KIEN SEREY PHAL is director of the Cambodian Women's Development Association in Phnom Penh. She spoke to ROSANNA BARBERO about the problem of the trafficking of women. Question: When did this issue escalate?
Since 1989, there has been a dramatic
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By Lisa Macdonald
Before the last federal election, the Labor Party and Coalition placed restoration of the Murray Darling river system at the centre of their environment policy packages. While environmentalists agree that their responses were
Gun control #1
A few comments on Pip Hinman's thought-provoking article "Gun control: are tougher laws enough?" in GLW #230. First, a correction of fact. Pip states that "most of the 500 or so gun deaths in Australia a year are due to careless
By Pip Hinman
This year's film festival, June 7-22, promises some fascinating new films from countries not often represented. Apart from a range of films from Europe, Britain, the US and Asia, films from Iceland, Brazil and Vietnam will also
With another gun rampage dominating the mass media, calls have been renewed for censorship of movies and videos depicting violence, with the claim that there is a link between violent images and subsequent anti-social behaviour.
Censorship of the
Indonesian solidarity with East Timor
Indonesian solidarity with East Timor
In December 1995 a group of East Timorese independence activists and Indonesian supporters occupied the Dutch and Russian embassies in Jakarta. They climbed the embassy
By Jorge Jorquera PERTH — Thirty-five people attended a Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance Politics in the Pub on May 10 to discuss the "new wave" of racism being generated by the Howard government and how to combat it. Speakers included
By Norm Dixon
Local government elections in KwaZulu/Natal scheduled for May 29 have been again postponed due to escalating violence in the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) controlled province. The local poll, which took place in most other parts of
A major advance for working people this century was the reduction of the working day from 12 or more hours a day to eight. Yet in recent arbitration hearings in the Industrial Relations Commission the CRA-owned coal mining company, Novacoal, has been
Landowners on the Ok Tedi and Fly rivers have overwhelmingly rejected the Eighth Supplemental Agreement Compensation Act package, agreed to between the PNG government and Ok Tedi mine operator BHP, the PNG Independent newspaper reported on May 3. In
Latin America is becoming one of the fastest growing regions for agrochemical sales, according to "Crop Protection in Latin America", a January 1996 publication by Agrow Reports. Latin America accounts for approximately US$2.6 billion, which is 9% of
By Art Y
Nearly four months ago, the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) proclaimed a unilateral cease-fire and called on the Turkish government to negotiate on the issues regarding the Kurdish question. In response, Turkish troops began a mass operation
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