News headlines for “Human Population”, page 235
Global Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry Targets Africa
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (IPS) - A vibrant global campaign to ban the use of mercury in dentistry is shifting direction: moving from Europe to the developing world.
Nations without Nationality – An ‘Unseen’ Stark Reality
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 10 (IPS) - Here's another ‘unseen' stark reality—that of millions of people around the world who are deprived of their identity, living without nationality. Their total number is by definition unknown and their only ‘sin" is that they belong to an ethnic, religious or linguistic minority in the country where they have often lived for generations.
Victims of El Salvador’s Civil War Demand Reparations
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR/ARCATAO, Nov 09 (IPS) - Among the sea of names of victims of the Salvadoran civil war, engraved on a long black granite wall, Matilde Asencio managed to find the name of her son, Salvador.
Protein Plants Bolster Animal Feed in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
SDG Fund Report Reaches a Higher Moral Ground
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 06 (IPS) - At this historic moment – this new report ("Business and SDG 16") is a tryst with destiny, one that fulfills a promise that was made both by the United Nations and the private sector at the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015.
The Weinstein effect: The Global Scourge of Sexual Harassment & Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 03 (IPS) - When the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA's) Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd, detailed an incident involving the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein for The New York Times in their eyepopping investigation into decades of alleged sexual harassment, it came as a shock to many.
Locals Learn to Live in Harmony with Drought in Brazil's Semiarid Region
- Inter Press Service
CANUDOS, Brazil, Nov 02 (IPS) - Irrigated green fields of vineyards and monoculture crops coexist in Brazil's semiarid Northeast with dry plains dotted with flowering cacti and native crops traditionally planted by the locals. Two models of development in struggle, with very different fruits.
Women and Malnutrition in Africa
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI and PHILADELPHIA, Oct 31 (IPS) - Undernutrition is widespread and a key reason for poor child health in many developing countries. In Sub-Saharan Africa, around 40 percent of children under the age of five suffer from stunted growth, that is, severely reduced height-for-age relative to their growth potential. Stunting is a result of periods of undernutrition in early childhood, and it has been found to have a series of adverse long-term effects in those who survive childhood. It is negatively associated with mental development, human capital accumulation, adult health, and with economic productivity and income levels in adulthood.
UN Member States Pay Lip Service to Women & Peacekeeping
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - A UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution adopted on 31 October 2000, underlying the role of women in peacekeeping, has long been described as both historic and unprecedented.
Adolescent Health Congress Skirts Issue of Abuse, Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (IPS) - Twenty-year-old Gogontlejang Phaladi of Mahalapye, Botswana is grateful she was never sent to a so-called "hyena" like scores of girls in neighboring Malawi were.
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