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Fixing the ‘Silent’ Sanitation Crisis
Posted by Inter Press Service: Isolda Agazzi on November 18th, 2012
Inter Press Service: Organisers of this year's World Toilet Day, which falls on Nov. 19, are using the slogan "˜I give a shit - do you?' to break the silence around the crucial issue of sanitation and remind the international community that 2.5 billion people around the world don't have access to clean and private toilets.
Improving these figures, and achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the number of people without basic sanitation by 2015, needs a change of mindset and strong political will,...
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India: Landless Plan a Long March
Posted by Inter Press Service: Isolda Agazzi on September 13th, 2011
Inter Press Service: The Gandhian movement Ekta Parishad plans to organise a march for land rights in October 2012 in India, aiming to gather around 100,000 indigenous people, dalits and poor peasants. Support is shaping up around the world, at events such as an international mobilisation conference in Geneva Sep. 12-13.
"In India, a large number of adivasi (indigenous people) are pushed out of their land because of mining, huge dams, wildlife protection, industrialisation and tourism. Every time you have a new industry,...