Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1383
While Men Go Drinking, Women Go Fishing
- Inter Press Service
Climate change may have led to declining water levels in Genda Village in Zambia’s Eastern Province, but Mercy Mwanza and the women here discovered there was a positive side to it and found a new way to earn a living.
Calls for Angola to Investigate Abuse of Congolese Migrants
- Inter Press Service
The Angolan government is being urged to carry out a thorough and independent investigation into allegations of sexual and physical abuse by its security forces against Congolese migrants.
Bangladesh Set to Take the Reins at Rio+20
- Inter Press Service
Experts believe that the upcoming United Nations Earth Summit, Rio+ 20, scheduled to take place in Brazil from Jun.20-22, could be a real opportunity for Bangladesh to negotiate a road to sustainable development.
Helping Victims of Post-Election Crisis Obtain Justice in Côte d'Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of people suffered rape, torture and other violence during the post- electoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire beginning in December 2010. But many survivors of rights violations have been afraid to seek justice for fear of reprisals by the perpetrators. An initiative by the International Federation of Human Rights aims to support 75 such victims as they bring their cases to court.
Can 'Blue Forests' Mitigate Climate Change?
- Inter Press Service
Fifty-five percent of global atmospheric carbon captured by living organisms happens in the ocean.
Parliamentarians Track Progress on Reproductive Rights
- Inter Press Service
Have women around the world become more empowered in their reproductive health and rights over the past 18 years? This is one of the questions that some 300 parliamentarians from around the world will be examining when they meet in Istanbul, Turkey, this week for the Fifth International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) programme of action.
Jakarta Poaches on Farmland Waters
- Inter Press Service
The 18,000 litres of clean water that Jakarta consumes per second are expected to hit 26,000 litres by 2015. The solution? A 54-km stretch of toll road cut through prime paddy land to access the water resources of this salubrious hill district.
Jakarta Poaches on Farmland Waters
- Inter Press Service
The 18,000 litres of clean water that Jakarta consumes per second are expected to hit 26,000 litres by 2015. The solution? A 54-km stretch of toll road cut through prime paddy land to access the water resources of this salubrious hill district.
Taliban Seek Support ‘in Rushdie’s Name’
- Inter Press Service
Taliban members have resorted to invoking fictitious links of academics with writer Salman Rushdie in a bid to boost their popularity.
FINANCE: Protestors Demand Robin Hood Tax on Financial Transactions
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of nurses and protestors from other professions gathered on Friday in Chicago to call on world leaders to adopt a Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street transactions as a way to raise hundreds of billions of dollars every year to help heal the U.S. and world economies.
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