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Press freedom in South Asia
On May 3, World Press Freedom Day, the International Federation of Journalists released the second annual IFJ Press Freedom Report for South Asia, 'The Story Behind the News: Journalists and Press Freedom in South Asia' More... Mother goddesses and warriors: RSS women as ideologuesPaola Baccheta's new book explores the minds and ideological constructs of women who are part of the nationalist Hindu movement More... "Justice taken for a ride...abused, misused, mutilated.."Excerpts from the historic Supreme Court judgement on the Best Bakery Case, specifically, the case of Zahira Sheikh versus the Gujarat government. The judgement was passed by an apex court bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Doraiswamy Raju, April 12, 2004 More... 'One fly is deadlier than one hundred tigers'In a new report, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council records the experiences of community workers from Africa, Asia, and Latin America on the all-important issues of safe water, sanitation and hygiene More... Women, HIV/AIDS and the world of workA new document by the International Labour Organisation discusses the effects of the spread of AIDS on women, both at home and in the workplace, and the factors that render working women particularly vulnerable to HIV More... The deliberate construction of the Enemy OtherTwo years after Godhra and the Gujarat riots that followed, a feminist report argues that the sexual violence in Gujarat was not random, impulsive or isolated, but a consciously-thought-out strategy to subjugate and humiliate a community painted as the Enemy Other More... Mapping food insecurityThe shift from a food deficient economy to a food surplus one has been cause for complacence in official circles. Yet, the absolute number of people living in impoverishment and the number of hungry and malnourished are on the rise More... Nothing natural about these disasters': UNDP reportThe UNDP's 'Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development' cautions that natural disasters put an enormous strain on development and are a serious threat to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the target of halving extreme poverty by 2015 More... How long are we going to complain that others are cornering dalits?'RBI economist and Dalit writer Narendra Jadhav's memoir Outcaste (Aamcha Baap aan Amhi) has been picked up for publishing in the United States by Simon and Schuster, the world's second largest publisher for a record amount and is fast becoming essential reading for sociology studies in American universities. In an interview, the author talks about the sudden spurt in the publication of dalit literature More... The World Is Richer, Fatter, And Not Much HappierConsumer appetite has eroded the quality of life for rich and poor, reports 'State of the World 2004' More... Streetchildren speakTen children's organisations, 20 photographers, 12 translators and the staff of Youthreach have worked for three years to put together a volume that records the prose, poetry, pain and desires of streetchildren across India-in their own words More... 65 million girl-children worldwide are out of school: Unicef reportInvesting in girls' education will help ensure the right of all children to a quality education, and the attainment of development goals. 'The State of the World's Children 2004: Girls, Education and Development' commends India for its Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Education For All) campaign More... Behind closed doors: Women on primetime TVA new three-nation study of primetime television soaps finds that over 70% of the serials are set in affluent homes, with women spending 80% of their time within their four walls. If television is to hold up any kind of mirror to society or represent a popular history of the times, it must become pluralist and representative More... Injection drug use responsible for rapid spread of HIV/AIDS: UNAIDS reportA new UNAIDS/WHO report expresses concern about the spread of HIV/AIDS in China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, several central Asian republics, the Baltic states and north Africa More... |
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