News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 620
Climate Change Makes Life Tougher for Solomon Island Farmers
- Inter Press Service
HONIARA, Solomon Islands, May 07 (IPS) - Life is difficult enough for communities on the remote southern Weather Coast of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Sustaining a livelihood from the land is a daily struggle on the steep coastal mountain slopes that plunge to the sea, made worse by the absence of adequate roads, transport and government services. And now, climate change is taking its toll on the already precarious food situation here.
Q&A: The Security of a Nation Is Its Women
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 07 (IPS) - Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, a human rights lawyer and the general secretary of the global rights network World YWCA, knows what it is like to struggle against poverty and violence: she herself comes from a poor family in Magaya village in Murewa district, which lies northeast of Zimbabwe's capital Harare.
Lessons in Economic Integration for African Union
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, May 07 (IPS) - As the African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, it is still younger and less integrated than the 56-year-old body that is now the European Union, and, according to politicians and diplomats, has a big advantage over the Europeans as it charts its own path of integration.
Rich Countries Drag Feet at Climate Talks
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 07 (IPS) - Another week of international climate negotiations ended in Bonn, Germany last Friday, but there was little mid-level bureaucrats could do when world leaders remain in thrall to the fossil fuel industry, say environmentalists.
Dominican Women in Argentina Especially Vulnerable
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 06 (IPS) - Despite the enormous distance between the two countries, Argentina has become an increasingly frequent destination for migrants from the Dominican Republic, especially women, who are vulnerable to falling prey to sexual exploitation networks.
Austerity is Dismantling the European Dream
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 06 (IPS) - The European Union (EU) has asked its citizens to brace for further economic misery. In a report on European economic prospects released on May 3, the European Commission said that further deterioration is expected to last at least until 2015. But, as every such report says, things will then get better.
Building an Agricultural Empire
- Inter Press Service
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia, May 06 (IPS) - Genghis Khan knew about hard times. The founder of the Mongol Empire, which spanned most of Eurasia until roughly 1227, Genghis and his clan had to survive on their wits and natural surroundings, often resorting to meals of "green leafy things" when food was scarce.
Hunger Rises in Great Britain
- Inter Press Service
CLAY CROSS, Britain, May 05 (IPS) - The social consequences of austerity economics have been most visible in Europe's southern periphery. In the UK, the coalition government has brought in sharp cutbacks in welfare state provision in the name of dealing with the financial crisis. Their impact is becoming increasingly visible.
Fragile States Show Signs of Progress Toward MDGs
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 03 (IPS) - Twenty of the world's most fragile states, including those currently affected by conflict, have achieved one or more of the development targets outlined under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the World Bank said this week.
Few Meaningful Changes in Wake of Dhaka Factory Collapse
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 03 (IPS) - Worker advocacy groups here are calling on some of the most high-profile U.S.-based clothing companies to make drastic reforms to their international labour practices in the wake of the factory collapse that killed more than 420 workers in Dhaka last week.
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