Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Andrea Lunt NEW YORK, Mar 23, 2011 (IPS) – Long known as a "boy’s club", the worldwide media industry continues to struggle with gender equality, with new research showing women are still underrepresented in the majority of newsrooms across the globe. The study, conducted over a two-year [...]
Following a Paper Trail Out of Homelessness
October 15, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kanya D’Almeida NEW YORK, Oct 14, 2010 (IPS) – While questions of funding and accountability shadow the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), some actors have taken matters into their own hands. On Wednesday, the Glasgow-based International Network for Street Papers (INSP) announced that it has [...]
Where Silence is Not Golden — But Safe
August 4, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Stanislaus Jude Chan* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint SINGAPORE (IDN) – "Chewing gum is banned in Singapore?" a curious friend in Bangkok asks. Encouraged by my nod, she cautiously probes: "What happens when you get caught, death sentence?" You laugh. Perhaps the question was almost child-like in its naivety. But [...]
LATIN AMERICA: Journalistic Prize for ”Grey” Depictions of Poverty
November 5, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, Nov 5 (IPS) – The second ”Latin America and the Millennium Development Goals” Journalism Prize, sponsored by the UNDP and IPS, was awarded Thursday in the Chilean capital in a ceremony addressed by the head of the U.N. agency, Helen Clark. ”I know that reporting on [...]
