News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 138

  1. Current Laws Cannot Protect Zimbabwe's Women from Sex Trafficking

    - Inter Press Service

    BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Mar 10 (IPS) - Young women in Zimbabwe are becoming increasingly vulnerable to sex trafficking because of the country's economic climate and because of the lack of enforcement of international legal instruments.

  2. Brazil: Low on FSI but Much to Offer the South

    - Inter Press Service

    NEW DELHI, Mar 10 (IPS) - Brazil is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of coffee, sugar, beef, soya, cotton, and ethanol but due to its environmental and water footprint it ranks low on sustainability.

  3. Stock Market Bubble No Basis for Shared Prosperity

    - Inter Press Service

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    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 10 (IPS) - The US is currently still in a stock market bubble which, if history is any guide, is likely to end, perhaps soon due to Covid19. President Trump would, of course, like to sustain it to strengthen his November re-election prospects.

  4. An Ambitious Year for Climate Action Is a Big Year for Women’s Empowerment

    - Inter Press Service

    Mar 09 (IPS) - This year, the Paris Agreement's effectiveness as a global response to the climate crisis is being tested as governments are preparing to submit more ambitious national targets for mitigation and adaptation.

  5. On 8th March – and All the Other Days: Each for Equal

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 06 (IPS) - Gender equality is a basic human right and a prerequisite for sustainable development, so why does inequality persist in so many countries, and what can we all do to address it?

  6. Realising Women’s Rights Difficult for Africa’s Fragile States

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Mar 06 (IPS) - Pokot girls are expected to face the knife stark naked and with courage. To inspire confidence, their fathers sit a few metres away from them with a spear in hand.

  7. Target Men to Reach Our HIV Goals

    - Inter Press Service

    HARARE, Mar 05 (IPS) - Women are the face of HIV in Africa, yet four of every 10 persons living with HIV in East and Southern Africa are men. Despite higher rates of HIV infection among women, more men living with HIV are dying.

  8. Senegal Farmer Succeeds with Regenerative Agriculture & Begins Teaching Others

    - Inter Press Service

    SILVER SPRING, Maryland, USA, Feb 28 (IPS) - Souylemane Samb sits under a crowded tent on a hot Senegalese day. He wears a canvas vest with Trees for the Future printed across the back.

  9. Climate-Smart Agriculture means More Time for Eswatini Women Farmers

    - Inter Press Service

    NGWEMPISI, Eswatini, Feb 27 (IPS) - In the southern African nation of Eswatini, women, who already have too many household chores, have had to spend many hours for days on end in the fields, tilling and weeding the soil. But thanks to the gradual introduction of Climate-Smart Agriculture, some are beginning to harvest the gains of more time for their families.

  10. Biofortified Crop Project Reaches Refugees in Zambia

    - Inter Press Service

    LUSAKA, Zambia, Feb 27 (IPS) - The Mutwales farm a small plot of land in the camp, growing primarily cassava and maize for food. They are also one of the 105 refugee farming families participating in an initiative during the 2019/2020 growing season to help them cultivate nutritious, vitamin A-biofortified orange maize, which was developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in partnership with HarvestPlus.

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