Women's Rights/CURRENTS
Environmental blue in the Danube
The Ukraine Government’s construction of a 160-kilometre shipping canal through the Danube Delta – Europe’s last great wetlands – is defying a chorus of condemnation from international environmental bodies, foreign governments and neighbouring Romania. All are worried by the potential damage the canal will inflict on the nesting sites of some of Europe’s rarest birds.
The Danube Delta is world famous for the richness and variety of its wildlife. It is home to more than 300 species of bird, 160 kinds of fish, including caviar-bearing sturgeon, and 800 types of plants, many of them found nowhere else on the Continent.
Romulus Stiuca, Director of the Romanian Danube Delta National Institute, says that casualties of the project will be many, starting with ‘the largest colony of pelicans in Europe’. Naturalists are already noting that hundreds of birds abandoned their nests this summer, almost certainly because of the noise from construction, which commenced in August this year.
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- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
