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/CORRECTION*/Are Namibian Women Being Forcibly Sterilised?
- Inter Press Service
A landmark court case, alleging that HIV-positive women were forcibly sterilised in Namibian state hospitals begins in Windhoek's High Court on Jun. 1. Human rights groups claim the practice has continued long after the authorities were notified.
ENVIRONMENT: Market-Based Conservation Brewing in Nairobi
- Inter Press Service
The private sector could mobilise billions of dollars to halt the loss of biodiversity, just as it does through the Clean Development Mechanism for mitigating climate change. But the proposal presented at a recent forum in the Kenyan capital has sparked debate among environmentalists.
BOLIVIA: Guaraní, Tapieté Peoples Fight Gas Exploration
- Inter Press Service
The explosive charges utilised in fossil fuel exploration in Bolivia's Chaco region divert underground water flows, scare off wildlife and harm the environment, charge the leaders of local indigenous Guaraní communities, which have been blocking access routes to keep oil company employees from entering the area.
AFRICA: Women Demand Answers and Action from ICC
- Inter Press Service
With the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) under way in the Ugandan capital Kampala, women are crying out for justice for gender-based violence inflicted upon them during the civil conflict in the country’s north.
AFRICA: Climate Change Assistance so Near and Yet so Far
- Inter Press Service
Technology transfer and aid for trade could assist least developed countries (LDCs) suffering the effects of climate change. But negotiations in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are not helping to make this a reality, while aid for trade lands up at the wrong institutions, such as the World Bank.
INDIA: Mangroves Face Severe Threat from Human Activities
- Inter Press Service
When a super cyclone devastated the coastal districts of Orissa state in 1999, the government pledged to regenerate 3,000 hectares of mangrove. Or so forest official Chandra Sekhar Kar thought.
NICARAGUA: Land Titles Liberate Women Farmers
- Inter Press Service
Josefina Rodríguez very nearly lost her life trying to protect the small plot of farmland in rural Nicaragua that allows her to support her family. Twelve years ago her husband wanted to sell the land, and when she stood up to him, he attacked her with a machete, almost killing her.
ITALY: Building a Sustainable Future With Straw and Wood
- Inter Press Service
Pescomaggiore village, destroyed by the earthquake that hit the mountain region of L’Aquila in central Italy on Apr. 6, 2009, is now being rebuilt by its 40-odd inhabitants with straw and wood.
INDONESIA: Natural Fertiliser from Microbes Boosts Crop Yields
- Inter Press Service
Ten years after an Indonesian agriculturist discovered microbes capable of producing natural fertilisers, farmers attest that they have boosted agricultural production.
Are Namibian Women Being Forcibly Sterilised?
- Inter Press Service
A landmark court case, alleging that HIV-positive women were forcibly sterilised in Namibian state hospital begins in Windhoek's High court on June 1. Human rights groups claim the practice has continued long after the authorities were notified.
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