News headlines for “Human Population”, page 132
Reflections on the Charter of the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 29 (IPS) - This year we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, written and signed during a period of great global change. Today, the world is again shifting beneath our feet. Yet, the Charter remains a firm foundation for our joint efforts.
Ride-Hailing App Delivers Contraceptives to Users’ Doorsteps
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, Jul 29 (IPS) - When Betty Nagadya walks through the trading centre on her way home, she sings a song in the local Luganda language: "SafeBoda, SafeBoda, who needs a helmet?" she sings. "For those who feel cold, I have a coat for you." But her song is not about clothing – it's about condoms.
Myanmar's Protection Bill falls Short of Addressing Violence against Women
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 28 (IPS) - A legislation that aims to protect women against violence in Myanmar, while long overdue, is raising concern among human rights advocates about its inadequate definition of rape, vague definition for "consent", and anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rhetoric.
A Determined Path to the SDGs in 2030 Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 27 (IPS) - As lockdowns ease in countries across Asia and the Pacific in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear—a return to business as usual is unimaginable in a region that was already off track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The virtual High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development recently convened governments and stakeholders across the globe to focus on the imperative to build back better while keeping an eye on the Global Goals.
Gender Inequality and Oppression of Women: A Survivor’s Story
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 27 (IPS) - "What do you think happens to kerosene when it is poured on your head?" Surya stumbles as she speaks to IPS. "It goes down, it goes trickling down."
When someone speaks to a burn victim, one naturally feels shocked, sad, and sympathetic. But in talking to Surya, who has the major part of her body burned, the feelings were of hope and inspiration. How is it possible to survive this trauma and still have so much love and joy to share?
Rohingya Women Take a Seat at the Table & Share Stories in a Growing Rights Movement
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 24 (IPS) - Rohingya women are coming together to feature their own work, plight and stories in mainstream conversations about their community — a space they say they've been left out of.
"If we think of revolutions or liberty or think of any ways to liberate ourselves from the shackle of suffering and being dubbed as 'the most persecuted minority on earth', women have to be part of it," Yasmin Ullah, president of the Rohingya Human Rights Network, told IPS.
It was Meant to Be a Ground-breaking Year for Gender Equality but COVID-19 Widened Inequalities
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Australia, Jul 24 (IPS) - Sixteen-year-old Suhana Khan had just completed her grade 10 exams in March, when India imposed a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. Since then, she has been spending her mornings and evenings doing household chores, from cooking and cleaning to fetching drinking water from the tube well.
Inadequate Water & Sanitation Threatens Women's & Girls' Development in Senegal
- Inter Press Service
HYDERBAD, India, Jul 22 (IPS) - With Tabaski (Eid al-Adha) around the corner, 11-year-old Fatoumata Binta from Terrou Mballing district in M'Bour, western Senegal, wakes up early and joins her brothers Iphrahima Tall and Ismaila to fetch water from a river several miles from home.
COVID-19 Impact Means Women and Girls Will Still Eat Last, Be Educated Last
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 21 (IPS) - Catherine Bertini, former executive director of the World Food Programme, began the IPS United Nations Bureau webinar "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women and Girls" by reminiscing on a talk she gave in 1995 entitled "Women eat last". She remarked that after 25 years, the phrase is still something that is relevant to the present day.
Challenging Cultural Norms and Removing Stigma is Key to Confronting Lesotho’s Rape Culture
- Inter Press Service
THABA-TSEKA, Lesotho, Jul 20 (IPS) - The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and given rise to a new, deeply concerning wave of rape culture in Lesotho. Although the true extent is not known yet, we have noticed concerning reports that the onset of the pandemic has worsened sexual violence with more women and girls being confined to small living places whilst social tensions are exacerbated.
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