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Q&A: "What is Important is to Give Equal Opportunity" - Part 2

Q&A: Stephen de Tarczynski interviews scientist Lourdes J. Cruz, winner of the 2010 UNESCO-L'Oréal Award MANILA, Nov 18 (IPS) - Although women have long made major contributions to science, their efforts have often been overlooked. For the ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI INTERVIEWS SCIENTIST LOURDES J. CRUZ, WINNER, Inter Press Service,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UNESCO,  United Nations,  World Economic Forum

PHILIPPINES: Guarded Optimism for New Climate Change Law

PHILIPPINES: By Stephen de Tarczynski MANILA, Nov 10 (IPS) - While pessimism continues to dog the lead-up to next months climate change talks in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, a new Philippine law aimed at streamlining the countrys ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI, Inter Press Service,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,  Greenpeace,  United Nations

PHILIPPINES: ‘Running After President Arroyo Is Only Just’

PHILIPPINES: Stephen de Tarczynski interviews ALBERTO LIM, executive director of the Philippiness premier business organisation MANILA, Nov 2 (IPS) - Philippine political affairs are rarely straightforward. The former Spanish and U.S. ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI INTERVIEWS ALBERTO LIM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Inter Press Service,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (politician),  Abu Sayyaf,  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,  Warren Buffett,  U.S. Congress

PHILIPPINES: Amid Disasters’ Rubble, Accusations Hound President

PHILIPPINES: Analysis by Stephen de Tarczynski MANILA, Oct 29 (IPS) - Even in the wake of the tropical storms that lashed the northern parts of the Philippines recently, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took time out to visit her home ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI, Inter Press Service,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,  U.S. House of Representatives,  Joseph Estrada

PHILIPPINES: Women's Rights Laws in Place

PHILIPPINES: By Stephen de Tarczynski MANILA, Oct 28 (IPS) - Although the enacting in August of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW) - a major law aiming to end discrimination against women across the archipelago - was well-received here, there ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI, Inter Press Service,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Magna Carta,  United Nations,  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

PHILIPPINES: Long Way to Go in Fight Against Poverty

PHILIPPINES: By Stephen de Tarczynski MANILA, Oct 18 (IPS) - "Its very difficult," says Joseph, 39, who has lived with his wife and three children in central Manilas Rizal Park for the past six months after their home, a squat built on ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI, Inter Press Service,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Ban Ki-moon,  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

PHILIPPINES: Like Men, Women Aim to Put Food on the Table

PHILIPPINES: By Stephen de Tarczynski MANDAUE CITY, Philippines, Oct 9 (IPS) - Despite experiencing an unsuccessful first foray into the world of commerce, the members of the Canduman Women's Co-operative (CWC) remain focused on producing ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI, Inter Press Service,  9 Oct 2009

PHILIPPINES: Ban on Abortion Prevails

PHILIPPINES: By Stephen de Tarczynski MANILA, Sep 30 (IPS) - Sitting in an apartment in central Manila, 70-year-old Lydia (her second name has been withheld to protect her identity) speaks in hushed tones. A manghihilot, or traditional ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI, Inter Press Service,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,  U.S. Congress

AUSTRALIA: Campaign for 'Comfort Women' Apology Intensifies

AUSTRALIA: By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Aug 13 (IPS) - Activists here are stepping up their campaign to urge Australia's parliament to pressure the Japanese government to formally apologise to, and compensate, so-called 'comfort ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI, Inter Press Service,  13 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Kevin Rudd,  European Union,  U.S. House of Representatives

AUSTRALIA: Male Job Losses Rise as Families Count Costs

AUSTRALIA: By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Jul 22 (IPS) - Despite concerns that female workers would bear the brunt of Australian job losses due to the global economic downturn, employees in the male-dominated manufacturing industry ...

From STEPHEN DE TARCZYNSKI, Inter Press Service,  22 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Mitsubishi

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