News headlines for “Human Population”, page 145
Why Reproductive Rights Must Be a Critical Part of Our Arsenal to Fight Pandemics
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 27 (IPS) - Sexual and reproductive health and pandemics might seem to be unrelated topics, but large and dense populations are drivers of the high velocity transmission of COVID-19, and there are lessons to be learned for the future.
Ensuring Russia’s Sex Workers’ Rights Essential for Wider Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Apr 27 (IPS) - Ensuring sex workers' rights was essential, not just for the workers themselves, but for any country's wider society, including public healthDespite seeing a shift in attitudes towards them in recent years, Russian sex workers say they continue to struggle with marginalisation and criminalisation which poses a danger to them and the wider public.
SDGs: the Challenge to Improve Lives After the COVID-19 Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 (IPS) - The SDGs, with their universal scope, interlinked nature and focus on leaving no one behind will be more essential than ever during and after this crisis.
Autonomous Resourcing: the Engine Room of Feminist Work Amid a Global Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Australia, Apr 23 (IPS) - Feminist responses to COVID-19 have been swift, insightful, and numerous.
There have been webinars (so.many.webinars), twitter threads, illustrations, press releases and policy recommendations, and online house parties. Analysis pieces cover everything from the gendered impacts of COVID-19 to how to work remotely to the role of neoliberal capitalism.
UN’s Development GoalsThreatened by a World Economy Facing Recession
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 (IPS) - The UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), described as an integral part of its highly-ambitious development agenda, may be in deep trouble.
Q&A: Continued Social Distancing and Hundreds of Millions More in Poverty - A New Normal for the World?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - With much of the global economy stalled amid an unprecedented lockdown of nations grappling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the author of a new United Nations report on the disease's impact on poverty told IPS that hundreds of millions more could pushed into poverty and we can expect to see social unrest.
How Pacific Women are Responding to Climate Change and Natural Disasters
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Apr 20 (IPS) - Women in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu are dealing with six crises currently – COVID 19, drought, scarcity of potable water, and volcanic ash, acid rain and sulphur gas as there are several active volcanoes on the island. But global women's rights organisations are collaborating with regional alliances in supporting local women.
Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, SDGs are Even More Relevant Today Than Ever Before
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (IPS) - Our world today is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The vicious, novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe, destroying lives and ruining livelihoods.
India Liberalises Abortion Law but Social Stigma Pushes Vulnerable Women to Unsafe Abortions
- Inter Press Service
NEW DEHLI, Apr 14 (IPS) - Arti Zodpe is from the Tamasha (folk dance-drama) theatre in Sangli, in India's Maharashtra state. After evening performances, some of the singers and dancers offer sex work services to the audience.
A Gender-equal Ethiopian Parliament can Improve the Lives of all Women
- Inter Press Service
YORK, United Kingdom, Apr 10 (IPS) - In 1991, the share of seats held by women in the Ethiopian parliament was under 3 percent. Today it stands at 38 percent, almost twice the ratio of women in the United States Congress. Experts say when women are better represented in government office, the gains are likely to spill down and improve the lives of all women.
Powered by
