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BURMA: Public Education a Drain on Family Incomes
- Inter Press Service
Once again, parents in military-ruled Burma are counting the cost of a primary education for their children in public schools. It is an annual ritual that comes with the beginning of a new school year, which coincides with the onset of the monsoon rains in June.
Q&A: 'Sustainability Is Paramount for Latin American Development'
- Inter Press Service
Although the financial, climate, energy and food crises continue to create new challenges, Colombian biologist Margarita Astrálaga believes that now could be the time for Latin America 'to advance towards a more equitable and sustainable development.'
SWAZILAND: Focus on Infants in HIV Prevention
- Inter Press Service
A proud mother, Nonhlanhla Mabuza cuddles her one-day-old baby boy, at the circumcision clinic of Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital. A day after delivering her second son, Thabiso Dlamini, the 20-year-old mother is not only beaming because she has just successfully delivered her tiny little tot — her bundle of joy has just undergone male circumcision.
DEVELOPMENT: Cambodia Struggles to Reduce Maternal Deaths
- Inter Press Service
For Chan Theary, a remote, mountainous stretch of land in western Cambodia encapsulates the uphill struggle this South-east Asian nation faces in reducing the alarming number of women who die during pregnancy.
HONDURAS: Miskito Women Fight on Nature's Side
- Inter Press Service
Seven years ago, in the isolated Honduran region of Mosquitia, on the Caribbean coast, a group of women, mostly single mothers, elderly or widowed, overcame their fear and timidity -- thanks in part to a waste recycling project.
ANGOLA: Changing More than Policies
- Inter Press Service
She may have been little-known in political circles until now, but by putting herself forward as the first female independent presidential candidate, Luisete Macedo Araújo (50) has thrust herself into the limelight.
Swiss Plan to Gag Refugees
- Inter Press Service
Only two years after its last revision, the Swiss Asylum Act is about to be 'reformed' again. The changes include a gag order on political activism for asylum-seekers and a modification of the concept of a refugee.
LIBYA: Death Penalty Falls Heavily on Migrants
- Inter Press Service
The Libyan government handed over 276 prisoners to authorities from neighbouring Niger on Jun. 17. But none of the dozen or more Nigeriens facing the death sentence in Libya were among them.
CHINA: Feeling Lost, ‘Homowives’ Often Struggle Alone
- Inter Press Service
Wang Yibing had been married three years before she found out her husband was gay. He had known all along, yet, like many homosexual men in China, had chosen to enter into a traditional marriage to reduce the pressure he was feeling from his family and society.
INDIA: Farmers Push Comeback of ‘Cereal of the Poor’
- Inter Press Service
Eshwarappa Banakar has been a farmer most of his adult life, but these days he has also turned banker — banker of seeds, that is, and especially of millet strains.
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