Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1457
INDIA: Male Activists Enhance Pre and Postnatal Care
- Inter Press Service
The primitive Juang tribe in remote Nola village on Chandragiri hill experienced its first three institutional childbirths only a month ago.
DEVELOPMENT: Uniting Against Extreme Poverty
- Inter Press Service
When Louisamène Joseph Alionat unexpectedly began singing in a packed hall at the United Nations cultural agency here this week, it was an attempt to give encouragement to her peers engaged in the uphill battle of trying to end extreme poverty.
HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: HIV-Related Deaths Slows Economy
- Inter Press Service
If there was no HIV/AIDS, South Africa would have 4.4 million more people than today, the size of a major city. This significant slow-down in population growth is causing a slow down in economic growth and resulting in social ills, researchers warn.
BRAZIL: Community Radio Flourishes Online
- Inter Press Service
Community radio stations in Brazil are finding the internet and user-friendly information technologies to be valuable allies for their broadcasts, which focus on citizenship, social equity and human rights.
ARGENTINA: Drought Threat Looms Again
- Inter Press Service
The low humidity in Argentina's most agriculturally productive region has already caused a decline in grain yield - in particular corn and soybean - with ensuing losses for producers and the government.
ZIMBABWE: To Yuan or Not to Yuan, That is the Question
- Inter Press Service
From downtown shops that stock cheap clothing and shoes that fall apart after one wear, to mining concessions in platinum, gold and diamonds - the Chinese finger is now in virtually every Zimbabwean pie.
PAKISTAN: Violence, Death Stalk Child Domestic Help
- Inter Press Service
'He was a happy child, my younger brother,' Mohammad Ramzan, 18, reminisced, his voice steeped in sadness.
CAMEROON: Anglophones Feel Like a Subjugated People
- Inter Press Service
When Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced that the 50th anniversary of the reunification of French and British Cameroon will take place later this year, it resurrected bitter feelings among Anglophone Cameroonians who say they do not feel like equal partners with their Francophone counterparts.
AFGHANISTAN: 38 Attacks a Day Take Their Toll
- Inter Press Service
A red flare lights up the moonless night at a remote military outpost in southern Kandahar, a signal to land for the incoming helicopter. Bordering Pakistan, this desolate strip of desert is deadly, especially during peak ‘fighting season’ every summer between NATO-ISAF military forces and the Taliban.
UZBEKISTAN: Population Endures Shortages Amid Plenty
- Inter Press Service
Just a week ago at a cabinet meeting, Uzbek leader Islam Karimov hailed the achievements of the Uzbek economic model, which is basically a retrofitted command system. But Karimov clearly hasn't gotten out of the capital much lately. For many citizens in Central Asia's most populous state, electricity cuts and gas shortages have become a defining feature of this winter.
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