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ARTS-SOUTHERN AFRICA: Women Dancers Can Fill Granaries
- Inter Press Service
'Some said, how can women dancers tell us about climate change? Some said, how can dancers talk about planting trees? Others asked, how can women dancers build schools? But now the government says a drum has managed to fill our granaries, a dancer has managed to build schools.'
CHINA: Despite U.S. Pressure, Beijing Stands Firm in Currency Spat
- Inter Press Service
China may be under international pressure, especially from the United States, over the valuation of its currency, but is unlikely to back down in the short term given its worries about its export sector and the jobs that depend on it.
WESTERN SAHARA: 'Sahrawi People Must Decide'
- Inter Press Service
The only solution for the conflict over Morocco's occupation of the Western Sahara is to do what the Sahrawi people decide regarding their future, Zahra Ramdan, president of the Association of Sahrawi Women in Spain, told IPS.
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Bearing the Pains of Double Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
Women living with disabilities in Uganda face more than being discriminated against because of their disabilities, they are also discriminated against when it comes to their reproductive health.
SIERRA LEONE: No Easy Road to Reconciliation
- Inter Press Service
Former child soldier Komba Gbondo maimed and killed many people from his hometown, and the 25-year-old is still too terrified to return.
HAITI: Watching the Sky with Dread
- Inter Press Service
With the spring rains and hurricane season just around the corner in Haiti, some 600,000 people are still living in camps, many in areas prone to flooding. And plans to provide solutions for the survivors of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake are moving forward slowly.
URUGUAY: Agro-Export Boom May Have Lethal Consequences
- Inter Press Service
Behind the explosive growth of the agriculture and plantation forestry industries in Uruguay lies clear proof of the indiscriminate use of chemical products that pose serious threats to the environment and human health.
LAOS: Doubts Hound World Bank-backed Dam as Its Turbines Start Up
- Inter Press Service
It has been just over a week since the turbines came to life at Laos’ largest hydropower project, but questions are already dogging this World Bank showpiece that marks the financial institution's return to the business of big dams.
SRI LANKA: First Political Manifesto for Women Gets Good Reviews
- Inter Press Service
Political manifestos are often met with cynicism and even ridicule, but Sri Lanka’s first such manifesto for women is proving an exception to the rule as rights activists laud its recent launch.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Indigenous Groups Still Say No to Gov’t ‘Help’
- Inter Press Service
'We don’t want to have any part of this. We want to move out of it so we have a bit of freedom and be able to determine our own future,' says Richard Downs, an elder of the Alyawarra people of central Australia.
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