Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1453
UNICEF Funding Falls Short Leaving Millions of Children at Risk
- Inter Press Service
If the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had 1.28 billion dollars it could help 97 million people around the world.
Latin America Takes a New Look at Neglected Diseases
- Inter Press Service
The rise of emerging economies in Latin America is an opportunity to improve strategies for fighting neglected illnesses and increase the region's contribution to the global struggle against them, says the regional director of an organisation devoted to this purpose.
Social Media Saved Africa’s Oldest Community Station
- Inter Press Service
When a financial crisis threatened the existence of Africa’s oldest community station, Bush Radio, an outpouring of sympathy and appeals went viral on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. In the end, it was this outspoken support that showed finanical backers that the station was worth saving.
INDIA-PAKISTAN: Food Heals Historic Hostility
- Inter Press Service
If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then the path to peace between India and Pakistan may lie in the commonalities in their cultures and cuisines.
Malawi’s Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market
- Inter Press Service
The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer Association of Malawi, an influential consumer rights body, has come out in support of the black market.
Spate of Spills at Sea for Brazilian Oil Industry
- Inter Press Service
An accident at an ultra-deepwater drilling platform spilled 160 barrels of crude off the coast of Brazil this week, deepening fears about safety in this new frontier of oil and gas production.
Brazil Deepens Strategic Cooperation with Cuba
- Inter Press Service
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit to Cuba served to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries, leverage the South American giant's investments in the Caribbean island, and deepen political ties.
Political and Economic Turmoil Threaten Women's Progress
- Inter Press Service
As UN Women celebrated its first birthday, its executive director Michelle Bachelet stressed that political upheveal and shrinking budgets are no excuse to push back the hard-won gains made by the women's movement globally.
Once a Food Chain, Now a Corporate Supply Chain — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to the Indian small farmer, who stands to lose even more at the hands of the world's biggest commercial food retailer.
WEST AFRICA: Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife
- Inter Press Service
The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike.
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