Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1171
Climate Change Takes Centre Stage in U.S.-China Talks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 11 (IPS) - The United States and China have agreed on a suite of potentially far-reaching initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the world's two largest economies and largest polluters.
When Children Give Birth to Children
- Inter Press Service
CHAMPI, Nepal, Jul 11 (IPS) - Radhika Thapa was just 16 years old when she married a 21-year-old boy three years ago. Now, she is expecting a baby and is well into the last months of her pregnancy. This is not the first time she has been with child – her first two pregnancies ended in miscarriages.
Battle Over Seeds Heats Up in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 11 (IPS) - The debate over the reform of Argentina's seed law has pitted transnational corporations that make transgenic seeds against social and rural organisations and academics opposed to the expansion of monoculture in defence of biodiversity and food security.
Q&A: "Women’s Rights Are Human Rights"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) - On Thursday, the international community recognises World Population Day, a time of assessment, discussion and projections for the future that necessarily gives great weight to the rights of women and girls and particularly their sexual and reproductive health.
New Cooperatives Form Part of Cuba’s Reforms
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jul 11 (IPS) - More than 100 non-farming cooperatives this month joined the independent sector of the Cuban economy, which includes self-employed workers and farmers granted public land to work, as part of the policy outlined by the government for modernising the management of state property.
Small Businesses Tackle Poverty in Mauritius
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Jul 11 (IPS) - Raja Venkat, a food vendor on the sidewalk of Immigration Square in the centre of Port Louis, the Mauritian capital, sits on his tricycle with a bag full of dhal puris - small, round, flat Indian bread stuffed with pulses - which he sells together with tomato sauce and bean curry.
Taliban Ban Has Crippling Effects on Children
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul 11 (IPS) - Four-year-old Muhammad Jihad is handicapped, and his parents know who to blame: the Taliban.
U.S. Retailers Unveil Contentious Bangladesh Safety Agreement
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 11 (IPS) - An alliance of 17 major U.S. brands and retailers, including Walmart and the Gap, has unveiled a five-year agreement aimed at strengthening conditions and worker rights at garment factories in Bangladesh.
War or Peace, Sri Lankan Women Struggle to Survive
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 10 (IPS) - It has been four years since the guns fell silent in Sri Lanka's northern Vanni region, after almost three decades of ethnic violence. Unfortunately peace does not mean the end of hardship for the most vulnerable people here: the women.
Q&A: Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger in the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jul 10 (IPS) - Rather than talk about forecasts for hurricanes at the start of this year's season, Cuban meteorologist José Rubiera prefers to discuss the importance of reducing the country's vulnerability and improving preparedness.
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