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Facing Women’s Rights in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya - As an impressionable girl straight from college, Njeri Mwangi was exhilarated when the Human Resources Department of East and Central African region's largest selling newspaper had hired her as a reporter. But throughout the five years that she worked for the Nation Media Group, rising to the enviable position of Senior Parliamentary reporter, Njeri was anything but happy.Wangari Maathai
Colombia: One Million March Against Paramilitary Violence and War
March 6th, 2008 was a historic day for Colombia. It was the day the "other" Colombia took to the streets and put the whole country, and the world, on notice that state terrorism and paramilitary violence have failed. The marches were far more important than anyone could have imagined because the Colombian government had brought the country to the brink of war with Ecuador and Venezuela just the weekend before the marches were scheduled to happen.
India: Survivors of Bhopal Gas Tragedy March to Demand Justice
On February 20th, more than a hundred survivors of the Photo from Bhopal.net
Kosovo and Serbia: Behind the Mask of Nationalism
Over the last two years the question of Kosovo's independence has totally dominated Serbian politics. During recent elections, politicians keenly used the controversy to their advantage, while neglecting to mention any social problems, such as the high unemployment rate, or rising cost of living within Serbia. Over the last decade, Serbia has seen a rapid transfer of socially owned companies into privately owned companies. It is the business tycoons, politicians and members of the bankruptcy courts that have all benefited from this change.