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Indigenous Brazilians Learn to Fight for the Right to Food

By Clarinha Glock
Indigenous communities in remote areas of Brazil have begun to recognise that they have the right to not be hungry, and are learning that food security means much more than simply having food on the table.

Seeking Justice for Dictatorship Victims – Two Continents Apart

By Supalak Ganjanakhundee
As news of the death of former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla in a prison cell spread around the world, Julia Parodi, who was in this South Korean city to receive the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights on behalf of HIJOS, said he died in the right place.

Tackling Crime Takes on Import As Urban Populations Rise

By Silvia Giannelli
As people around the world continue to migrate into cities, swelling urban populations, they have sparked growth in another area: crime and security issues.

UNFPA Focuses on Contraception for 222 Million in Developing World

By Thalif Deen
When thousands of participants from around the world gather in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur next week, the primary focus will be on health and empowerment of girls and women.

Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting

By Jeffrey Moyo
For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country’s capital Harare.

In India, Rapists Don’t Spare Children

By Sujoy Dhar
When a five-year-old was rescued from the basement of a building in the eastern part of India’s capital, New Delhi, the doctors treating her were horrified to find the little girl had not only been raped by two men several times, but the perpetrators had also inflicted severe perineal injuries by inserting foreign objects into her body.

Q&A: Reworking Finance to Serve People and the Environment

By Silvia Giannelli
The wake of the global financial crisis, as many national governments in Europe cut back on services to citizens and used public money to rescue banks, taught many people a valuable lesson.

Migrant Workers Face Tough Times in Thailand

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
On the outskirts of the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a group of twelve migrant families lives in a makeshift camp comprised of houses constructed from scrap metal.

Small and Large Steps towards Equality for Gays in Cuba

By Ivet González
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in Cuba has won advances on issues like the change of name of pre-operative transgender persons, while they continue to fight for the right to same-sex civil unions.

Myanmar’s President Makes Historic, Divisive Visit to White House

By Carey L. Biron
Myanmar’s President Thein Sein on Monday became the first leader of that country in almost a half-century to pay a call on the White House, a visit that has simultaneously highlighted a series of monumental changes seen in Myanmar in recent years as well as a reforms process that many are warning may have stalled.

Brazil Lagging in Fight against Human Trafficking

By Fabíola Ortiz
In contravention of international law, in Brazil trafficking in human beings remains invisible and unpunished, which encourages the practice of trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced labour, illegal adoption and the trade in human organs, according to experts.

Environmentalists See Seeds as Key to Agricultural Reform

By Silvia Giannelli
As the global agricultural sector is faced with ever-greater challenges, the question of how to reform and improve the sector is a controversial and difficult one. So Terra Futura, a three-day exhibition and conference on agricultural good practises held annually in Florence, brought the debate back to its roots: seeds.

Q&A: “Video Puts the Human into Human Rights”

By Silvia Romanelli
“We live in a world where billions of citizen witnesses have cameras in their pockets. The opportunities are endless to document human rights violations,” Chris Michael, head of training and partnerships at WITNESS, tells IPS.

Survivors of Factory Collapse Speak Out

By Naimul Haq
“It was dark and hot with choking dust all around. The air was filled with the smell of decomposing corpses,” recalled Nasima, a 24-year-old factory worker who spent four days buried under the rubble of an eight-storey building that collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka last month.

Pioneering Italian Town Leads Europe in Waste Recycling

By Silvia Giannelli
Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and leader, not just in Italy but throughout all of Europe, as the continent's first Zero Waste town.

Civil Society Under Attack Around the World

By Mandeep S.Tiwana
In December 2011, 159 governments and major international organisations recognised the central role of civil society in development and promised to create an “enabling” operating environment for the non-profit sector.

With Billions of Euros Pledged, Mali Risks Aid Overflow

By Daan Bauwens
International donors pledged yesterday to mobilise 3.25 billion Euros to rebuild Mali, a figure that surpassed all expectations. But experts warn that the country does not have the absorption capacity for so much aid, while others say donors should pressure the Malian government to stop ongoing human rights abuses.

At Political Rally, Serbian Church Crosses Sensitive Line

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
The influential Serbian Orthodox Church publicly crossed a line recently when two of its top clergymen took part in a Belgrade rally with messages amounting to direct threats against the lives of government officials.

Resource Management Central to Equitable Development

By Carey L. Biron
Trillions of dollars a year are being produced through extractive industries, but just a tiny percentage of this money is impacting on the lives of poor communities in developing countries, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Wednesday.

U.S. Retailers Holding Out on Bangladesh Safety Agreement

By Katelyn Fossett
Labour groups here are stepping up pressure on U.S. firms to sign a binding building safety agreement for Bangladeshi factories after 10 major European garment companies signed onto the landmark agreement.

Q&A: “To Propel Change, You Have to Be in Their Faces”

By Sudeshna Chowdhury
Eighteen days ago, Diane Wilson, a 65-year-old fisherwoman from Texas, decided to go on a hunger strike.
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