Global Issues
News headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”, page 443
Taiwanese Activists Push for Citizen-Based Constitution
- Inter Press Service
TAIPEI, Feb 05 (IPS) - "The clock is ticking." Those were the words of Taiwan Democracy Watch Director Yeh Chueh-an on Feb. 4, as scores of civil society organisations in the capital, Taipei, began a countdown for a citizen-based rewriting of Taiwan's constitution aimed at safeguarding human rights and social equity.
Asia to Drive Strong Growth in Global Tourism
- Inter Press Service
, Feb 04 (IPS) - Global tourism, which stood at a mere 25 million international travelers in 1950 has, over the past decades, experienced such phenomenal growth and diversification that today it has become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world.
Bangladesh Fighting Inequality at the Preschool Level
- Inter Press Service
JAMALPUR, Bangladesh, Feb 04 (IPS) - Shanta* is only four years old, but already she loves school. Every morning, her mother walks her to the small pre-primary facility in Mohonpur village, about 140 km away from Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, and leaves her in the care of a young female teacher, who oversees the day's activities: storytelling, drama, reciting poetry.
Where the Right to Information and Good Governance Go Hand-in-Hand
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Feb 03 (IPS) - On Jan. 8, 2009, the Sri Lankan media suffered a debilitating attack.
OPINION: Patent Examination and Legal Fictions: How Rights are Created on Feet of Clay
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Feb 03 (IPS) - Industry's demands and political pressures exerted by developed countries to expand and strengthen patent protection worldwide have been based on the argument that patents promote innovation and thereby contribute to achieve social, political and economic well-being, independently of the level of development of the country where they are granted and enforced.
Row Erupts over Jamaica's Bid to Slow Beach Erosion
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Feb 02 (IPS) - A plan that government says will slow the rate of erosion on Jamaica's world-famous Negril beach is being opposed by the people whose livelihoods it is meant to protect.
India Still Struggling to Combat Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Feb 02 (IPS) - Eleven-year-old Chottu* works 12 hours daily at a roadside tea joint near New Delhi's bustling interstate bus terminus.
Ending Hunger in Africa
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 01 (IPS) - While Africa's economies are among the world's fastest growing economies, hundreds of millions of Africans are living on or below the poverty line of 1.25 dollars a day, a principal factor in causing widespread hunger.
OPINION: The Future of Wetlands, the Future of Waterbirds – an Intercontinental Connection
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Jan 31 (IPS) - The first global treaty dealing with biodiversity was the Ramsar Convention – predating the Rio processes by 20 years.
People's Tribunal Hopes Verdict on Mining Abuses Gains Traction
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 (IPS) - A recent case study on Canadian mining abuses in Latin America has woven one more thread of justice in the tapestry of international law.
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