Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1439
INDIA: Kashmir Missing Its 'Demographic Dividend'
- Inter Press Service
Kashmir is missing out on a ‘demographic dividend’ and unable to cash in on its youthful population for lack of initiatives from a state government bogged down by a two-decade-old separatist insurgency.
DR CONGO: Farmers' Organisations Slam New Agriculture Law
- Inter Press Service
Farmers' organisations in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the country's new Agriculture Law — enacted last December — could lead to many smallholder farmers losing their land.
Rural Women Are Leading the Way - Will the World Follow - Part 2
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations’ 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) opened Monday in New York, with the empowerment of rural women high on a list of priorities for this year.
Correcting the Record of Haiti's Earthquake
- Inter Press Service
The world reacted swiftly to Haiti's catastrophic 7.0 earthquake in 2010. The United States shipped in 20,000 troops, some to perform lifesaving medical procedures, others to protect aid workers from earthquake victims deemed dangerous. Movie stars, criminals and other prospective parents rushed to adopt motherless Haitian babies.
Warming to Ignite the Carbon Bomb
- Inter Press Service
Rising temperatures are drying out northern forests and peatlands, producing bigger and more intense fires. And this will only get much worse as the planet heats up from the use of ever larger amounts of fossil fuels, scientists warned last week at the end of the major science meeting in Vancouver.
Argentina Losing Regional Leadership Position in Health
- Inter Press Service
In Latin America, Argentina spends the most on healthcare. It has a vast infrastructure, highly qualified health professionals and the necessary material resources. But other countries in the region are achieving better and faster health outcomes with fewer resources.
Index Offers Improved Method to Gauge Women's Progress
- Inter Press Service
If an organisation wants to monitor how its projects in the developing world are affecting women in specific areas of female empowerment, it probably can't, as it lacks the proper tools. But a new system, the 'Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index', is working to change that.
Q&A: Where Abusing Women Is 'An Accepted Norm'
- Inter Press Service
Violence, torture and other forms of cruel treatment are on the rise for women in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
U.S.: Obama's 2013 Budget Slashes Aid for Working Families
- Inter Press Service
The federal budget for fiscal year 2013 proposed by President Barack Obama severely cuts aid for working families by targeting at least two programmes, the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), that aid the nation's most vulnerable working families.
Chile’s Earthquake Reconstruction Hindered by Delays and Profiteering
- Inter Press Service
Two years after the earthquake and tsunami in south-central Chile, the worst natural disaster to hit the country in half a century, thousands of families who saw their homes destroyed are still waiting for a solution.
Powered by
