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Baradan Kuppusamy , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (IPS) - After winning a gruelling 13-year court battle to avoid being jailed on charges of maliciously publishing false news, Malaysia's best-known human rights champion seeks a political career to continue defending migrant workers and other vulnerable sections of society....
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Dec 03, 2008
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Stephen Leahy , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
TORONTO, Canada, Dec 3 (IPS) - International lust for the enormous mineral and resource riches of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) abetted by international indifference has turned much of country into a colossal "rape mine" where more than 300,000 women and girls have been brutalised, say activists....
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Dec 03, 2008
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Dalia Acosta interviews JULIO CÉSAR GONZÁLEZ PAGÉS , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
HAVANA, Dec 3 (IPS) - The rules for "being a man" that predominate in Latin America include "never saying no" to temptations out on the street, being "macho" -- hanging tough -- no matter what the risks, and above all, avoiding any characteristics or feelings that might be seen as feminine...
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Dec 03, 2008
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Stephanie Nieuwoudt , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
CAPE TOWN, Dec 3 (IPS) - The African National Congress (ANC) directive to increase the number of women on South Africa's ruling party's election lists to 50 percent (up from 30 percent) might actually weaken the role of women in local government....
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Dec 03, 2008
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Najum Mushtaq , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
NAIROBI, Dec 2 (IPS) - The first woman from the Muslim majority island constituency of East Lamu to contest for a seat in Kenyan parliament, Shakila Abdalla is determined to give voice to the country's poor and marginalised....
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Dec 02, 2008
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Joshua Kyalimpa , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
KAMPALA, Dec 1 (IPS) - In her village they call her ‘councillor’. But Jenipher Namugwere is no ordinary councillor elected by the people to represent them in the local council....
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Dec 01, 2008
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IPS Correspondents , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
DOHA, Dec 1 (IPS) - For the past three decades, indebted developing countries have been forced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to deregulate financial and labour markets, privatise national industries, abolish subsidies, and reduce social and economic spending....
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Dec 01, 2008
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Terna Gyuse interviews MARY RUSIMBI, gender budgeting consultant , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
CAPE TOWN, Nov 29 (IPS) - The negative aspects of Africa's experience with structural adjustment programmes beginning in the 1990s have been well-documented -- facing high debt loads, African governments agreed to liberalise their economies, privatise public enterprises, and sharply reduce social spending with often painful effects on the most vulnerable....
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Nov 29, 2008
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Najum Mushtaq , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
NAIROBI, Nov 29 (IPS) - The first woman from the Muslim majority island constituency of East Lamu to contest for a seat in Kenyan parliament, Shakila Abdalla is determined to give voice to the country's poor and marginalised....
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Nov 29, 2008
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Joshua Kyalimpa* , IPS Inter Press Service - Women: Leading the Way
KAMPALA, Nov 28 (IPS) - Uganda's finance ministry has ambitious plans to reduce the country’s donor dependence. With foreign funds accounting for almost 50 percent of the national budget, officials believe a slew of measures announced in the 2008/09 budget could bring that down to about 30 percent....
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Nov 28, 2008
