International Peace Update articles from June 22 2006

International Peace Update archives from June 22 2006

The diversity of water.(waterfall at Copenhagen visited)(Editorial)
June 22, 2006... Water is the overall theme of this issue of the IPU. The idea was to approach the theme from every imaginable angle, also different artistic angles. Many WILPF sections in various countries have worked with the water theme for a long time,...

Indian cities are water-starved cities, not rain-starved cities.(WATER)
June 22, 2006... Water crisis is emerging into one of the major global concerns today. Drought and flood visit one after the other with equal severity to inflict suffering on the masses at different places. We get a lot of rain, yet we do not have water. Why?...

Ancient water harvesting systems of India.(WATER)
June 22, 2006... In addition to rains India is rich in river beds and a number of water bodies. India is basically agricultural country. Agriculture requires lots of water. Once upon a time India was called a golden sparrow due to its richness. Now every day we...

Water in Australia.(WATER)
June 22, 2006... On a per capita basis Australia has one of the largest consumptions of water in the world. On average; each Australian uses over one million litres of water each year. There is no doubt that the current usage is unsustainable economically,...

Water conflict in the Middle East: the Lebanese-Israeli case.(Cover story)
June 22, 2006... Oil has always been thought of as the traditional cause of conflict in the Middle East past and present. No longer. Now, most borders have been set, oil fields mapped and reserves accurately estimated--unlike the water resources, which are...

Water as a catalyst for change.(WATER)
June 22, 2006... Last year during the IEC meeting, we heard daily news briefs from around the world. A major story that developed from day to day was the devastating hurricane, Katrina, that hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. Being far from this tragedy,...

Fluid Bonds.
June 22, 2006... My interest and love of water and all its containments are life long. I lived beside a huge tidal river estuary and holidayed at the seaside as a child. Brisbane where I now live is enduring the worst drought for 100 years and education of the...

Statistics on water.
June 22, 2006... * 1.2 billion people in less developed countries of the world are without safe drinking water * Another 2.9 billion people are without adequate sanitation * Over 3 million people die from diahorreal diseases annually * Two thirds...

Chernobyl--20 years after: April 26 2006 was the 20 years anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe in Ukraine.(Nuclear Power)
June 22, 2006... In September 2005 eight UN agencies in cooperation with the governments of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia issued a 600 page report which tones down the environmental and health consequences of this catastrophe. The International Atomic Energy...

A bird's eye view.(status of women in today's society)
June 22, 2006... At the 2005 WILPF congress in San Francisco a question was put to the group: Who is the world's most dangerous woman? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When I was five it was me. In bold defiance of my parents' absolute moral authority I crayoned...

Towards peace education for small children--a personal experience.(Education for Peace)
June 22, 2006... When I was 20 years and had studied for two years my boyfriend and I decided to get a child. Everything was very well planned: I would finish my minor subject in the beginning of January, give birth to the child in the end of January, then half...