Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 223
Khat in the Horn of Africa: A Scourge or Blessing?
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Mar 12 (IPS) - Throughout a Sunday afternoon in the Ethiopian capital, Yemeni émigré men in their fifties and sixties arrive at a traditional Yemeni-styled mafraj room clutching bundles of green, leafy stalks: khat.
At 60, Ghana Looks to a Future Beyond Aid
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Mar 09 (IPS) - Ghana turned 60 years old this week. The West African country gained independence from Britain on Mar. 6, 1957, and remains a study in contradictions.
Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 07 (IPS) - This year as the world commemorates International Women's Day it is a time for all of us to celebrate and reflect on the progress made on Women's rights globally. But more importantly, a day to call for an end to gender inequality in all its forms especially in the work spaces. Appropriately themed "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030" the commemoration comes against a backdrop of a world that is undergoing major changes with significant implications for women.
Global Harvests Robust, Yet 37 Countries Need Food Aid
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 07 (IPS) - Global food supply conditions are robust, but access to food has been dramatically reduced in areas suffering from civil conflicts, while drought conditions are worsening food security across swathes of East Africa, according to the United Nations.
Barefoot Solar Warriors Take On Gender Injustice and Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
TILONIA, India, Mar 07 (IPS) - On a summer morning in 2008, Magan Kawar decided to leave her village for a job. The very next day, her parents-in-law excommunicated her.
16-Hour Days for Zimbabwe’s Women
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 07 (IPS) - As the cock crows, Tambudzai Zimbudzana, 32, is suddenly awakened from sleep. She quickly folds her blankets and strides outside her three-room, sheet iron-roofed house in rural Masvingo.
New land rights are changing women’s world of work
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Mar 06 (IPS) - International Women's Day this year focuses on economic empowerment in the changing world of work. The vision is to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women and girls by 2030. Girls' aged three will become adults with a legal right to work in 2030. Together, with those aged up to 10, these girls are the prime target for gender equality by 2030.
Time to Close the Gender Gap in Africa with Bold Actions
- Inter Press Service
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Mar 06 (IPS) - International Women's Day (IWD) is an important opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women and to be bold in promoting gender parity.
"Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50:50 by 2030."
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (IPS) - Yayi Bayam Diouf became the first woman to fish in her small rural fishing village in Senegal despite initially being told by the men in her community that the fish wouldn't take bait from a menstruating woman. When she started practicing law, Ann Green, CEO of ANZ Lao, was asked to make coffee or pick up dry cleaning (by men and women), simply because she was a young woman. The difficulties faced by Yayi and Ann in entering the labour force and at the workplace are not only unique to them, but sadly is the reality for many women across the globe.
Half a Century of Struggle Against Underdevelopment
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 03 (IPS) - The idea of creating Inter Press Service (IPS) arose in the early 1960s in response to awareness that a vacuum existed in the world of journalism, which had two basic aspects.
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