News headlines for “Human Population”, page 175
The New Face of Activism: Youth
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) - Rather than waiting for adults to act, more young girls and boys are standing up and speaking out on the world's pressing issues.
A Call for Concrete Changes to Achieve a More Gender Equal World
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, May 29 (IPS) - Princess Sarah Zeid is a member of UNHCR's Advisory Group on Gender, Forced Displacement, and Protection, a Special Advisor to the World Food Programme on Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, and Chair of the Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings Initiative.
On the eve of the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver June 3-6, Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan interviewed Dr. Olfat Mahmoud, a Palestinian refugee and women's rights advocate.
Educating Girls about Menstruation and Menstrual Hygiene
- Inter Press Service
May 28 (IPS) - Ida Horner is the Chairperson of Let Them Help Themselves
The organisers of Menstrual Hygiene Day say that although there has been a lot of good work on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) either currently underway or already completed, we are a long way off from achieving an even playing field for girls and women worldwide.
The Time is Now: End Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (IPS) - It's time to end sexual and gender-based violence once and for all, participants of a two-day conference said.
Modernity Triumphs over Feudalism in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, May 25 (IPS) - "We worked for the poor and they voted us back to power," was the explanation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made to newly-elected legislators on Saturday, May 25, on the spectacular win scored by his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India's just concluded general elections.
The World Made Promises to Women and Girls, We Must Fulfil Them
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 (IPS) - Ambassador Monica Juma is the Cabinet Secretary (Minister), of Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1994 the International Conference and Population and Development (ICPD) was hosted in Cairo by the Government of Egypt. Twenty-five years later, Kenya is ready to convene the ICPD "Nairobi Summit" in November 2019.
Report Reveals Mounting Pressure on Zambia’s Environmental Resources
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, May 24 (IPS) - Irene Lungu Chipili is Manager, Corporate Affairs at the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA).
There is a strong link between provision of basic social services and the use of natural resources in a country. Thus, with increased population comes additional pressure on natural resources. This is a key finding in the latest Zambia Environment Outlook (ZEO) Report 4, published by the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA).
Class Analyst: Global Income Inequality
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, May 24 (IPS) - CHRIS WELLISZ is on the staff of Finance & Development published by the International Monetary Fund*
As a child growing up in Communist Yugoslavia, Branko Milanovic witnessed the protests of 1968, when students occupied the campus of the University of Belgrade and hoisted banners reading "Down with the Red bourgeoisie!"
Women & Youth Remain Politically Underrepresented in Africa's Most Populous Nation
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 23 (IPS) - Ulrich Thum is the Resident Representative of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung office in Abuja, Nigeria. He has previously worked as a program coordinator for the GIZ Civil Peace Service program in Zimbabwe and as a peace worker for AGEH in South Sudan and Nigeria.
Lena Noumi holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and is currently studying International Relations and Development Policy at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Two months after the general elections in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, things are back to normal. The incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, a 76-year-old general and former military Head of State, clearly defeated his challengers.
Partnerships to Promote Equality for LGBTI People
- Inter Press Service
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, May 21 (IPS) - Inka Mattila is Resident Representative, UNDP, Dominican Republic
As states and civil society organizations are increasingly acting to address stigma, discrimination and human rights violations targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, dialogues and alliances jointly tackle these challenges.
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