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Thursday, March 11, 2010 17:34 GMT

Stories by Haider Rizvi

Haider Rizvi has written for IPS since 1993, filing news reports and analyses from South Asia, Washington and New York. Based at UN headquarters, he specialises in international human rights issues and sustainable development as well as disarmament, women's rights, and indigenous peoples' rights.

RIGHTS: Fewer Jobs, Less Money, Same Old Story
by Haider Rizvi
&com;What do I get from them? Nothing but bullsh*t,&com; says Nupur Acharya, reflecting about how she is treated by her husband and two grown sons on daily basis.

MEDIA: Foreign News Channels Drawing U.S. Viewers
by Haider Rizvi
Television viewers in the United States seeking international news are starting to switch over to foreign channels to learn what is happening in the outside world, media watchers here say.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: Obama's $3B Settlement Not Enough?
by Haider Rizvi
Though pleased with the Barrack Obama administration's decision to compensate the indigenous tribes for unjust occupation of their lands, American Indian activists are saying that Washington has to do more to heal their nations' wounds.

ECONOMY-US: "Green" Jobs Should Be Black and Brown Too
by Haider Rizvi
The Barack Obama administration's drive to promote a &com;green&com; economy is not working in the interest of poor people in the United States, especially those who belong to minority communities, according to a new study by a leading think tank.

RIGHTS-US: U.N. Investigator Probes Housing Crisis
by Haider Rizvi
The U.N. body responsible for monitoring human rights violations is investigating why hundreds of thousands - and possibly millions - of people in the United States are condemned to live on the streets.

POLITICS: On Nuke Disarmament, It's Still "You First"
Analysis by Haider Rizvi
Is the ongoing controversy over Iran's nuclear programme helping to advance the United Nations' agenda on nuclear disarmament? To a number of diplomats and experts who have participated in past U.N. discussions on the spread of nuclear weapons, the answer is, yes – although not necessarily for the expected reasons.

POLITICS: "World Must Move In a New Direction," Obama Tells U.N.
by Haider Rizvi
Is the United States willing to give up its role as the world's most powerful cop? The message delivered by U.S. President Barack Obama to the U.N. General Assembly suggests that it's quite likely.

RIGHTS-US: Ex-Prisoners Face Bleak Job Market
by Haider Rizvi
&com;You write about human rights. Why don't you write about this man?&com; asked Agha Saleh, an old acquaintance of this writer who runs an internet café in Jackson Heights, a Queens neighbourhood heavily populated by immigrants from South Asia and Latin America.

RIGHTS: U.N. Revisits U.S. Policies on Racial Profiling
by Haider Rizvi
Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in the White House is himself of African American descent.

CLIMATE CHANGE: U.N. Launches "Seal the Deal" Campaign
by Haider Rizvi
Growing U.S. support for U.N. initiatives is raising hopes among those who want to see the world community take immediate and concrete action to tackle climate change, although their optimism is also tinged with scepticism.

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