Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1307
Purveyors of Death Flourish in Spain During Crisis
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Oct 15 (IPS) - At the height of the economic and financial crisis, the Spanish government is promoting the export of weapons, creating concern among civil society organisations that say commercial interests are prevailing over the law and human rights.
Fiji’s Leadership of G77 a ‘Rare Opportunity’ for the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Oct 15 (IPS) - For the first time in 48 years, a Pacific Small Island Developing State (PSIDS) is gearing up to assume chairmanship of the Group of 77 developing nations plus China.
Donors Urged to Tread Carefully in Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Oct 14 (IPS) - Foreign donors are rushing into Myanmar (formerly Burma), whose government has been pushing the right political buttons as part of its democratic reform process. But development planners and local activists caution that the best approach should still be ‘easy does it’.
China Wants Peace in Africa
- Inter Press Service
BISHOFTU, Ethiopia, Oct 13 (IPS) - China could soon expand its involvement in peace and security issues in Africa, according to government officials, researchers and academics from both the Asian giant and resource-rich continent who met at the second China-Africa Think Tanks Forum in Ethiopia from Oct. 12 to 13.
Asia: Saving Grace of Global Economy?
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Oct 13 (IPS) - Developing countries – relegated to the sidelines of the West-led postwar expansion – have emerged as the saving grace of the global economy against a backdrop of calls for a new economic model that can ease the ravages of globalisation and address the lack of confidence in market-based systems.
Women Hit Hard by Natural Disasters
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Oct 13 (IPS) - In the aftermath of a natural disaster, women are often the most vulnerable. Particularly in rural areas, women suffer disproportionately from inadequate shelter and poor sanitation facilities and are often tasked with rebuilding shattered homes.
Q&A: Disaster Resilience Starts with Grassroots Women
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (IPS) - Women and girls can be powerful agents of change, but they are disproportionately affected by disasters because of social roles, discrimination and poverty.
Malawi's Heroines of the Floods
- Inter Press Service
NSANJE, Malawi, Oct 13 (IPS) - For many women in Malawi’s disaster-prone southern district of Nsanje, resilience is essential to survive the cyclical flooding.
South African Truckers Lose Despite Wage Agreement
- Inter Press Service
DURBAN, South Africa, Oct 13 (IPS) - The signing of a wage agreement between transport workers’ unions and employers on Friday, Oct. 12 may have brought a three-week long truck driver’s strike to an end but analysts say the effects are far reaching and will continue to impact on the South African economy.
In 2012, Swaziland’s King Faces People Power
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Oct 13 (IPS) - Swaziland’s King Mswati III is under immense pressure following the constitutional crisis that has resulted from his cabinet’s refusal to resign after the House of Assembly passed a vote of no confidence.
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