Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1409
War on Terror Traumatises Pakistani Women
- Inter Press Service
Collateral damage caused by the ‘war on terror’, prosecuted by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan since 2001, may well extend to psychological trauma sustained by thousands of women in the bordering areas of northwestern Pakistan.
World Bank Supports Harmful Water Corporations, Report Finds
- Inter Press Service
Water privatisation has been proven not to help the poor, yet a quarter of all World Bank funding goes directly to corporations and the private sector, bypassing both governments and its own standards and transparency requirements in order to do so, says a new report released Monday.
Returning Sudanese Child Soldiers Their Childhood
- Inter Press Service
As the process of reintegrating South Sudan’s child soldiers into their old lives begins soon, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army renewal of its lapsed commitment to release all child soldiers from its ranks in March could mean that within two years children will no longer constitute part of the country’s militia groups.
Banda Gives New Lease on Life to Malawi
- Inter Press Service
She has been in office for less than a week but Malawi’s, and the region’s, first female president, Joyce Banda, has given many people in this poor southern African country hope that its social and economic woes will soon end.
Abya Yala Speaks
- Inter Press Service
During the closing session of the Social Forum of the Sixth Summit of the Americas, the broadcast signal was cut off, triggering protests from participating indigenous leaders. But that did not stop the voice of Abya Yala - the ancestral name of the continent - from being heard.
Indian Communists Lose Marx, and Hope
- Inter Press Service
While India’s largest left outfit, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), was licking its electoral wounds, a newly-elected regime in West Bengal was busy chopping chapters on Marxism and the Bolshevik Revolution out of high school syllabi, in celebration of breaking CPI-M’s 34-year stronghold over the state.
Chinese Dissidents Silenced for London Book Fair
- Inter Press Service
A dissident Chinese author has expressed dismay at the lack of independent and exiled authors represented at this year’s London Book Fair (LBF), where China is guest of honour. An ensuing public spat, revolving around accusations that the Fair’s organisers have bowed to Chinese authorities, has thrust the thorny issue of censorship to centre-stage.
Internet Radio Powers on After Arab Spring
- Inter Press Service
When an Egyptian court fined former president Hosni Mubarak and two aides a total of 90 million dollars for cutting mobile and Internet services during protests that led to his ouster, it indicated the value placed on communication services in this Arab country.
'Water Schools' Foster More Sustainable Habits in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
So-called water schools, which educate communities on the resource and its links with the environment, gender and climate change, are helping to raise awareness on proper water management in Mexico, at a time of severe drought.
Those Laboratory Mice Were Children
- Inter Press Service
At Fallujah hospital they cannot offer any statistics on children born with birth defects — there are just too many. Parents don’t want to talk. 'Families bury their newborn babies after they die without telling anyone,' says hospital spokesman Nadim al-Hadidi. 'It’s all too shameful for them.'
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