News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 920
BURMA: Public Education a Drain on Family Incomes
- Inter Press Service
Once again, parents in military-ruled Burma are counting the cost of a primary education for their children in public schools. It is an annual ritual that comes with the beginning of a new school year, which coincides with the onset of the monsoon rains in June.
Finding Lessons of Solidarity in Auto Industry Shake-Up
- Inter Press Service
As thousands of people from around the world prepare to converge in Detroit, where expectations are high for the Jun. 22-26 U.S. Social Forum, activists and auto workers hope the meet will be an opportunity to chart a sustainable future for an industry that provides 1.7 million U.S. jobs.
ENERGY: Brazilian Dams in Peru's Jungle, to Supply Brazil
- Inter Press Service
An energy deal that Peru and Brazil signed this week in the Amazon city of Manaus in Brazil is opposed by environmentalists and local indigenous communities in Peru where the planned hydroelectric dams will be built. What is at stake?
UNDP Unveils Agenda to Spur Anti-Poverty Goals
- Inter Press Service
After an economic assessment of some 50 countries, the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) has come up with a 'concrete action agenda' to accelerate progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
LATIN AMERICA: Photos a Leveller for Maids and Their Employers
- Inter Press Service
Fifty pairs of women -- maids and their employers -- from Argentina, Chile and Colombia abandoned their daily routines to pose for photographs for a project about the hierarchical relationship that unites them.
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Human Trafficking Exposes ASEAN’s Underbelly
- Inter Press Service
In the wake of a new U.S. government report on human trafficking, human rights and migrant rights activists are calling on a South-east Asian regional bloc to review its polices toward this scourge to protect the group’s most vulnerable citizens — its women and children.
JAPAN: Women’s Increased Buying Power a Boost to Economy
- Inter Press Service
Asako Nakano, 52, a company employee, invested in a condominium two summers ago, settling the deal with a down payment of around 155,000 U.S. dollars from her savings.
EAST EUROPE: Healthcare Ails as Doctors, Nurses Emigrate
- Inter Press Service
Senior medical figures in Eastern Europe have issued stark warnings that the region's healthcare sector is both unstable and unsustainable as health workers continue to leave in droves for jobs abroad.
INDIA: Muslim Women Explore Opportunity in Non-Traditional Fields
- Inter Press Service
In a small, dingy and humid room inside a house in Metiabruz, a poor Muslim- dominated locality in Kolkata in eastern India, at least 20 Muslim women, aged 16 to 28, can hardly contain their enthusiasm as they talk about their aspirations and why they decided to study information technology (IT), a short-term course offered for a minimal fee by a non-government organisation operating in their area.
BOLIVIA-US: Drugs, USAID Complicate Relations
- Inter Press Service
Relations between Bolivia and the United States are still on a roller-coaster, two years after Bolivia expelled the U.S. ambassador, with Bolivian President Evo Morales now threatening to kick out the main U.S. government aid agency.
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