Global Issues
News headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”, page 427
781 Million People Can’t Read this Story
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 10 (IPS) - If you are reading this article, consider yourself one of the lucky ones; lucky enough to have received an education, or to be secure in the knowledge that your child will receive one. Lucky enough to be literate in a world where – more often than not – the ability to read and write can mean the difference between a decent life and abject poverty.
In Belize, Climate Change Drives Coastal Management
- Inter Press Service
BELIZE CITY, Apr 09 (IPS) - A five-year project launched here in Belize City in March seeks to cement a shift in view of climate change and its impact on Belize's national development.
U.N. Rapporteur Calls for Action on Discrimination of Roma
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 09 (IPS) - The United Nations rapporteur for minorities has anti-Roma and anti-'Gypsy' bias in her sights.
In Bangladesh, Gender Equality Comes on the Airwaves
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Apr 08 (IPS) - Judging by how often they make headlines, one might be tempted to believe that women in Bangladesh don't play a major role in this country's affairs.
Land Seizures Speeding Up, Leaving Africans Homeless and Landless
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Apr 08 (IPS) - There is a new scramble for Africa, with ordinary people facing displacement by the affluent and the powerful as huge tracts of land on the continent are grabbed by a minority, rights activists here say.
"Food Safety Policies Are Globally Necessary" Says World Health Organisation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 08 (IPS) - To celebrate World Health Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments around the world and all sectors involved in the food business to introduce food safety policies into their political agendas.
Women Still Struggling to Gain Equal Foothold in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Apr 07 (IPS) - Kali Sunar, 25, a resident of the Dumpada village in the remote Humla District in Far-West Nepal, lives a life that mirrors millions of her contemporaries.
Child Labour on U.S. Tobacco Farms: A Stubborn Problem in a Billion-Dollar Industry
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 06 (IPS) - For many young people, the summer is synonymous with free time, relaxation, or family vacations. For less fortunate kids the summer means labour, with scores of youths taking on part-time work to support their families.
Opinion: A Long History of Predatory Practices Against Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Apr 06 (IPS) - The world's attention turned to the practices of vulture funds after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed a lower court opinion in the NML Capital vs Argentina case, which forbids the country from making payments on its restructured debt.
Taking Child Workers Out of El Salvador’s Sugar Cane Fields
- Inter Press Service
SAN JUAN OPICO, El Salvador, Apr 06 (IPS) - The participation of children and teenagers in the sugar cane harvest, a dangerous agricultural activity, will soon be a thing of the past in El Salvador, where the practice drew international attention 10 years ago.
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