Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1027
Focus on Child Marriage, Genital Mutilation at All-Time High
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - As Tuesday's major summits here and in London focused global attention on adolescent girls, the United Nations offered new data warning that more than 130 million girls and women have experienced some form of female genital mutilation, while more than 700 million women alive today were forced into marriage as children.
BRICS – The End of Western Dominance of the Global Financial and Economic Order
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jul 23 (IPS) - The sixth BRICS Summit which has just ended in Brazil marks the transition of a grouping based hitherto on shared concerns to one based on shared interests.
Disasters Poised to Sweep Away Development Gains
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jul 22 (IPS) - Ending extreme poverty and hunger will be impossible on a rapidly overheating planet plagued by punishing droughts, catastrophic floods and ever wilder weather, said climate activists involved in talks to set the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Gaza Under Fire – a Humanitarian Disaster
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Jul 22 (IPS) - As a result of over two weeks of Israeli bombardment, thousands of Palestinian civilians have fled their homes in the north of Gaza and sought refuge in schools run by the UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.
Stunting: The Cruel Curse of Malnutrition in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
RASUWA, Nepal, Jul 22 (IPS) - Durga Ghimire had her first child at the age of 18 and the second at 21. As a young mother, Durga didn't really understand the importance of taking care of her own health during pregnancy.
Food Insecurity a New Threat for Lebanon’s Syrian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jul 22 (IPS) - A declining economy and a severe drought have raised concerns in Lebanon over food security as the country faces one of its worst refugee crises, resulting from the nearby Syria war, and it is these refugees and impoverished Lebanese border populations that are most vulnerable to this new threat.
From Havana to Bali, Third World Gets the Trade Crumbs
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 22 (IPS) - The world of today is considerably different from the one at the end of the Second World War; there are no more any colonies, though there are still some 'dependent' territories.
Creating a Slum Within a Slum
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 22 (IPS) - At the eastern edge of Nairobi's Kibera slum, children gather with large yellow jerry cans to collect water dripping out of an exposed pipe. The high-rise grey and beige Soweto East settlement towers above them. A girl lifts the can on top of her head and returns to her family's third floor apartment.
U.S. Debating “Historic” Support for Off-Grid Electricity in Africa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 21 (IPS) - Pressure is building here for lawmakers to pass a bill that would funnel billions of dollars of U.S. investment into strengthening Africa's electricity production and distribution capabilities, and could offer broad new support for off-grid opportunities.
Indigenous Communities Say Education, Funding Key to Fighting HIV/AIDS
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jul 21 (IPS) - Marama Pala, hailing from Waikanae on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, was diagnosed with HIV at 22. The news of her diagnosis spread like wildfire in her tight-knit Maori community.
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