Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 384
At a Crossroads - How to Save Kenya’s Smallholder Farmers
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 15 (IPS) - With the country's food security and farmers' livelihoods at risk from climate change, Kenya has divergent policy options. One is reliant on deploying new technologies as well as improving and expanding use of fertilisers and pesticides; while the other would turn to indigenous knowledge and the country's natural biodiversity.
REDD a 'False Solution' for Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 14 (IPS) - REDD – reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation – would seem to be a mitigation strategy that perfectly matches Africa's needs.
Need to Protect DRC’s School Girls from Sexual Assault
- Inter Press Service
KINSHASA, Jul 13 (IPS) - In some Democratic Republic of Congo schools, teachers and senior authorities are using their status to abuse girls who do not know their rights, according to the African Association for the Defence of Human Rights.
New Labour Norms Could Hurt Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 13 (IPS) - The decisions of the United States and the European Union to demand implementation of controversial labour standards in Bangladesh following the Sawa industrial tragedy pose a serious threat to the rule-based global trading system, says Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General for United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Small Businesses Tackle Poverty in Mauritius
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Jul 11 (IPS) - Raja Venkat, a food vendor on the sidewalk of Immigration Square in the centre of Port Louis, the Mauritian capital, sits on his tricycle with a bag full of dhal puris - small, round, flat Indian bread stuffed with pulses - which he sells together with tomato sauce and bean curry.
War or Peace, Sri Lankan Women Struggle to Survive
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 10 (IPS) - It has been four years since the guns fell silent in Sri Lanka's northern Vanni region, after almost three decades of ethnic violence. Unfortunately peace does not mean the end of hardship for the most vulnerable people here: the women.
Time to Let Sudan's Girls be Girls, Not Brides
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Jul 10 (IPS) - Lawyers and rights activists are calling for a change in Sudan's laws which allow for the marriage of girls as young as 10.
Brazilian Athletes Left “Homeless” by Olympic City
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 09 (IPS) - With three years to go to the 2016 Olympic Games, hundreds of athletes in the Brazilian city that will host the games were evicted from the only public track field, and have had nowhere to train for the past six months.
A Floral Touch to Employment in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Jul 09 (IPS) - As a little girl, Rubeena Begum had big plans: she would become a doctor and secure a decent income working in one of the 30 hospitals in the Himalayan state of Kashmir in north India.
A New Bretton Woods, to Prevent Future Crises?
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 09 (IPS) - Almost five years have passed since the global financial crisis, and the world economy is still reeling from its consequences. The main reason for this is the continued stagnation in developed countries, which is adversely affecting economic dynamism in other regions.
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