News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 850
BRAZIL: Rural Women Protest Use of Toxic Agrochemicals
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of women farmers in Brazil demonstrated this week against the use of toxic weedkillers and pesticides on crops and in favour of agricultural techniques that protect their families' health.
Q&A: 'The Sky Is My Laboratory'
- Inter Press Service
When it comes to breaking through the glass ceiling, astronomers are among the most determined of female professionals. And they have high aspirations. 'The sky is my laboratory,' Argentine astrophysicist Gloria Dubner told IPS.
Q&A: Rural Women Need Concrete Actions
- Inter Press Service
Burundi will put U.N. Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security into practice with a National Action Plan (NAP) that is ready to be signed within the coming months.
U.S., European Weapons Makers Still Dominate Arms Bazaar
- Inter Press Service
The world's key arms manufacturers are still firmly entrenched in the United States and Western Europe, while some of the newly-emerging military industries in China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Israel, Turkey and Kuwait are trailing mostly far behind.
CUBA: Varadero's Architectural Heritage Threatened by Tourism
- Inter Press Service
Important architectural works from the Modern movement in Cuba appear to be doomed as a result of the expansion of massive hotel complexes, which threaten to take over the landscape in Varadero, this country's most famous beach resort.
Vicious Cycle of Maternal Mortality
- Inter Press Service
Addressing the National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights in Chicago, Illinois in 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated unequivocally that, 'Of all the forms of inequality in the world, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.'
MEXICO: Eco-Friendly Livelihoods for Women in the Sierra Madre
- Inter Press Service
They live in a town with an apt name, Soledad (Solitude) de Guadalupe, of just 50 houses, most of which are inhabited by women on their own, in the Sierra Madre mountains in the small state of Querétaro in central Mexico.
Q&A: ‘Doing Good and Doing Good Business Are Not Incompatible’
- Inter Press Service
It is short sighted to dismiss the benefits or potential of engaging the private sector in human rights matters, says Sara Lulo, director of the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice.
Lawsuit Filed Against BP Compensation Czar
- Inter Press Service
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleging gross negligence and fraud has been filed in a Florida state court against Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the 20-billion-dollar compensation fund for victims of BP's Gulf oil spill, and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF).
Arab Uprising Bypasses Domestic Slaves
- Inter Press Service
The uprisings sweeping the Arab world have been provoked by long injustice, low income, police brutality, and lack of social security. While the world looks at this, the suffering of up to three million maids across the Arab world remains wrapped in silence.
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