News headlines for “Third World Debt Undermines Development”, page 1309
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Film Gives Women Survivors A New Take on Life
- Inter Press Service
'The first film I make when I go back to my village will be about unequal wages women peasants get compared to their male counterparts,' says Haseena Mallah, an unlettered farmhand in her 40s.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Removing Barriers to Trade
- Inter Press Service
Cecilia Gondwe waits in the shade of a tree at the Mwanza Border Post between Malawi and Mozambique. Somewhere inside, a clearing agent is completing elaborate paperwork on her behalf.
KENYA: Misoprostol Can't Shake Bad Reputation
- Inter Press Service
Precious Nabwire nearly died giving birth to her fourth child. If Kenyan gynaecologists have their way, a drug to control bleeding after childbirth will be licensed, offering greater protection to tens of thousands of women facing similar danger.
ZAMBIA: Election Violence Could Mean Fewer Women Participants
- Inter Press Service
There are growing fears that increasing numbers of women candidates and voters may not participate in the 2011 general elections because of an upsurge in election-related violence.
Ecuador Signs Deal Not to Drill in Amazon Nature Reserve
- Inter Press Service
'The trust fund that we have just established is historic, not only for Ecuador but for the entire world,' said Rebeca Grynspan, associate administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), after signing an agreement with the government of Rafael Correa to leave 846 million barrels of oil under the ground in a pristine Amazon jungle wildlife reserve.
PAKISTAN: Flood Disaster Means Starting from Zero
- Inter Press Service
'We swam the whole day to get hold of the elderly and women swept away by floodwaters,' recalled 27-year-old Shahid Ali of Charsadda district, one of the areas in north-western Pakistan badly hit by devastating monsoon rains.
RIGHTS-JAPAN: Social Fallout of Atomic Bombings Hounds Survivors
- Inter Press Service
With her knees shaking and her heart thudding, Toshiko Hamamako rose to address the audience. But it was more than stage fright.
SRI LANKA: No Peace in Sight in Human-vs-Elephant War
- Inter Press Service
Dusk creeps over Konweva like a black shroud slowly draping over the village. The edges of its paddy fields, where the agricultural plains meet the surrounding thick shrubs, are first to be blanketed in the darkness. Already, there are signs that the night will not be peaceful.
DR CONGO: Sticks And Thatch Out of Our Schools
- Inter Press Service
Led by the local church, residents of Gungu administrative zone, in the southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo have used their own resources to transform the conditions in which their children study.
HIV-positive Kenyans Need Tribunal to Address Rights Violations
- Inter Press Service
Nancy Njeri’s life changed when she contracted HIV through a gang rape. Not only did the infection traumatise her, she was ostracised by close friends and neighbours whom she had known for almost a decade. She was fired from her job and when she attempted to sell vegetables, people boycotted her stand because of her status.
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