News headlines for “Human Population”, page 160
Indonesia's Laws Ineffective against Human Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
JAKARTA, Mar 04 (IPS) - Despite having a law and various tasks forces to combat human trafficking, Indonesia is still grappling with the crime that likely sees tens of thousands of people turned into modern day slaves.
Personal Conviction Versus Fandom: The Case of Mitt Romney
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 03 (IPS) - "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community. They were immediately silenced, but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots." 1 -- Umberto Eco
The great American impeachment show has ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. The dirt was washed away from President Trump, the perfect Teflon Guy. Maybe his invulnerability comes from the fact that he appears to be more of a brand than a real person, adapted to a frame of mind that increasingly dominates social media – cheap entertainment, shallowness, vulgarity, invectives, and catchy phrases without support in well-founded facts. Trump is all and nothing, a shape shifting trickster pretending to be the role model for voiceless masses.
Sexist Economies Where World’s 22 Richest Men Have More Wealth than All the Women in Africa
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 03 (IPS) - This International Women's Day, 25 years after we first heard it declared that "women's rights are human rights" at the historic Beijing 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, we need to take the space and time to reflect on just how far we've come – and just how much more work there is to do.
It is Time for Action! Uniting for Africa’s Transformation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (IPS) - International Women's Day, March 8 2020 - Twenty-five years ago, thousands of representatives adopted the Beijing Declaration, one of the most progressive universal agreement to advance women's rights.
Helping Advance Women’s Political Rights in Ecuador
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Ecuador, Mar 02 (IPS) - Inclusion of women in political processes is one of the key ingredients of sustainable peace.
What’s Needed for Real Changes for Women in Lebanese Politics?
- Inter Press Service
KESERWAN, Lebanon, Mar 02 (IPS) - Women were at the forefront of Lebanon's 2019 ‘October Revolution'. Beyond the iconic images of their participation, it seems that by women linking equity in politics to the broader issues of mismanagement of corruption paid off - although activists say there is a long road ahead.
Preserving World’s Biodiversity: Negotiations Convene at FAO Headquarters
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Feb 24 (IPS) - "The world out there is watching and waiting for results," Elizabeth Maruma Mrema warns while talking to IPS regarding the preservation of biodiversity of our planet.
SDGs Corporate Tracker to Monitor Progress of UN’s Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Feb 21 (IPS) - This year marks just ten years ahead of the deadline for completing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
These universally supported targets were always ambitious in their scope – yet what is clearer now than ever before is that quicker progress is crucial in the decade to come.
Women Bear the Burden of India's Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Feb 21 (IPS) - Across cities and villages in India, an impending water crisis is at our doorsteps. India will face a water shortfall of almost 50 percent by 2030, if our water use continues its current pattern. Last year, Chennai and Bangalore showed us what water scarcity looks like; the statistics are no longer just numbers on paper, they have become our reality.
Generation Equality: Four Ways to Accelerate Progress
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 20 (IPS) - The global gender community will meet in New York in March to review progress on gender equality and women's empowerment in the 25 years since the Beijing declaration. The theme for this year's Commission on the Status of Women gathering is Generation Equality, emphasizing how the current generation must close the gender gap.
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