Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1440
Airwaves Cut Distances in Rural Peru
- Inter Press Service
The Onda Rural communication for development initiative in Peru has come up with a range of strategies to get information out to remote villages, to help them with decision-making on questions like climate change adaptation or disaster preparedness.
GHANA: Father’s Fight to Save Daughter from Genital Mutilation
- Inter Press Service
When Jack Sabadgou left Ghana for Switzerland 10 years ago, he left his infant daughter behind to be raised by her mother. Now he wants his child back, and he is running out of time in a bid to save her from the banned traditional practice of female genital mutilation.
Africa’s Urban Slum Children Among Most Disadvantaged
- Inter Press Service
Each day after school, nine-year-old Nelly Wangui hurries home with a bundle of firewood balanced on her head. The paper bag in which she carries her schoolbooks sits precariously on top of the stack and every now and then she reaches out to ensure that her books have not fallen down.
Eastern Caribbean Seeks Funds for Green Growth
- Inter Press Service
As developing countries urgently seek new sources of financing to cope with problems linked to climate change, delegates from the nine-nation Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met here last week to evaluate potential funds and outline a more concrete vision of what is required for the subregion.
PARAGUAY: Land Conflicts Threaten to Boil Over
- Inter Press Service
A group of landless families occupying rural property claimed by large landowners in eastern Paraguay agreed to move to the Ñacunday National Park, defusing a tense situation.
Social Unrest on the Rise in Southern Chile
- Inter Press Service
The police have cracked down hard on demonstrators in the southern Chilean region of Aysén, who have been protesting the area's isolation and high local prices of fuel and food for the past two weeks.
MALAYSIA: Privatisation of Healthcare Turns Election Issue
- Inter Press Service
A plan by the Malaysian government to privatise the public healthcare system and get consumers to pay for it through salary cuts is rapidly turning into a major election issue.
Rural Women Are Leading the Way — Will the World Follow? — Part
- Inter Press Service
Agriculture currently provides a livelihood for roughly 1.3 billion smallholder farmers and landless workers, of which nearly half — close to 560 million — are women.
Rural Women in Latin America Face Myriad Hurdles
- Inter Press Service
'Sometimes I think of giving it all up,' Aura Canache, a small farmer in Venezuela, told IPS. 'My neighbours get loans and aid, but I never have. The farm assistance plans are for men, although there are many women living off the countryside too.'
SPAIN: Demonstrators Protest Bank Bailouts and Spending Cuts
- Inter Press Service
Demonstrators in nearly two dozen cities in Spain raised their voices Friday to protest against the use of public funds to bail out banks while the budgets for basic services like education and health are being slashed.
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