Drug addiction is a phenomenon normally associated with the developed world, in particular North America and Europe, and with the producing countries in Asia and South America. Now the drugs […]
Monthly Archives: October 1995
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In this two-part series, Martha Hawley visits Suriname, 20 years after independence to find out how the country and its people are coping. This programme focuses on the current economic […]
Child prostitution in Africa is on the increase. Growing poverty, the HIV epidemic and civil strife are just some of the reasons leading more and more children and teenagers, both […]
This edition of the programme is dedicated entirely to female circumcision. There are interviews with several experts from Africa on this practice, why it is done and efforts to stamp […]
In this programme, John Hammond (1933-2012) looks at male circumcision in Africa, which sometimes goes horribly wrong. He interviews a Dutch doctor who explains how this operation should be performed […]
Women Living Under Muslim Laws is an organisation or network set up in 1986 by Muslim feminists to take action against Islamic legislation which discriminates against women. Hélène Michaud talks […]
There are growing numbers of street children throughout Africa. They converge on the cities, hoping to make enough money to build a better life for themselves back in their village. […]
Everyone now knows the facts. And the facts keep coming: mass production and consumption of meat and dairy products cannot be sustained. Meat is not a viable global source of […]