Global IssuesNews headlines for “Racism”, page 51
Faithful and Non-Catholics Alike Prepare to Welcome Pope to Cuba
- Inter Press Service
The Catholic Church in Cuba expects people to welcome Pope Benedict XVI with warmth and enthusiasm, even though Catholics are not a majority here like they are in Mexico, the first stop on the pope’s Latin America tour that begins Mar. 23.
JAMAICA: New Technologies Extend Life and 'Mobility' of Radio
- Inter Press Service
In the last 25 years, there has been an explosion of commercial radio stations in what Jamaican broadcast professionals describe as 'a revolution' that has extended the 'mobility of radio'.
More Japanese Turn Against Whaling
- Inter Press Service
The arrest and release of a Dutch activist in Japan has put in bad light this country’s refusal to heed international calls to limit traditional dolphin and whale hunting practices in favour of conservation.
CULTURE-ARAB SPRING: A Revolution Through the Lens
- Inter Press Service
The Arab world is talking about a revolution; not just out on the streets but in films, in newspapers, in songs — using any means necessary to document events, expose the horrors of war and explore the struggles and possibilities that lie ahead as the Arab Spring feels the wintry chill of post-revolutionary democratic challenges.
U.S.: A Musical Movement for Liberation
- Inter Press Service
Inside a dimly lit restaurant in New York City's historic Harlem neighbourhood, on an unusually warm night in the middle of February, an audience of 120 people sits spellbound while a forgotten gem is dusted off, polished and presented to the crowd.
Index Offers Improved Method to Gauge Women's Progress
- Inter Press Service
If an organisation wants to monitor how its projects in the developing world are affecting women in specific areas of female empowerment, it probably can't, as it lacks the proper tools. But a new system, the 'Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index', is working to change that.
Q&A: Where Abusing Women Is 'An Accepted Norm'
- Inter Press Service
Violence, torture and other forms of cruel treatment are on the rise for women in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Airwaves Cut Distances in Rural Peru
- Inter Press Service
The Onda Rural communication for development initiative in Peru has come up with a range of strategies to get information out to remote villages, to help them with decision-making on questions like climate change adaptation or disaster preparedness.
Community Radios in Colombia Tune In for Peace
- Inter Press Service
Cleaning up a stream that used to be a garbage dump and restocking it with fish, or helping demobilised far-right paramilitaries reintegrate into society by returning to school, are some of the early outcomes of a project involving community radio stations in a remote area of northwest Colombia.
Somalis Hopeful of London Meeting Despite Media Scepticism
- Inter Press Service
With an international meeting aimed at resolving the political crisis in Somalia set to take place Thursday, the local media in this East African nation is awash with scepticism, referring to the efforts as a new system of re-colonising the country.
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