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EGYPT: Battle For Women Judges Half Won
- Inter Press Service
There are 'no obstacles according to Islamic sharia, the constitution or the law' to women serving as judges, announced one of Egypt’s main courts, the State Council, last week. But 'there are currently practical obstacles,' it affirmed.
Q&A: Eco-Friendly Farming Practices to Fight Hunger in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
The gradual loss of traditional farming practices that preserve the land has pushed into extreme poverty small farmers in Bolivia who 20 years ago were producing surplus produce to sell at market and now are barely able to feed themselves.
ZIMBABWE: 'Farming God's Way'
- Inter Press Service
Mbuya Erica Chirimanyemba is a marvel among women, and men! Watching her digging holes in dry ground earlier this year, her neighbours thought the old lady had gone berserk. But 60-year-old Chirimanyemba was putting an alternative farming technique into practice.
POLITICS: Obama Expands Military Involvement in Africa
- Inter Press Service
When Pres. Barack Obama took office in January 2009, it was widely expected that he would dramatically change, or even reverse, the militarised and unilateral security policy that had been pursued by the George W. Bush administration toward Africa, as well as toward other parts of the world.
PHILIPPINES: Party-list Legislators Often Forgotten in Poll
- Inter Press Service
Second-class legislators. A different political species in the Philippines’ rough-and-tumble - and very personalistic - brand of electoral politics.
DEVELOPMENT: East Timor, Fragile States Compare Notes on Aid
- Inter Press Service
When the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations hold meetings, the first thing many people think of is protests. But when the g7 - with a lowercase G - get together for their first meeting in East Timor next week, it could revolutionise how donor countries give assistance to fragile states.
TRADE: Something's Rotten in European Supermarkets
- Inter Press Service
The majority of European supermarkets failed to take adequate responsibility for labour conditions and fair-trade relationships in their food supply chains, a new report revealed.
RIGHTS-FIJI: Law Enforcement Approach to Sex Work Falls Short
- Inter Press Service
Two months after a new anti-prostitution law took effect, taxi driver Shiu Kumar says he sees fewer sex workers along Victoria Parade, the centre of Suva’s nightlife. But while this has had a negative effect on his nighttime fares, he is nevertheless happy about the law.
AGRICULTURE: Turning to Wild Bean for Protein
- Inter Press Service
Obed Kamburona has tried to grow many different crops on his large farm, but the dry sandy soil in Otjovanatje has thwarted him every time.
SIERRA LEONE: Plan For Sanitation Rests with Community
- Inter Press Service
Lying forgotten in the bush somewhere is a sign declaring 'Ogoo Farm is an open defecation-free community.'
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