asia, Africa or Latin America and the Caribbean.
U.S. Turns Attention to Ocean Conservation, Food Security
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (IPS) - A first-time U.S.-hosted summit on protecting the oceans has resulted in pledges worth some 800 million dollars to be used for conservation efforts.
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