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MALAWI: Women Candidates Hard Hit by Election Postponement
- Inter Press Service
News that Malawi’s November local government elections are to be postponed yet again has hit female candidates hard — and mostly in their pockets. And it could mean that the country will have less female candidates to vote for when they finally go to the polls.
HEALTH-UGANDA: Problems with Anti-Counterfeit Bill Persist
- Inter Press Service
Health rights activists still insist that, despite some improvements to Uganda’s controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Bill, it will affect the availability of generic medicine if enacted in present form.
Mobile HIV Test Unit a Hit in Congo
- Inter Press Service
'I came here out of curiosity, but I ended up taking an AIDS test. I have the results,' Gerard, 30 years old, told IPS. He adds, right before leaving: 'The results are negative.'
SOUTH AFRICA: Teachers' Voices Heard in Public Sector Strike
- Inter Press Service
South African teachers - along with other public service employees - have embarked on an indefinite strike over wages. The unions are demanding an 8.6 percent wage increase. Government says it cannot afford to offer 1.3 million striking public servants any more than seven percent.
INDIA: Four Years On, Debate Rages On Forest Rights Law
- Inter Press Service
It was supposed to help right old wrongs as well as protect India’s forests, but four years after it took effect, a landmark law recognising the forest rights of scheduled tribes remains the subject of acrimonious debates among the country’s government officials, environmentalists, and rights advocates.
RIGHTS-BAHRAIN: Law on Young Offenders Needs Fixing - Critics
- Inter Press Service
It was his second time to be caught stealing a car, so Turki was meted a jail term of five years. But the young repeat offender was only 17 years old at the time of his arrest, and therefore was still considered a minor under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Trying Pirates Often as Tricky as Catching Them
- Inter Press Service
U.N. member states and regional organisations debated the question of how Somali pirates should be prosecuted in a Security Council meeting Wednesday, following a report submitted last month by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlining seven possible legal options.
AGRICULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: 'There Is No Dignity'
- Inter Press Service
South African farm workers — especially female labourers — continue to be exploited, despite the existence of national labour laws and regulations designed to protect them. But in the absence of information and education about their rights, workers have a hard time claiming them.
ECONOMY: 'Sub-Saharan Africa Is Speeding Towards Affluence'
- Inter Press Service
Africa is heading towards a bright economic future, according to a new book co-authored by the former director of the French state agency for economic cooperation and released recently in Paris.
MALAWI: Campaign Against Female Vice President a Campaign Against Equality
- Inter Press Service
The future of women’s political representation in Malawi has come into question as the ruling Democratic People’s Party (DPP) launched a smear campaign against its own member, the country’s female Vice President Joyce Banda. Many had hoped Banda would become the country’s first female president in 2014.
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