News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1238
The World Flocks to its Forum
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Mar 22 (IPS) - In the final countdown to this year's World Social Forum (WSF), Tunisian civil society and the country's capital, Tunis, prepares for an influx of over 50,000 visitors. With the dates of the forum set for Mar. 26-30, uncompleted tasks are being fast-tracked while the university campus that will host the forum is being given a security face-lift.
Little Hope for the Children Abducted in Mali’s War
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Mar 22 (IPS) - One of Amina Diallo's sons, 14-year-old Salif, has been missing since August last year. She thinks Islamists kidnapped him while he was on his way to the market in their hometown of Gao, in northern Mali, and recruited him as a child soldier.
Climate Change Now Seen as Security Threat Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (IPS) - Defence establishments around the world increasingly see climate change as posing potentially serious threats to national and international security, according to a review of high-level statements by the world's governments released here Thursday.
World Bank 2030 Draft Strategy Criticised for Omitting Inequality
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - A leaked copy of a major World Bank strategy paper, outlining a new institutional approach to tackling poverty through 2030, has worried some humanitarian groups and anti-poverty advocates, who say the bank has failed to suggest mechanisms that would allow it to adequately track or deal with growing levels of income inequality around the world.
Protests Evoke Memories of Liberation
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Mar 21 (IPS) - "This is a revolution," declares Mamtaj Jahan Halima, a young law student from Bangladesh's southwestern Khulna district. "People of all ages, irrespective of religion, caste and culture have united – we have not witnessed such a peaceful uprising since before independence."
Nuclear Medicine Heals But Could Harm, Too
- Inter Press Service
BANGALORE, Mar 21 (IPS) - A state-of-the-art nuclear medicine hospital for cancer treatment in the heart of Bangalore goes well with the global image of this tech-savvy city.
Advocates See Historic Chance to Turn Tide on TB
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 21 (IPS) - Patients, doctors and international aid groups are calling on donors and governments to support measures that would make treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis more effective and accessible.
Q&A: Brazil’s School Meals Teach Good Eating Habits
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 20 (IPS) - Providing school meals for 45 million children is a remarkable achievement for Brazil. But the programme faces specific difficulties, as well as the generic problems plaguing any national plan in this vast country of more than 192 million people.
Q&A: Master Reforestation Plan to Save Haiti
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 20 (IPS) - Droughts and floods, devastating hurricanes and soil erosion with a drastic impact on food security make Haiti extremely vulnerable to climate change and in need of enormous adaptation efforts.
Goat Farming, a Growing Alternative in Cuba's Reform Process
- Inter Press Service
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba, Mar 20 (IPS) - Goat farming is becoming popular among farmers given land to use as part of the economic reforms implemented in Cuba since 2008. The increase in goat rearing, in provinces like Cienfuegos on the southern coast, could help expand the limited range of basic food products available to Cubans.
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