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SUNS # 9311 Tuesday 23 March 2021
 
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Trade : Fisheries talks deadlocked over specific carve-out to major subsidizers (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The Doha fisheries subsidies negotiations remain deadlocked over the specific carve-out provided by the chair for major subsidizers to continue with their industrial-scale fishing subject to demonstrating their implementation of sustainable marine conservation programs, said people familiar with the development.

UN : How technology reproduces & amplifies harassment of women journalists (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
"Email and social media access attempts, extremely aggressive comments, photo montages, massive defamation and intimidation campaigns on WhatsApp. This is what women journalists are facing for doing our job," said Brazilian journalist Bianca Santana.

Mexico : Indigenous communities fight energy projects (PRIV)
(IPS, Mexico City)
Indigenous farmers on communally owned lands have blocked since 2016 a private solar farm in the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatan by means of legal action, due to the company's failure to hold consultations with local native communities and the risk of environmental damage.


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