Global IssuesNews headlines for “Racism”, page 62
China Ponders This Royal Business
- Inter Press Service
The glamour of the UK royal wedding is slowly disappearing from China's photo spreads, but it seems to have opened the door to a debate on the allure of old Britain's soft power and what makes an aspiring China lacking of it.
MIDEAST: Music Runs Into Walls
- Inter Press Service
In the West Bank, dissident voices questioning the Palestinian Authority's increasingly authoritarian rule have become rare. But a young musician in Ramallah refuses to hold his tongue.
Young Panamanians Develop Antibodies Against Violence
- Inter Press Service
In Panama's largest cities, minors under 18 not under supervision of an adult must be off the streets after 9:00 p.m. The juvenile curfew law means some spend several days behind bars until someone shows up to pay the fine.
Stray Dog Issue Hounds Animal Welfare in India
- Inter Press Service
Moves to enact a new law on animal welfare in India have upset public health advocates, who fear it will interfere with efforts to control rabies-carrying stray dogs.
NEPAL: Women Race to the Top: Mt. Everest
- Inter Press Service
The temperature is 10 degrees below freezing and the wind is like a hurricane, threatening to sweep away the unwary from the treacherously slippery mountain slope that has been home to Suzanne Al Houby and 39 other iron-willed women for almost a fortnight.
Indigenous Craftswomen Take on Mexican Fashion World
- Inter Press Service
Reina Pérez, an Otomi indigenous craftswoman in the central Mexican state of Querétaro, skilfully embroiders 'grecas' or traditional design motifs in threads of many colours, on fabrics that will be used to make dresses, skirts and blouses.
YEMEN: Youth Ready to Confront Gender Roles
- Inter Press Service
Despite being at the forefront of sweeping changes taking place in the country, the lives of the majority of Yemeni women are restricted to early marriage, motherhood and serving husbands, according to a new study by Women Without Borders (WWB), a Vienna based public relations and advocacy platform for women’s voices around the world.
ARGENTINA: Free Books in Public Places to Woo Readers
- Inter Press Service
'This book has not been lost. It has no owner; it is part of the Argentine Free Book Movement, and it was left in this place so that you would find it.'
The Royal Are More Royal Outside Britain
- Inter Press Service
Quite a treat Britain has on offer for the world these days. Or who would ever have been talking - in this day and age - about a prince and princess riding in splendour into a world of pageboys and palaces.
GUATEMALA: Theatre as HIV Prevention Tool in Native Communities
- Inter Press Service
Poverty, lack of access to education and taboos about sexuality have hampered campaigns for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS among indigenous communities in Guatemala. These constraints have led to the development of new ways of communicating vital information, like theatre.
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