Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1154
One Recipe for the Homeless
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Aug 16 (IPS) - Following the death of his parents when he was just four, Samlain Chey, now 22, found himself living on the streets along the river near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Until he met a social worker from Mith Samlanh.
Montevideo Consensus Urges States to Change Abortion Laws
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Aug 16 (IPS) - Representatives of 38 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean meeting this week in the Uruguayan capital urged governments in the region to consider modifying their laws on abortion, which are among the most restrictive in the world.
Somali Officials Back Terrorists Against Aid
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 16 (IPS) - Foreign aid workers are increasingly becoming targets of corrupt officials within the Somali government and the Islamist extremist group Al-Shabaab.
Kashmiri Farmers Unprepared for Drought
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Aug 16 (IPS) - Zareena Bano has had to skip school 17 times this year to help out on her family's farm in Tangchekh village in the northern Indian state of Kashmir.
Building the Future Enterprise by Enterprise in Rural Peru
- Inter Press Service
QUEQUEÑA, Peru, Aug 15 (IPS) - Women and young people are central players in dozens of small businesses and environmental protection plans that are changing the lives of poor rural families in the Andes highlands of southern Peru.
A Stark Choice: Extreme Heat or Dirty Fuels
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, Aug 15 (IPS) - Two reports released Wednesday reveal the dangerous gap between science and politics. New climate research shows that extreme events such as the severe heat wave in the U.S. last year will double in 2020, increase 400 percent by 2040, and then get far worse without significant carbon reductions.
Mental Health an Overlooked Casualty of Disaster
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (IPS) - Although Hurricane Sandy made her final sweep through the Northeastern United States nearly 10 months ago, for many people the stress caused by the storm lingers.
Q&A: “We Cannot Accept Crumbs When it Comes to Rights”
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Aug 15 (IPS) - Latin America and the Caribbean cannot hope to have truly advanced, progressive policies in sexual and reproductive health as long as women do not have the right to decide to interrupt their pregnancy, says Mariela Castro.
Tanzanian Traders Seek Rescue From Chinese
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 15 (IPS) - The Chinese characters boldly painted on a supermarket poster in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam say a lot about the growing influence of China on this east African nation.
Linking Fair and SQUAR in Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
KOLKATA, Aug 15 (IPS) - What's less than two months old, has hit the headlines globally, and has more than 79,000 ‘likes' and over 16,000 people talking about it?
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