Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 11
From Parliaments to the G20: A Call to Champion Women’s Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, July 2 (IPS) - About 21 million adolescent girls get pregnant annually in low- and middle-income countries. Beyond the numbers lie lost futures and deepening cycles of poverty that undermine girls’ education, wellbeing, and, ultimately, national development.
Women and War: Victims of Violence and Voices of Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (IPS) - In 2023, approximately 612 million women and girls lived within 50 kilometers of a conflict zone, more than 50 percent higher than a decade ago. During war, they disproportionately suffer from gender-based and sexual violence.
Mexico’s Judicial Elections: A Democratic Mirage
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 30 (IPS) - On 1 June, Mexico made history by becoming the only country in the world to elect all its judges by popular vote, from local magistrates to Supreme Court justices. This unprecedented process saw Mexican voters choose candidates for 881 federal judicial positions, including all nine Supreme Court justices, plus thousands at local levels across 19 states. Yet what the government heralded as a transformation that made Mexico the ‘the most democratic country in the world’ may turn out to be a dangerous deception.
The Demographic Struggle Over International Migration
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, June 30 (IPS) - Approximately 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the world’s population, wish to leave their country permanently, while over a billion people believe that fewer or no immigrants should be allowed into their countries. This demographic struggle between the two sides over international migration is causing significant social, economic, and political repercussions for nations and their citizens.
Increased Demand for Cobalt Fuels Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In pursuit of money to support their families, Congolese laborers face abuse and life-threatening conditions working in unregulated mines.
Lawmakers in Maldives Pledge to Support Women Leaders
- Inter Press Service
MALÉ & JOHANNESBURG, Jun 26 (IPS) - A meeting of parliamentarians in Malé, the Maldives, pledged to provide an enabling environment for emerging women leaders by supporting them and promoting a political culture rooted in mutual respect, inclusivity, and equal opportunity.
Rising Temperatures, Rising Inequalities: How a New Insurance Protects India’s Poorest Women
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR/AHMEDABAD, India, Jun 26 (IPS) - As Deviben Dhaundhaliya, 45, a streetside seller of artificial jewelry, waits for her husband Devabhai to arrive and help her shift their iron-frame mobile ‘shop’ to the Bhadra Fort open-air marketplace in Ahmedabad city, she tells of how “as heat increased, my wares started melting under the direct exposure to the sun, or they got discolored.”
Poland’s Democratic Deadlock
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jun 25 (IPS) - Poland’s embattled Prime Minister Donald Tusk emerged bruised but still standing after his government survived a parliamentary vote of confidence on 11 June. He’d called the vote, which he won by 243 to 210, just days after the presidential candidate of his Civic Platform (PO) party suffered an unexpected defeat.
Despite Strong Commitment, SDGs Progress Alarmingly Off Track 10 Years On—New UN Report Finds
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 24 (IPS) - Finland now ranks first in global sustainable development goals progress. Barbados is ahead globally in its commitment to UN multilateralism or cooperation among multiple nations.
In the Face of Funding Cuts, Civil Society Has Taken a Leading Role in the Humanitarian Response
- Inter Press Service
Jun 23 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the closure of offices of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mexico with members of Integral Human Rights In Action (DHIA), a Mexican civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes and defends human rights in contexts of mobility.
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