Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 984
OPINION: All Family Planning Should Be Voluntary, Safe and Fully Informed
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (IPS) - The tragic deaths and injuries of women following sterilisation in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have sparked global media coverage and public concern and outrage.
Internal Ruling Party Wrangles Stall Development in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Nov 26 (IPS) - With the ruling Zimbabwe Africa National Union Patriotic Front party in Zimbabwe seized with internal conflicts, attention to key development areas here have shifted despite the imminent end of December 2015 deadline for global attainment of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Women on the Edge of Land and Life
- Inter Press Service
SUNDARBANS, India, Nov 26 (IPS) - November is the cruelest month for landless families in the Indian Sundarbans, the largest single block of tidal mangrove forest in the world lying primarily in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
Rich Countries Pony Up (Some) for Climate Justice
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (IPS) - It's one of the oldest tricks in politics: Talk down expectations to the point that you can meet them.
OPINION: The Decline of Social Europe is Part of a World Trend
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 26 (IPS) - After the Italian sea search-and-rescue operation Mare Nostrum at a cost of nine million euros a month, through which the Italian Navy has rescued nearly 100,000 migrants – although perhaps up to 3,000 have died – from the Mediterranean since October 2013, Europe is now presenting its new face in the Mediterranean.
Filipino Farmers Protest Government Research on Genetically Modified Rice
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Nov 26 (IPS) - Jon Sarmiento, a farmer in the Cavite province in southern Manila, plants a variety of fruits and vegetables, but his main crop, rice, is under threat. He claims that approval by the Philippine government of the genetically modified ‘golden rice' that is fortified with beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A, could ruin his livelihood.
Survivors of Sexual Violence Face Increased Risks
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (IPS) - -"A recurring nightmare for me is I'm trying to tell someone something and they are not listening. I'm yelling at the top of my lungs and it feels like there is a glass wall between us."
Central American Civil Society Calls for Protection of Local Agriculture at COP20
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Nov 25 (IPS) - Worried about the effects of global warming on agriculture, water and food security in their communities, social organisations in Central America are demanding that their governments put a priority on these issues in the COP20 climate summit.
Jewellery Industry Takes Steps to Eliminate “Conflict Gold”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (IPS) - Major U.S. jewellery companies and retailers have started to take substantive steps to eliminate the presence of "conflict gold" from their supply chains, according to the results of a year-long investigation published Monday.
Pro-Israel Hawks Take Wing over Extension of Iran Nuclear Talks
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (IPS) - Buoyed by the failure of the U.S. and five other powers to reach a comprehensive agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme after a week of intensive talks, pro-Israel and Republican hawks are calling for Washington to ramp up economic pressure on Tehran even while talks continue, and to give Congress a veto on any final accord.
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