Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1433
Caribbean Looks Ahead to Stave Off Fresh Water Scarcity
- Inter Press Service
Two years after a severe drought wreaked havoc with a number of Caribbean countries, some are now adopting new strategies in a bid to prevent a repeat of a situation where countries were rationing water and imposing strict restrictions on residents.
Papua New Guinean Landslide Survivors Wait in Vain for Justice
- Inter Press Service
Early morning on Jan. 24, in the remote Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, a massive landslide destroyed communities living below a quarry used by the country’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, operated by Esso Highlands, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil.
U.N. Chastises Mexico’s Support for Agribusiness
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations criticised Mexico’s food policy, a month and a half after President Felipe Calderón launched to great fanfare an alliance of agribusiness for sustainable development, which was welcomed by giant food corporations.
Integration Can Help Amazon's Post-Megaproject Blues
- Inter Press Service
Trade with the rapidly expanding market in Peru will aid Porto Velho, in northwest Brazil, to cushion the blow of job and business losses in the wake of the construction of two hydroelectric plants on the Madeira river.
Indian Farmers Hostage to Middlemen
- Inter Press Service
Agriculture experts blame the crisis faced by India’s small farmers on a highly inefficient supply chain for perishable farm produce, a situation exploited by traders and middlemen.
Porn in the Land of the Pure
- Inter Press Service
Dark and smoky, the cinema hall reeks of hashish. An overly made-up woman on screen in provocatively figure-hugging clothes dances suggestively to the beat of loud music. The audience, all men, cheer and whistle. The music stops, the scenes get racier and sexually titillating. The crowd abandons all caution. The whistles turn to grunts and growls, chairs begin to bang.
RIGHTS-DR CONGO: Disabled Left to Fend for Themselves
- Inter Press Service
The outlook for people living with disabilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains bleak, despite a variety of efforts to improve their lot and bring them in from the margins of society.
ANGOLA: Solar Panels Turning Dirty Water Clean
- Inter Press Service
The brightly painted old shipping container with solar panels on its roof and high-specification filtration devices inside looks out of place in this dusty Angolan village of Bom Jesus, 50 kilometres east of the capital Luanda.
U.N. Aims at Major Global Conference on Women in 2015
- Inter Press Service
As the race towards gender equality moves at an exceedingly slow pace, the United Nations is calling for a major international conference on women in 2015 - 20 years after a landmark meeting in Beijing in 1995.
Acid Survivors Fight Back: A Story of Hope Amidst Despair
- Inter Press Service
When the Oscar-nominated film 'Saving Face' won an Academy Award in Hollywood for Best Documentary (Short Subject), it was the triumph of several 'firsts': the first time ever that a Pakistani filmmaker had won an Oscar; Pakistan's first Oscar winner was a woman; and it was the first time that an American and a Pakistani had co-directed an Oscar-winning film.
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