The Week With IPS 2/5/2016

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	Extremism threatens press freedom Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio Pakistan continues to remain one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, where frequent attempts to restrict press freedom are commonplace and challenges to expanding media diversity and access to information abound. Tense and uncertain security conditions, looming risks of terrorism ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/extremism-threatens-press-freedom/
	Press crackdown is likely to worsen Amy Fallon On October 2015, the day that Ugandan journalist Enoch Matovu, 25, was allegedly shot by the police for simply “doing my job”, the police had “run out of tear gas”, he claimed. “So they had to use live bullets,” this journalist for broadcaster NTV Uganda told IPS. Matovu was injured in the ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/press-crackdown-is-likely-to-worsen/
	IPS joins in the call to enforce international law to protect journalists Farhana Haque Rahman, Director General, Inter Press Service While our goal at Inter Press Service is to provide information – a precious global public good – we naturally applaud all efforts to foster and promote the safety of journalists, and so applaud UNESCO’s international conference in Paris on Friday, February 5, 2016 with media executives and member ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/ips-joins-in-the-call-to-enforce-international-law-to-protect-journalists/
	Women of Haitian Descent Bear the Brunt of Dominican Migration Policy Ivet González A heavyset woman arranges bouquets of yellow roses in a street market in Little Haiti, a slum neighbourhood in the capital of the Dominican Republic. “I don’t want to talk, don’t take photos,” she tells IPS, standing next to a little girl who appears to be her daughter. Other vendors at the ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/women-of-haitian-descent-bear-the-brunt-of-dominican-migration-policy/
After 20 Years, Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Still in Political Limbo Thalif Deen After nine years in office, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will step down in December perhaps without achieving one of his more ambitious and elusive political goals: ensuring the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). “This year marks 20 years since it has been ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/after-20-years-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-still-in-political-limbo/
	Europe is disintegrating while its citizens watch indifferent Roberto Savio We are witnessing the slow agony of the dream of European integration, disintegrating without a single demonstration occuring anywhere, among its 500 millions of citizens. It is clear that European institutions are in an existential crisis but the debate is only at intergovernmental level. ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/europe-is-disintegrating-while-its-citizens-watch-indifferent/
	Cameron at large: Want Not to Become a Terrorist? Speak Fluent English! Baher Kamal “Do you speak English fluently? No? Then you risk to become a terrorist!.” IPS posed this dilemma to some young Muslim women living in Cairo, while explaining that this appears to be UK prime minister David Cameron's formula to judge the level of Muslim women's risk to fall, passively, into the ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/cameron-at-large-want-not-to-become-a-terrorist-speak-fluent-english/
	2 Billion Couples and 10 Relationship Challenges Joseph Chamie The relationship challenges that the world’s 2 billion couples confront vary considerably by circumstances, including age, sex, education, income, marital status, family size, length of relationship, urban-rural residence, customs, religion and region of the world. Nevertheless, 10 major challenges ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/2-billion-couples-and-10-relationship-challenges/
	Small-scale Fishing Is About Much More than Just Subsistence in Chile Marianela Jarroud “Fishing isn’t just for making a living, it’s also enjoyable,” said Pedro Pascual, a 70-year-old fisherman who has been taking his small boat out to sea off Chile’s Pacific coast in the early hours of the morning almost every day for the past 50 years, to support his family. Impish and ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/small-scale-fishing-is-about-much-more-than-just-subsistence-in-chile/
	Women’s Empowerment Will Accelerate Kenya’s Economic Prosperity Amina Mohamed and Siddharth Chatterjee When President Barack Obama made his first visit to Kenya as US President in July 2015, one of the poignant messages he left was an exhortation for communities to shun cultures that degrade women and girls. “Imagine if you have a team and don’t let half of the team play. That makes no sense,” ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/womens-empowerment-will-accelerate-kenyas-economic-prosperity/
	Media Come Together to Discuss Safety of Journalists, Fight Against Impunity A. D. McKenzie Amid continuing attacks on journalists, media representatives from around the world will meet in the French capital this week to discuss how to reinforce the safety of those working in the sector. Organized and hosted by the United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, this “unprecedented” meeting ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/media-come-together-to-discuss-safety-of-journalists-fight-against-impunity/
	Brazil Wages War against Zika Virus on Several Fronts Mario Osava Brazil is deploying 220,000 troops to wage war against the Zika virus, in response to the alarm caused by the birth of thousands of children with abnormally small heads. But eradicating the Aedes aegypti mosquito requires battles on many fronts, including science and the pharmaceutical ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/brazil-wages-war-against-zika-virus-on-several-fronts/
	Tackling Climate Change in the Caribbean: Natural Solutions to a Human Induced Problem Jessica Faieta The world is still celebrating the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the main outcome of the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Its ambitions are unprecedented: not only has the world committed to limit the increase of temperature to “well ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/tackling-climate-change-in-the-caribbean-natural-solutions-to-a-human-induced-problem/
	United Arab Emirates Strengthens Ties with Argentina’s New Government Fabiana Frayssinet The new government of Argentina and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are strengthening the relationship established by the previous administration, at a time when this South American country is seeking to bring in foreign exchange, build up its international reserves and draw investment, in what the ... MORE > > http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/02/united-arab-emirates-strengthens-ties-with-argentinas-new-government/