Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1204
Indigenous Brazilians Learn to Fight for the Right to Food
- Inter Press Service
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 21 (IPS) - Indigenous communities in remote areas of Brazil have begun to recognise that they have the right to not be hungry, and are learning that food security means much more than simply having food on the table.
Tackling Crime Takes on Import As Urban Populations Rise
- Inter Press Service
FLORENCE, May 21 (IPS) - As people around the world continue to migrate into cities, swelling urban populations, they have sparked growth in another area: crime and security issues.
UNFPA Focuses on Contraception for 222 Million in Developing World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (IPS) - When thousands of participants from around the world gather in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur next week, the primary focus will be on health and empowerment of girls and women.
Caribbean Farming Gets Its Roots Wet
- Inter Press Service
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 21 (IPS) - As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region's stagnating agricultural sector can be made more profitable.
Q&A: Reworking Finance to Serve People and the Environment
- Inter Press Service
FLORENCE, May 21 (IPS) - The wake of the global financial crisis, as many national governments in Europe cut back on services to citizens and used public money to rescue banks, taught many people a valuable lesson.
Migrant Workers Face Tough Times in Thailand
- Inter Press Service
CHIANG MAI, Thailand, May 21 (IPS) - On the outskirts of the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a group of twelve migrant families lives in a makeshift camp comprised of houses constructed from scrap metal.
Myanmar’s President Makes Historic, Divisive Visit to White House
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 20 (IPS) - Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Monday became the first leader of that country in almost a half-century to pay a call on the White House, a visit that has simultaneously highlighted a series of monumental changes seen in Myanmar in recent years as well as a reforms process that many are warning may have stalled.
Brazil Lagging in Fight against Human Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20 (IPS) - In contravention of international law, in Brazil trafficking in human beings remains invisible and unpunished, which encourages the practice of trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced labour, illegal adoption and the trade in human organs, according to experts.
Environmentalists See Seeds as Key to Agricultural Reform
- Inter Press Service
FLORENCE, May 20 (IPS) - As the global agricultural sector is faced with ever-greater challenges, the question of how to reform and improve the sector is a controversial and difficult one. So Terra Futura, a three-day exhibition and conference on agricultural good practises held annually in Florence, brought the debate back to its roots: seeds.
It Takes a Village to Educate a Girl
- Inter Press Service
NIAMEY, May 20 (IPS) - A decade ago, less than a third of school-aged girls in Niger were in class. Today, though significant cultural and religious opposition remains, nearly two-thirds of girls are enrolled in school.
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