News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 100
BURMA: Ethnic Women Expose Opium Fields in Junta Strongholds
- Inter Press Service
A report exposing the spreading opium fields in the north-eastern corner of the military-ruled Burma has brought to light an equally revealing story. It was produced by a team of ethnic women who risked their lives to document the heroin-filled world they inhabit.
BOLIVIA: Unprecedented Gender Parity in Cabinet
- Inter Press Service
Evo Morales began his second term as president of Bolivia by swearing in a cabinet made up of an equal number of women and men - unprecedented in this South American nation with a strong patriarchal tradition.
BIODIVERSITY: Words Are Not Enough
- Inter Press Service
Words are not enough to stop the rapidly unraveling web of life, agreed heads of state and international conservation organisations at a high-level meeting that ended here last Friday.
INDIA: Stalled Korean Mining Operations Face Fresh Protests
- Inter Press Service
The Indian government’s grant of the final environmental clearance to a Korean giant firm, allowing it to acquire 3,000 acres of ‘forest lands’ in the eastern state of Orissa, has prompted a fresh spate of protests from more than 4,000 families that will be affected by a proposed mining project.
BOLIVIA: More Women in Parliament, With Their Own Agenda
- Inter Press Service
An unprecedented 28 percent of seats in Bolivia's new parliament will soon be occupied by women. Female lawmakers have already launched a battle for women to serve in half the posts in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
PERU: Victims of Military Rapists Wait for Justice 25 Years On
- Inter Press Service
'I want justice. That will be a kind of peace,' says Micaela, a 40-year-old woman from the Andean region of Peru who is a survivor of the sexual violence prevalent during the 1980-2000 civil war. Twenty-five years ago, soldiers assaulted her at a military base and in her own home.
MALAYSIA: Sarawak Dams: Boon or Bane to Development?
- Inter Press Service
'I don’t know what's going to happen to our people … what our future will be?'
BRAZIL: 'Colonisation Made Us Poor,' Say Indigenous Peoples
- Inter Press Service
'We weren't poor until colonisation made us poor,' indigenous leader Marcos Terena said at the Rio de Janeiro launch of a United Nations report on the State of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
RIGHTS: U.N. Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories
- Inter Press Service
Millions of people around the world who belong to indigenous communities continue to face discrimination and abuse at the hands of authorities and private business concerns, says a new U.N. report released here Thursday.
U.S.: Community in Crisis Looks to its Agricultural Roots
- Inter Press Service
Renowned for its historic Native American pueblo, cultural ties to Spain, bohemian artists, and world-class ski resort, Taos is also one of the many communities in the U.S. facing food insecurity.
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