Global Issues
News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1282
Women Look for a Place in New Egypt
- Inter Press Service
'It was so frustrating but so exciting at the same time,' recalls 15-year-old Mariam Assam, a year-10 student in Cairo. Assam was recalling the days she tried to join protestors during the Egyptian revolution in January 2011 but was intially prevented by her parents who said street protests were no place for a girl to be.
Dam Company in Chile Presses Gov't for Supportive Policies
- Inter Press Service
Colbún, the electricity generating company that co-owns HidroAysén and its multi-dam project in southern Chile, has recommended suspending the environmental impact assessment for power transmission lines that would connect the hydropower complex to the country's central grid, until the right conditions are in place.
Deinstitutionalisation of Mental Health Patients in Argentina Not Enough
- Inter Press Service
A new approach to mental health care is slowly making headway in Argentina, against heavy resistance. Based on short-term hospitalisation, fewer psychiatric hospitals, and more services to strengthen the social integration of patients, it is aimed at eradicating inhumane treatment of the mentally ill.
RIO+20: U.N. Aims To Offset its Own Carbon Footprint
- Inter Press Service
As the international community readies for a global mega- conference on sustainable development in Brazil mid-June, the United Nations is determined to practice what it preaches to the outside world: improve resource efficiency and drastically reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions.
For an Ailing Planet, the Cure Already Exists
- Inter Press Service
The planet's climate recently reached a new milestone of 400 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the Arctic.
Trade Unionists Denounce Persecution in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
Persecution of trade unionists remains a problem in El Salvador, in spite of the fact that the country is governed by a left-wing party that advocates labour rights, union leaders say.
Rio+20 - a Call to Responsibility, a Call to Action
- Inter Press Service
We are all going through a period of great confusion and uncertainty.
Billions of Development Dollars in Private Hands
- Inter Press Service
While governments and international institutions are focusing on a stronger role for the private sector in development aid, a new report by the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) released yesterday suggests there is good reason to doubt this approach.
Calls Mount for U.S. Intervention in Mali
- Inter Press Service
The ambassador of Niger to the United States, Maman Sidikou, on Thursday called on the U.S. to step up military collaboration with African countries to support a potential intervention in Mali.
RIO+20: Canada, Last Holdout, Drops Opposition to Water as Human Right
- Inter Press Service
Canada, in a dramatic political turnaround, has signaled its willingness to recognise water and sanitation as a basic human right.
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