News headlines for “Human Population”
What it Means to be ‘Too Old’ and a Woman: Systemic Gendered Ageism and Loss of Belonging
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO / LONDON, September 17 (IPS) - Chung Sun-cha started collecting cardboard, plastic, and other recycling materials off the streets of Incheon, South Korea, to sell when she was in her mid-70s. She is now 87. Without an adequate pension, Chung worked six days a week, sometimes seven, in the wind, rain, and snow until she fell and broke her arm while working in 2025. “I couldn’t find any other work because of my age,” she said.
One Man’s Quest to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mali
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, September 16 (IPS) - In Mali, an estimated nine out of ten women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). And for years, Sidi Haidara, a father and recognized leader in his community, believed the practice was simply part of life.
Afghan Men Quietly Resist Taliban Ban on Girls’ Education
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, September 10 (IPS) - Many wonder why men in Afghanistan do not protest when women’s rights are trampled upon. In reality, many are rebelling behind the scenes, for instance, by helping their daughters get an education.
Lawmakers Need to Grapple With the ‘Human Story’ of the Aged, Youth, Women and Girls when Making Policy
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR & JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 10 (IPS) - “As parliamentarians, we should understand that behind every demographic indicator is a human story,” Kamikawa Yoko, MP Japan and Chair of AFPPD, reminded lawmakers in her opening address to the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) annual conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Development Goals Falter as Civil Society Is Shut Out
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Belgium / MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, September 9 (IPS) - When the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) ended in New York in July, it took two recorded votes for states to pass a ministerial declaration that, until recently, would have been adopted without controversy. Uruguay, speaking for the Group of 77 developing countries plus China, pushed through the deletion of a reference to the agreement reached at the COP28 climate summit. Israel forced a vote on a paragraph about self-determination for people under occupation. Russia dissociated itself from the passage on peace and security. The wrangling revealed the extent to which the consensus that in 2015 saw all 193 UN states agree the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a common blueprint to end poverty, tackle climate change and build accountable institutions by 2030 – has been eroded.
LIECHTENSTEIN: ‘We Have One of the Strictest Abortion Bans in Europe’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses struggles for abortion rights in Liechtenstein with Gabriella Alvarez-Hummel, a journalist and reproductive rights activist who works with Fristenlösung für Liechtenstein, an organisation that campaigns for the introduction of a legal time-limit abortion model.
UNICEF Report Underscores Rising Rates of Tech-Facilitated Sexual Abuse Targeting Children
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, September 3 (IPS) - A new report from UNICEF finds that approximately 1 in 5 of all children surveyed reported facing tech-facilitated sexual abuse or exploitation in a single year.
Population Age Structures of Countries
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, September 1 (IPS) - The age structures of populations vary considerably across countries. Some countries have relatively young populations, with large proportions consisting of children and adolescents. Other countries have much older age structures, with a substantial proportion of people aged 65 years or older.
‘I am one who dies for life, not one who lives for death’ – Kurdish Political Prisoner Pakhshan Azizi
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, September 1 (IPS) - In 2024, Kurdish social worker Pakhshan Azizi was sentenced to death. She remains incarcerated in Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran. This is her story …
Family Planning and Population Dynamics Are Key to Water Security
- Inter Press Service
OTTAWA, Canada, August 28 (IPS) - This week is World Water Week, the annual conference of governments, business, and civil society on building a water-secure future as global population, climate disruptions, and water demand increase. In Washington, it’s also Water Resources Development Act season, when every two years the US Congress reauthorizes the legilslation that funds US drinking water, wastewater systems, and flood risk management projects.
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