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Q&A: How to Empower Youths to Take Charge of Their Health and Sexuality
- Inter Press Service
Young people aged 15-24 make up a quarter of sexually active individuals, yet they comprise half of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) infections each year.
OP-ED: Carbon Doxide Emissions on the Rise as the Kyoto Era Dawns
- Inter Press Service
At the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, the latest on-site measurements of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography reveal that global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations reached 391.3 parts per million (ppm) in 2011, up from 388.56 ppm in 2010 and from 280 ppm from pre-industrial times.
AGRICULTURE: Farm Animals Join Rio+20 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Human development and biodiversity will not be the only focus of the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June, for which representatives of hundreds of states and non- governmental organisations (NGOs) will gather to discuss sustainable development.
Peace Lost in the Libyan Desert
- Inter Press Service
The recent outbreak of violence between the largely segregated Zwai and Tabu tribes in Libya’s remote, Saharan town of Kufra shattered the uneasy calm that held since last February’s clashes, resulting in more than 100 deaths. The clashes illustrate the challenges in building a new state.
First School for Transvestites Opens in Buenos Aires
- Inter Press Service
With 35 students, the first secondary school specifically for transvestites and other members of sexual minorities who face discrimination in mainstream schools opened in March in the Argentine capital.
Canada's Trade and Aid Appear Increasingly Aligned
- Inter Press Service
Canada is ending bilateral aid programmes in eight countries and refocusing efforts in five others due to 'high operating costs', a move which the umbrella group representing Canadian international development organisations say is difficult to immediately measure but will affect some of the poorest countries in the world.
India Serves Up Costly Cocktail of Prophylactics
- Inter Press Service
Ignoring widespread concern over the safety, efficacy and cost of pentavalent vaccines, India’s central health ministry has, this month, approved inclusion of the prophylactic cocktail in the universal immunisation programme in seven of its provinces.
Aerial Tramway — a Means of Transport and Social Inclusion
- Inter Press Service
'It changed our lives' is frequently heard from commuters who use Metrocable, the aerial cable car system that connects one of the poor hillside neighbourhoods in the Venezuelan capital with the city’s public transport system.
Taking Solace from a Verdict that Can’t Bring Back Loved Ones
- Inter Press Service
Saffa Momoh Lahai was just two years old when his father was killed during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Rebels attacked their family home in Kailahun District, in the eastern reaches of the country, and shot Lahai’s father when he tried to resist.
Tribal Farming Beats Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Tribal farmer Harish Saraka has rediscovered the key to sustainable farming in this rain-dependent hinterland of eastern Odisha state — mixed cropping.
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