Global IssuesNews headlines for “Racism”, page 67
CUBA: Drag Queens and Volunteers Promote Safe Sex
- Inter Press Service
Margot Parapar gets plenty of laughs from the audience with this joke: 'Now the human body is divided into five parts: head, trunk, upper and lower limbs, and condom.' Using his female stage name, Cuban drag queen, comedian and health promoter Oliver Alarcón includes HIV/AIDS prevention messages in his shows.
Teaching Virtual Resistance to Violence
- Inter Press Service
What if young boys were imbued with a sense of empathy and fair play to counteract a culture that victimises women? Could they grow up to become part of a generation that renounces gender violence once and for all?
Strong as China, Fragile as Porcelain
- Inter Press Service
In times of inflationary pressures the price of patriotism too goes up. The news that an 18th century Chinese porcelain vase sold for a record-breaking 68 million dollars at a London auction to a mainland China buyer this month did not go down well either with Chinese government regulators fretting about asset bubbles or with a Chinese public angry about income inequality.
KENYA: A Brand New Constitution, But Can Women Enjoy Land Rights?
- Inter Press Service
Mary Kimani wishes her husband were still alive. Holding her one-year-old son in one hand and a hoe in the other, she recounts with bitterness how she and her children lost their livelihood to her husband’s family.
CHINA: Magazine Closure Setback for Cultural Revival
- Inter Press Service
When ‘Soho Xiaobao’ magazine suddenly announced in October that it was ceasing publication, it marked a huge setback for privately funded efforts to breathe fresh air into contemporary Chinese culture.
Muslim Americans Foil Terror Threats
- Inter Press Service
A new report on violent extremists in the United States finds that terrorism plots by non-Muslims greatly outnumber those attempted by Muslims, and that Muslim-American communities helped foil close to a third of al Qaeda-related terror plots threatening the country since Sep. 11, 2001.
ARGENTINA: Show Drives Home the Reality of Obesity
- Inter Press Service
'I can't even walk because I run out of breath. Food is my drug,' says a 31-year-old man who weighs 215 kilos. 'I hide to eat; it's something I can't control,' says a 21-year-old woman who weighs 152 kilos.
Could Have Danced All Siege
- Inter Press Service
'I'd planned to have my wedding party on a Thursday night, when more people could come, and stay later. But because the Dabke dancers weren't free then, I held it on a Tuesday,' says Mohammed Ghronaim, 27, from Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
CHINA: As Tourists Come, Culture Goes
- Inter Press Service
In 2005, the ‘National Geographic China’ magazine named this ethnic Tibetan village in western Sichuan province, sprawled over a valley wall amid snow-capped mountains, China’s most beautiful. Depending on how you look at it, that distinction was either a blessing or a curse.
AUSTRALIA: Campaign Continues for Parliamentary Seats for Aborigines
- Inter Press Service
Ken Wyatt stood, draped in a traditional kangaroo-skin shroud. In a voice wavering at times with emotion, the only indigenous Australian ever elected to this nation’s lower house of Parliament presented his inaugural address.
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