News headlines for “Human Population”, page 135
Q&A: Ageing Africa Left out of COVID-19 Policies
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (IPS) - >Nearly three quarters of respondents in a survey across 18 African countries have claimed that their countries' COVID-19 responses are gravely lacking in addressing the ageing population.
OPINION How Women & Girls are Forced to Trade Sex for Water
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 21 (IPS) - There is an intimate connection between corruption and COVID-19. This pandemic is making everyday life more desperate, especially in poorer communities, and that means more opportunities for those preying on vulnerable people.
Put Gender Equality at the Heart of the Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 20 (IPS) - The pandemic is disproportionately affecting women workers. Governments should prioritize policies that offset the effects the COVID-19 crisis is having on their jobs.
Report Shows Sri Lanka has Escalation of Violence During COVID-19 Lockdown
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Aug 19 (IPS) - The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the escalation of violence against women and children in Sri Lanka.
Sudan May Have Banned FGM, but the Harsh Practice Continues
- Inter Press Service
Aug 18 (IPS) - Just four months ago, Sudan took the monumental step to ban female genital mutilation, a painful, unnecessary and dangerous procedure that leaves lasting scars. Generally carried out on girls before they reach puberty, genital mutilation is now punishable in Sudan by up to three years in prison and subject to a fine.
We Must Prioritize Local Solutions to Global Problems
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, Aug 18 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day is the perfect time to refresh our push to localize humanitarian aid for COVID-19 and all the challenges we face. Celebrating #RealLifeHeroes!
Brain Scientists Haven't Been Able to Find Major Differences Between Women's and Men's Brains, Despite Over a Century of Searching
- Inter Press Service
Aug 17 (IPS) - People have searched for sex differences in human brains since at least the 19th century, when scientist Samuel George Morton poured seeds and lead shot into human skulls to measure their volumes. Gustave Le Bon found men's brains are usually larger than women's, which prompted Alexander Bains and George Romanes to argue this size difference makes men smarter. But John Stuart Mill pointed out, by this criterion, elephants and whales should be smarter than people.
Keeping Education within the Grasp of Refugee Children
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Aug 13 (IPS) - "Not being able to go to school is not something I'd wish on any child in this world," said 21-year-old Nujeen Mustafa, a young advocate for refugees who fled the Syrian war with her sister. Mustafa, who now lives in Germany, is also the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) high profile supporter.
Youth Rural-Urban Migration Hurts Malawi's Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
CHIRADZULU DISTRICT/BLANTYRE, Malawi, Aug 12 (IPS) - As households in Chiradzulu District in Southern Malawi start preparing their farms for the next maize growing season, Frederick Yohane, 24, is a busy young man.
Building Resilience in Pacific Education
- Inter Press Service
Aug 10 (IPS) - School as we all know it hasn't changed that much in over a century. However, in the face of new threats to health and wellbeing, the future of those familiar structures that bring teachers and students together is starting to be questioned.
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