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HEALTH: Indoor Air Just as Polluted as Air Outdoors
Every weekday close to four million people descend into the belly of this enormous city to ride underground commuter trains, which run from dawn till after midnight along a network of tracks that add up to over 160 kilometres in length.Hazardous Air Inside
The World Health Organization reports that one billion people are regularly exposed to dangerous levels of indoor air pollution, whether at home, at work or when traveling by mass transit.HEALTH: 10 Million to Benefit from Global TB Drug Facility
Close to 10 million tuberculosis (TB) patients in the developing world are set to benefit from a new initiative that seeks to supply free TB drugs over the next five years.HEALTH-RIGHTS: UN Agency Sees Gender Concerns as Key in Fight Against Aids.
While a number of developing countries such as India, Senegal, South Africa and Mexico have been commended for taking some steps to protect girls and women from succumbing to the killer disease AIDS, such actions were more the exception that the rule, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has lamented.POLITICS: Anti-Globalisation Activists Bitter About Police Attack
Cancun Wednesday was its customary tranquil self, with US tourists strolling along the tree-line boulevard of the hotel zone in shorts and T-shirts, enjoying the sun and the breeze blowing in from the nearby aquamarine waters of the Caribbean.DEVELOPMENT: Anti-Globalisation Activists, WEF, in Impromptu Debate
Anti-globalisation activists entered new terrain Tuesday, when they participated in their first face-to-face debate with representatives of the World Economic Forum, a group they condemn for destroying the environment and violating people's rights in the interest of profits.FINANCE: Mexico Seeks Path to Globalisation with a Caring Face
The World Economic Forum's meeting to discuss the investment opportunities in Mexico got under way Monday in this resort city by the Caribbean coast with a call for business leaders to recognise the need for a social agenda if globalisation is to benefit all Mexicans.HEALTH: US Doctors Recruited for Anti-Landmine Lobby
Activists campaigning to rid the world of landmines have received support from a new allya number of doctors in the United States.RIGHTS: Mexican Homosexuals Push for Social Benefits
Edith Ramoz and Isabel Hernandez, a lesbian couple in their late twenties, are part of an emerging movement in this city's gay and lesbian community seeking to broaden the rights of those in same-sex unions.RIGHTS: 45 Countries Suppress Internet Access for Citizens
Governments in 45 countries across the developing world are being taken to task for placing restrictions on their citizens' ability to access information on the internet./CORRECTED REPEAT/HEALTH: WHO Wants TB Remedy Available for All
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is determined to ensure that an available remedy for tuberculosis (TB) is easily accessible for all who need it.HEALTH: US Help Sought to Curb Maternal Mortality Worldwide
Public health activists in the United States are determined to secure more funding this year for health programmes aimed at reducing maternal mortality worldwide.RIGHTS: Prosecuting Child Soldiers for War Crimes Good or Bad Idea?
As the plan to establish a special court to prosecute war criminals in Sierra Leone gathers momentum, one fact is clear: adults who committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in that African nation's brutal civil war will be put on trial.RIGHTS: World Still Dangerous Place for Journalists, Says New Report
The climate in which journalists worked in many countries across the world last year was far from free, given the number of reporters who were killed, arrested, imprisoned and threatened, a new report says.REVIEW 2000-RIGHTS: Global Firms’ Investment in Human Rights is Nothing to Crow Over
In his quest to make transnational companies responsible corporate citizens, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan threw them a challenge in July, inviting them to be partners in a Global Compact.RIGHTS: New Protocol Allows Women to Seek Justice Through United Nations
Women from 13 countries will be among the first to benefit from an international guarantee that ensures them the right to seek justice at the United Nations.RIGHTS: Activists Urge Governments to Protect Trafficked Women
Women's rights activists are urging world governments to consider women trafficked across national boundaries as "victims" of human rights violations, not as "criminals".RIGHTS: Environmentalists Under Fire for Speaking Out
Consider the suffering of Ka Hsaw Wa./HEALTH FOCUS/DEVELOPMENT: Reviewing Another Broken Promise
By this year, another global pledge was to have been achieved: primary health care for all.HEALTH: Whose Job is it Anyway?
While the world's poor estimated at over a billion peoplecontinue to be deprived of basic health care services, a debate has emerged as to who should take the lead to prescribe a remedy the World Bank or governments in the developing world?RIGHTS-GENDER: Domestic Violence – No End In Sight
One of the best-kept secrets in this sprawling city of 22 million people is the address of the solitary shelter that offers temporary refuge to women who have been abused, battered or raped in their homes.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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