Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By John Feffer* WASHINGTON, Dec 5, 2011 (IPS) – It’s not the topic of George Packer’s latest essay that’s particularly surprising. Inequality, he writes, is undermining democracy. Progressives have been hammering home this message for years if not decades. Nor is the choice of publication necessarily a shocker. [...]
MEXICO: Deadly Cocktail of Sexual Violence and Impunity
November 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Nov 23, 2011 (IPS) – Sexual violence against women in Mexico is on the rise, alongside the escalation of violence between police and soldiers and the drug cartels, women’s rights activists warn. "We have seen an increase in sexual harassment, groping, gang rape, [...]
Microfinance Works – For the Rich
November 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Raquel Martinez VALLADOLID, Spain, Nov 18, 2011 (IPS) – Jesús Guerra, a volunteer at this week’s Fifth Global Microcredit Summit in this Spanish town, was nonplussed by the expensive gold watch sported by a banker from a developing country. "When I volunteered to help at the Summit [...]
CHINA: Only Business Occupies Shanghai
November 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Antoaneta Becker SHANGHAI, Nov 16, 2011 (IPS) – As China’s financial centre and a pinnacle of domestic wealth, Shanghai could have been in the forefront of a home-grown movement against income disparity of the like sweeping New York’s Wall Street and London’s City. Instead it remains a [...]
The Poor Need Insurance Too
November 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Inés Benítez VALLADOLID, Spain, Nov 15, 2011 (IPS) – Poor families are well aware of the devastating effects of unforeseen expenses on their lives. Microinsurance, a recent microfinance tool, has the potential to limit their vulnerability and combat poverty, experts say. The death of a family member, [...]
Afghan Women’s Rights ‘Under Threat’
October 4, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA, Qatar, Oct 3, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Women’s rights in Afghanistan are once again under threat after 10 years of progress, two leading British aid agencies have said. Oxfam and Action Aid said on Monday many Afghan women were worried that the impending international troop [...]
