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WOMEN'S HEALTH - A SMART INVESTMENT IN TROUBLED TIMES
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JULY 2009

The financial crisis that started in rich countries has deepened into a global economic crisis that threatens to reverse hard-won gains in education and health in developing countries, and women and children are among those hardest hit. That is why the theme of this year's World Population Day, 11 July, focuses on increased investments for girls and women to boost economic recovery and long-term equitable growth, writes Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

POOR COUNTRIES RAILROADED INTO WEAK COMPROMISE AT UN FINANCIAL SUMMIT
Sylvia Borren

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JULY 2009

After weeks of negotiations, the conclusion of the UN High Level Conference on the Financial and Economic Crisis (24-26 June) was a huge disappointment, writes Sylvia Borren, co-chair of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and Worldconnectors.

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BOB ROACH
"IN THIS GLOBALISED ECONOMY COMPANIES DON'T RECOGNISE NATURAL BOUNDARIES."
Lucy Komisar

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JULY 2009

MIAMI, Jul (IPS) Recently Bob Roach, Chief Investigator of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the US Senate, took part in a conference in Miami organised by Offshore Alert, a specialised media organisation focused on financial crime.

KEY ISSUES IN THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON THE GREAT ECONOMIC CRISIS
Martin Khor

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JUNE 2009

Many around the world look to the United Nations conference on the global financial and economic crisis this week with great expectations, as it should be the start of a process that could bring the UN into the forefront of tackling the greatest economic crisis in half a century, writes Martin Khor, Executive Director of the South Centre, Geneva.

BRAZIL - POWER AND REALISM
Joaquin Roy

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JUNE 2009

It is said that a French politician, asked whether Brazil had a good future, answered with scorn and knowing irony, "Brazil has always had, still has, and will always have a magnificent future." It would seem that the country has suffered for decades under this sort of stigma, writes Joaquin Roy, ''Jean Monnet'' professor and Director of the European Union Centre of the University of Miami.

NOSTALGIA FOR THE FUTURE
Leonardo Padura Fuentes

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE,

This year's theme for the forum of the Literary Chiasso festival in the enchanting Swiss town was "nostalgia for the future", a subject that revealed with striking clarity the worries of thinking people today, writes Leonardo Padura Fuentes, a Cuban writer and journalist whose novels have been translated into a dozen languages.

GRAINS AND GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
Jacques Diouf

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JUNE 2009

The current global economic downturn is contributing significantly to deeper poverty and hunger across the world. Preliminary estimates indicate that more than 100 million could be dragged into hunger as a consequence, writes Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

GLOBAL CRISIS SOWS PROBLEMS FOR AGRICULTURE
Joao Pedro Stedile

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE,

Although the pace of capital investment in agricultural has slowed, there has been an intensification of the appropriation of natural resources that are still available. Recent years have seen a noticeable capitalist offensive to buy up more areas with biodiversity, mineral reserves, and sources of water and energy, writes Joao Pedro Stedile, an economist and a member of the Movement of the Landless (MST) and of Via Campesina International.

LET THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DO ITS WORK
Wangari Maathai, Wole Soyinka and Desmond Tutu

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JUNE 2009

Representatives of African States will meet in Addis Ababa (June 8-9) to "exchange views" on the International Criminal Court (ICC). Prompted by the war crimes indictment of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, the meeting will provide a platform for the Court’s dissenters in Africa, and aim to sew discord among ICC supporters, writes Wangari Maathai, Wole Soyinka and Desmond Tutu.

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT MORE URGENT THAN EVER
Mikhail Gorbachev

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JUNE 2009

One of the most urgent problems of today's world is the danger of nuclear weapons. The unexpected nuclear test by North Korea on May 25 and the test-firing of a series of short-range missiles is the latest, frightening reminder, writes Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991.

BURMA: DEMOCRACY LEADER TRIAL A RUSE TO KEEP HER OUT OF POLITICS
Zin Linn

IPS COLUMNIST SERVICE, JUNE 2009

Burma's state-run media reported on 23 May that junta-appointed chief judge Thaung Nyunt found Aung San Suu Kyi had breached the terms of her house arrest because of the entrance into her compound in early May of an American man who swam across the lake in front of her house and stayed uninvited for two days, writes Zin Linn, a former political detainee in Burma who now lives in exile and is presently the media and information director of the National Coalition Government of Union of Burma.

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RELIGION-BRAZIL: Intolerance Denounced at UN

DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Fears Over New Land Deal

PERU: Petroleum Sullies the Amazon

AGRICULTURE: Biotechnology: Africa Must Not Be Left Behind

EUROPE: Croatia on Uncertain Course for EU Membership

RIGHTS-AFRICA: AU Heeds Perpetrators Not Victims

RUSSIA: Hoping for Much, Expecting Little

POLITICS-BOTSWANA: Parties Block Women Candidates for Upcoming Elections

CUBA-US: Frosty Relations No Bar to Communication

RIGHTS-INDIA: India's Historic Gay Ruling

SALUD: Cuando un virus azota la aldea global

BOLIVIA-EEUU: En punto de colisión

ENERGÍA-ESPAÑA: Recrudece polémica por cierre de planta nuclear

INDIA: Religiosos contra despenalización de la homosexualidad

PERIODISMO-HONDURAS: Libre expresión vapuleada

AFRIQUE : La mortalité maternelle, une catastrophe des droits humains

KENYA : Dénoncer les cas de massacre, torture et de viol par des forces de sécurité

ENVIRONNEMENT-MALAWI : Des Eléphants hors de danger

BURKINA FASO : Renforcer les systèmes de santé pour mieux combattre la tuberculose

ENERGIE-RD CONGO : L’obscurité règne malgré les potentiels hydroélectriques du pays!

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