News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 867
LATIN AMERICA: Quality Jobs Urgently Needed for Rising Generation
- Inter Press Service
Programmes to reduce the unemployment rate among young people in Latin America and the Caribbean should be a priority for countries in the region, said experts, trade unionists and government representatives meeting in the Chilean capital.
SOUTH AMERICA: Unity for Strength in Wake of Crisis
- Inter Press Service
As industrialised countries face a recession that may last longer than expected, South America’s largest trade bloc, strengthened by having successfully weathered the global financial and economic crisis, is making strides towards better internal coordination.
OP-ED: The EU Must Start Fishing Responsibly Now
- Inter Press Service
The loss of marine biodiversity is hurtling forward at an unprecedented rate. At present, the FAO calculates that nearly 80 percent of the world’s fishery resources are fully exploited, overexploited or depleted. Furthermore, marine scientists have suggested that if the current pace of exploitation continues, all fish stocks will have collapsed or disappeared by 2048.
LABOUR AND GENDER- ZIMBABWE: Redundancy discrimination fears for women
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, 16 Dec (IPS) -- Unskilled female workers employed in Zimbabwe’s struggling textile, security and other industries say they are increasingly finding themselves at the front of the redundancy line in cases that the affected women say reek of gender discrimination.
BRAZIL: Building a 'Reforestation Economy' in the Mata Atlântica
- Inter Press Service
In one of the most environmentally damaged areas of Brazil's Mata Atlântica forest, work is under way to reforest a watershed that supplies Rio de Janeiro, while also establishing a 'reforestation' market that stimulates local job creation and local consumption.
CAMBODIA: EU, India Trade Deal Could Hurt Access to Anti-Retrovirals
- Inter Press Service
Every day, twice a day for the last seven years, Men Thol has swallowed a set of pills that gives him the strength to lead a normal life.
West Continues to Dodge Migrants' Rights Treaty
- Inter Press Service
Against the backdrop of rising xenophobia and growing anti- immigrant trends in Western Europe, the United Nations will commemorate International Migrants Day next week calling on member states to ratify the 1990 international convention aimed at protecting the rights of migrants worldwide.
LATIN AMERICA: Rural Women, Success Stories and Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
The traditional image of rural women in Latin America is shifting, from one of subsistence farmers raising their families to that of women playing a growing role in small- and large-scale commercial and productive activities. But behind that change lie both success stories and exploitation.
NGOs Want Reforms Tied to New World Bank Funding
- Inter Press Service
With the World Bank expected to announce a new funding package for the world's poorest countries Wednesday, NGOs are making a last-minute appeal to donor countries to use their leverage to compel reforms at the institution.
VENEZUELA: More Protests — and More Crackdowns
- Inter Press Service
Rubén González, a 51-year-old welder who is the secretary general of the Sintraferrominera ironworkers union, has spent over a year in prison in Venezuela for leading a strike by hundreds of workers outside the San Isidro mine in Ciudad Piar, 550 kilometres southeast of the capital.
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