News headlines for “Human Population”, page 165
How Widespread is Human Trafficking in the US?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) - This is part of a series of features from across the globe on human trafficking. IPS coverage is supported by the Riana Group.
The United States is no exception to the practice of modern day slavery—a crime for which it is rarely held accountable at the United Nations.
As SDGs Falter, the UN Turns to the Rich and Famous
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 25 (IPS) - The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in trouble. United Nations officials are concerned and say so publicly. Secretary-General António Guterres joined in raising an alarm in mid-July when he introduced the most recent official UN report.
Malnutrition in Humanitarian Settings
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, Jul 24 (IPS) - Rebecca Root is a Reporter and Editorial Associate at Devex.
As the rain hammers down, Aparo Dorin sits on the damp floor of her one-room hut in zone 12, block 5A, of the Palabek refugee camp in northern Uganda.
Sexual Exploitation of Minors is a Crime Against Humanity
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jul 22 (IPS) - "Part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich."
"When you're a star, they let you do it.
You can do anything.
Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything."
-- Donald J. Trump, U.S. PresidentIf they pay for it, men tend to believe they have the right to do anything to a woman's body. You pay for your own entertainment without a thought about who you are paying and what cause you are supporting. Money is used as an excuse for and a means to oil a machinery that generates lots of profit while keeping pimps and other perpetrators out of the reach of the law.
Will a Global Fund Help Deliver UN’s Development Agenda?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - The United Nations, which has been tracking both the successes and failures of its highly-ambitious Agenda for Sustainable Development, has warned that "progress has been slow" in many of the 17 Goals after four years of implementation.
US Leads Donor Funding to Fight HIV/AIDS Amidst Overall Decline
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - Since 2010, donor funding to fight HIV/AIDS in low-and middle-income countries has dropped significantly, according to a new report released here.
How China’s Africa Alliance is Shifting World Order
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - When the United Nations General Assembly met in 2007 to vote on North Korea's human rights record, only 10 of the 56 African countries voted with the U.S.-led western coalition.
How Skills Can Change Lives of World’s Youth
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - When the United Nations commemorated World Youth Skills Day, there was one stark reality that emerged out of the event: the world's youth account for over a third of the global population of more than 7.7 billion people, and they also account for over a third of those unemployed across the globe.
The Road to Zero Hunger
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 (IPS) - Over 820 million people across the globe are currently undernourished, according to a new report released here.
Growing African Agriculture One Byte at a Time
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jul 17 (IPS) - Ella Mazani is a mobile phone farmer.
"My mobile phone is part of my farming. It supports my farming and my family's welfare through the services I get via the phone," the smallholder maize farmer from Shurugwi in central Zimbabwe quips.
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