The Week With IPS 5/29

2015/5/29	Click here for the online version of this IPS newsletter
	Sri Lankan Women Stymied by Archaic Job Market Amantha Perera Wathsala Marasinghe, a 33-year-old hailing from the town of Mirigama, just 50 km from Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, once had high hopes that the progressive education and employment policies of this South Asian island nation would work in her favour. Today, she feels differently, believing that “an ... MORE > >
	ACP Aims to Make Voice of the Moral Majority Count in the Global Arena Valentina Gasbarri “Four decades of existence is a milestone for the ACP as an international alliance of developing countries,” Dr Patrick I. Gomes of Guyana, newly appointed Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of countries, said at the opening of the 101st Session of the group’s Council of ... MORE > >
	Laissez Faire Water Laws Threaten Family Farming in Chile Marianela Jarroud Family farmers in Chile are pushing for the reinstatement of water as a public good, to at least partially solve the shortages caused by the privatisation of water rights by the military dictatorship in 1981. “Why should we pay for water rights if the people who were born and grew up in the ... MORE > >
	Pineapple Industry Leaves Costa Rican Communities High and Dry Diego Arguedas Ortiz Twelve years after finding the first traces of pesticides used by the pineapple industry, in the rural water supply, around 7,000 people from four communities in Costa Rica’s Caribbean region are still unable to consume their tap water. The communities of Milano, El Cairo, La Francia and ... MORE > >
	Accusations of ‘Apartheid’ Cause Israelis to Backpedal Mel Frykberg A  decision by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to segregate buses in the occupied West Bank has backfired after causing an uproar in Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, and political damage on the international stage. This came as Israel faces mounting international criticism over its land ... MORE > >
	When Kenyan Children’s Lives Hang on a Drip Miriam Gathigah Acute watery diarrhoea is a major killer of young children but misunderstanding over the benefits of fluid treatment is preventing many Kenyan parents from resorting to this life-saving technique and threatening to reverse the strides that the country has made in child health. The 2014 Kenya ... MORE > >
	School Gardens Combat Hunger in Argentina Fabiana Frayssinet In Argentina, where millions of families have unmet dietary needs despite the country’s vast expanse of fertile land, the Huerta Niño project promotes organic gardens in rural primary schools, to teach children healthy eating habits and show them that they can grow their own food to fight ... MORE > >
	Bougainville: Former War-Torn Territory Still Wary of Mining Catherine Wilson From Arawa, once the capital city of Bougainville, an autonomous region in eastern Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Ocean, a long, winding road leads high up into the Crown Prince Ranges in the centre of the island through impenetrable rainforest. Over a ridge, the verdant canopy gives ... MORE > >