Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1410
Social Media Activism Takes Root in Malawi
- Inter Press Service
As Malawians celebrate Joyce Banda’s appointment as president on sites, like Facebook and Twitter, the increased use of social media in Malawi comes full circle as her new government takes office.
Fistula - Another Blight on the Child Bride
- Inter Press Service
It was personal experience that turned Gul Bano and her cleric husband, Ahmed Khan, into ambassadors against early marriage and its worst corollary — obstetric fistula which allows excretory matter to flow out through the birth canal.
In Antigua, Climate Change Amplifies Human Destruction
- Inter Press Service
Evi Johnson points to the spot where, as a young boy, he and his friends would go swimming at Crabb Hill Beach.
OP-ED: Iran Nuclear Crisis Needs ‘Disruptive Diplomacy’, Not Shock and Awe
- Inter Press Service
An Open Letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Disruptive diplomacy may be the only way out of the Iran-Israel nuclear crisis, the only way to pierce the hegemony of hypocrisy dominating the power politics of nuclear weapons control, of those who have them, and of those who are accused of developing them.
Speaking Out in Defence of UNCTAD
- Inter Press Service
The reason the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is under attack is that rich countries do not want an organisation that carries out independent analysis, Rubens Ricupero, UNCTAD secretary general from 1995 to 2004, told IPS.
Spain Slashes Funds for Integration of Immigrants
- Inter Press Service
The Support Fund for the Integration of Immigrants in Spain has been drained of resources, and as a result there is no funding for social insertion, employment and education programmes for the immigrant community.
Canadian Budget Cuts Ripple Overseas
- Inter Press Service
The Canadian development community is concerned that the government's international assistance commitment to poor nations is waning in the interest of fiscal responsibility and that Ottawa instead prefers to forge ties with middle-income nations for commercial purposes.
Listening to the Hum of Tilling Machinery in the Sierra Leone Countryside
- Inter Press Service
In the eastern Sierra Leonean community of Lambayama, rice paddies are carved far into the landscape before being abruptly halted by distant hills. Aside from a paved road that draws a grey line through the green, swampy valley, it looks much as it did a century ago.
Not for a Woman in Amman
- Inter Press Service
Two young women in brightly coloured hijabs and tight jeans stand on the edge of a freeway as cars whiz by. They watch the traffic, heavy in Amman where car ownership is skyrocketing by 10-15 percent a year. When there’s a break in the steady flow of vehicles, the women hold hands and race across the road.
Immigrants in Chile File Complaint against Mass Expulsions
- Inter Press Service
The Committee of Peruvian Refugees in Chile has filed a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that this country carries out mass expulsions of immigrants.
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