Author Archive
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Q&A: “Where Women Can’t Thrive, MDGs Are in Jeopardy”
Interview with Ines Alberdi, executive director of UNIFEM
ROME, Aug 28 (IPS) - Ines Alberdi has worked for over 25 years on gender issues and in politics.
She comes to the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) from her previous position as professor of sociology at Madrid University where she has taught […]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Q&A: ‘All Political Violence Is Not Terrorism’
Interview with Gustavo Gorriti, author of The Shining Path.
Gustavo Gorriti
ROME, Aug 4 (IPS) - Gustavo Gorriti, author of The Shining Path, which examines both the insurrection and the government’s response in the internal war in Peru, has just reprinted his book. And that has raised some questions about terrorism today.
The Maoist group Shining Path (Sendero […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
New article about refugees in Italy, with Aldo Ciummo
ITALY: Being a Refugee Becomes a Dream
By Aldo Ciummo*
Claudine Mbuyi
Credit:Aldo Ciummo
ROME, Jul 16 (IPS) - Ernestine Kayindo fled Goma town in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997 amidst fighting between the regular army and rebels of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (NCDP), a Tutsi armed group that […]
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
WOMEN-MEDIA: Stuck at the Starting Gate
By Miren Gutierrez*
Two journalists at the recent FAO summit in Rome. Only one-third of the journalists working in Italian newsrooms are women.
Credit:Sabina Zaccaro/IPS
ROME, Jun 9 (IPS) - “We should not be all that surprised that we are stalled,” says Jane Ransom, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), referring to the absence of […]
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
WOMEN-MEDIA: Conspicuous By Their Absence
By Miren Gutierrez*
Heavy duty. Women are often the face, but rarely the boss behind the news.
Credit:Sabina Zaccaro/IPS
ROME, Jun 6 (IPS) - Observe any summit picture — you won’t find many women. The mystery of female underrepresentation in the echelons of power persists: after so many decades of the feminist movement, why are women at the […]
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
FILM: An Apocalyptic, Hopeless Den of Iniquity
By Miren Gutierrez and Aldo Ciummo*
A scene from “Gomorra”.
ROME, May 27 (IPS) - The room is packed, the film ends with pounding music, and the word “Gomorra” is shown in an uncomfortable fuchsia over black. The audience applauds and leaves quietly while the music continues to hammer home the message.
“Gomorra” an inside look […]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Q&A: Of Elephants, Mice and Fleas
Interview with Sylvia Borren, former executive director, Oxfam Novib
Sylvia Borren
Credit:Sabina Zaccaro/IPS
ROME, May 22 (IPS) - Sylvia Borren was executive director at Oxfam Novib from 1999 until Feb 2008. Before that she was programme director.
Oxfam Novib is the “elephant”, in her words, at Oxfam International, a confederation of 13 organisations working with over 3,000 […]
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
«Los que más dinero negro lavan son algunos bancos de los países desarrollados»
MIREN GUTIÉRREZ | PERIODISTA Y ESCRITORA
«Los que más dinero negro lavan son algunos bancos de los países desarrollados»
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Miren Gutiérrez, durante la presentación de su novela.
La periodista donostiarra hablará
mañana en el Aula de Cultura DV
sobre las redes de blanqueo de dinero
La periodista Miren Gutiérrez (San Sebastián, 1966), editora […]
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
An interview with Chuck Lewis, founder of the Centre for Public Integrity
Q&A: “We Are Haunted By a War Begun Under False Pretences”
Interview with Chuck Lewis, founder of the Centre for Public Integrity
Credit:Chuck Lewis
Centre for Public Integrity founder Chuck Lewis
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (IPS) - Eight key players in the George W. Bush administration, including the president himself, made at least 935 false statements in the run-up to […]
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
An interview with Roberto Savio, of the WSF
Q&A: ‘Everybody leaves the Forum happier, wiser and stronger’
Interview with Roberto Savio, member of the International Committee of the World Social Forum
Roberto Savio
ROME, Jan 9 (IPS) - Roberto Savio is probably among the best informed insiders at the World Social Forum (WSF). He has been on its international committee since it […]
