News headlines for “Human Population”, page 151
Reflections for a New Year
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 03 (IPS) - In a world shaken by so many problems, it is difficult to look at 2020 and not make some kind of holistic analysis. While enormous progress has been made on many fronts, it is clear that the tide has turned, and we are now entering – or have already entered – a new low point in the history of humankind..
Child Marriages Unlikely to End by UN’s 2030 Deadline
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 03 (IPS) - "Right now, I don't want to get married. I have a long life and a dream in front of me", a 14-year-old young girl from Bangladesh told her parents as she was just not ready to get married.
In Mauritania, Imams take to Radio Waves to say Child Marriage is Against Islam
- Inter Press Service
SELIBABI, Mauritania, Jan 02 (IPS) - "I refused to marry off my daughter for a simple, good reason: I want my daughter to be empowered," said Lemeima mint El Hadrami, 49. "I don't want her to go through the same difficulties I did when I was young." El Hadrami was married when she was only 13.
2020 Is the Decade of Action & It Has to Be a Sprint
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 31 (IPS) - Happy New Year, Kenya. 2020 marks a decade of action towards the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Peace and development are inextricably linked, with each making the achievement of the other far more likely. This puts the conflict-prevention and development work of the UN at the heart of the agenda in East Africa, but in a multi-agency and programme environment, making meaningful progress is challenging.
A Tribute to Sir Fazle Hasan Abed (1936 – 2019)
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 23 (IPS) - "When I think about Bangladesh, I think about everybody. Not everybody is enjoying Rabindranath and the great literature and culture that Bangladesh has. But I think everybody has got the right to have this experience", deeply felt by late Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC (Building Resources Across Communities), a unique, integrated development organization that many have hailed as the most effective anti-poverty organization in the world; who passed away December 20, 2019 at the age of 83.
More Women in Tech Will Lead to Peaceful Gender Equal World
- Inter Press Service
ISLABAMAD, Dec 20 (IPS) - It will take around 100 years for the world to reach gender parity according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2020 just published by World Economic Forum.
The Death of a Courageous Journalist Reveals Malta as a ”Mafia Island”
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Dec 19 (IPS) - Around 3 pm on 16 October 2017, Daphne Caruana Aruna Galizia was returning home when her Peugeot suddenly exploded 80 metres from her house outside of Bidnjia, a small town 15 km from Malta´s capital Valletta. Her son Matthew heard the violent blast and rushed out to find the smoldering wreck of the car on a field by the road: "I looked down and there were my mother's body parts all around me". Her scattered body had hit the ground 10 metres from the demolished vehicle.1
UN Chief Warns of Rising Misogyny, Xenophobia, Discrimination, Racism & Hate Speech
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Dec 19 (IPS) - As we prepare to bid farewell to 2019, we must take a clearsighted look at the global situation and the new challenges we face. Our world is undergoing a shift. It is no longer bipolar or unipolar. But it is not yet truly multipolar. Balances of power are changing, creating new and dangerous risks.
Q&A: Initiative Starts Mental Health Sessions for Bangladeshi Garment Workers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 (IPS) - Nearly seven years ago, garment workers in Bangladesh were victims of one of the gravest man-made disasters in history -- a factory collapse that left more than 1,100 workers dead, and rendered thousands with injuries -- in many cases lifelong ones.
For many of the workers of Rana Plaza, the trauma remains real even to this day.
The Arab Region’s Largest Youth Gathering Focuses on New Tech
- Inter Press Service
SHARM-EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 18 (IPS) - On late Monday morning, a motley group of more than a thousand youth gathered in a hall in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to listen to Sophia — a humanoid robot capable of displaying humanlike expressions and interacting with people. Yahya Elghobashy, a computer science engineering student from Cairo, sat excitedly in the audience. A few meters away from him, also in the audience, was Abdel Fattah el-Sisi — the President of Egypt.
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