News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 914
MOZAMBIQUE: omen at Forefront of Resisting Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
The Mozambican government has adopted various policies to address the effects of climate change, with special attention to women as studies show that they are more adversely affected by this phenomenon.
Chile Threatens to Split South Unity in World Body
- Inter Press Service
The Group of 77 (G77) has historically maintained a united front, vociferously protecting the economic interests of developing countries at the United Nations.
Flooded with NGOs, Haiti Looks to Fall Presidential Polls
- Inter Press Service
They descended in droves after the Jan. 12 earthquake devastated the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country, killing an estimated 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless.
WEST AFRICA: New Cocoa Agreement Is a Sweet One, Producers Say
- Inter Press Service
The new international cocoa agreement will provide a positive shake-up in the international cocoa market and ensure better prices for stakeholders, including small farmers.
'Save Us From These Bankers, Fast'
- Inter Press Service
Besieged by bankers opposed to regulation of their sector, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have taken an unusual step. A cross-party alliance has called for an international campaigning organisation to concentrate on remedying the flaws of the financial services industry with the same tenacity that Amnesty International focuses on victims of torture and Greenpeace on toxic chemicals and whales.
SRI LANKA: U.S. Labour Review Comes on Top of EU Pressure
- Inter Press Service
When garment factory workers outside Colombo once organised a noisy protest over a bonus issue, police threatened to file charges — of hostage taking -- against them.
Latin America Keeps Poverty Goals in Sight Despite Harsh Times
- Inter Press Service
Nine million more people have fallen into poverty in Latin American and Caribbean countries since the global financial crisis struck, threatening the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline, according to a report released Thursday by 18 U.N. agencies.
Slavery Casts a Long Shadow
- Inter Press Service
Ayana rises before the sun. She bathes, dresses, and leaves the house before her daughters awake.
Slavery Casts a Long Shadow
- Inter Press Service
Ayana rises before the sun. She bathes, dresses, and leaves the house before her daughters awake.
RIGHTS: Poor Foreigners Working Like 'Modern Slaves' in Mauritius
- Inter Press Service
Workers from Bangladesh have helped Mauritius to achieve the economic success and world market share that the Indian Ocean island state boasts about. But many live and work in conditions described as akin to 'modern slavery', apart from facing discrimination, the denial of labour rights and even violence.
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