News headlines for “Human Population”, page 253
Khat in the Horn of Africa: A Scourge or Blessing?
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Mar 12 (IPS) - Throughout a Sunday afternoon in the Ethiopian capital, Yemeni émigré men in their fifties and sixties arrive at a traditional Yemeni-styled mafraj room clutching bundles of green, leafy stalks: khat.
Women’s Progress Uneven, Facing Backlash - UN Rights Chief
- Inter Press Service
ROME/GENEVA, Mar 08 (IPS) - "The women's movement has brought about tremendous change but we must also recognise that progress has been slow and extremely uneven and that it also brought its own challenges," warned the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.
Gender Disparity at UN: Three Out of 71, Zero out of Nine
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - The United Nations has frequently been accused of vociferously preaching gender empowerment and women's rights to the outside world -- but failing miserably to practice what it preaches in its own political backyard.
Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 07 (IPS) - This year as the world commemorates International Women's Day it is a time for all of us to celebrate and reflect on the progress made on Women's rights globally. But more importantly, a day to call for an end to gender inequality in all its forms especially in the work spaces. Appropriately themed "Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030" the commemoration comes against a backdrop of a world that is undergoing major changes with significant implications for women.
Women and Girls, One Third of World’s Drug Users
- Inter Press Service
ROME/VIENNA, Mar 07 (IPS) - Women and girls comprise one-third of global drug users yet are only one-fifth of those receiving treatment, a UN-Backed independent expert body warned.
Let Women Speak and Give Them a Hearing
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 07 (IPS) - Basic rights always need champions, and that's truer today than it ought to be as around the world we see an unwelcome pattern of reaction to modern complexities ranging from globalization and automation to austerity and dwindling wages. One alarming example is how the agenda of promoting women's rights, so far from completion, is being pushed back rather than forward.
Time to Champion Women’s Empowerment: Implementation of SDGs in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 07 (IPS) - The year 2015 was highly significant in relation to global convergence on ways forward towards achieving sustainable development at local, national, regional, and global levels.
Why a Feminist Foreign Policy Is Needed More than Ever
- Inter Press Service
Stockholm, Mar 07 (IPS) - Lately, the world has tended to present itself in increasingly darker shades. In many places, democracy is questioned, women's rights are threatened, and the multilateral system that has taken decades to build is undermined.
Barefoot Solar Warriors Take On Gender Injustice and Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
TILONIA, India, Mar 07 (IPS) - On a summer morning in 2008, Magan Kawar decided to leave her village for a job. The very next day, her parents-in-law excommunicated her.
16-Hour Days for Zimbabwe’s Women
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 07 (IPS) - As the cock crows, Tambudzai Zimbudzana, 32, is suddenly awakened from sleep. She quickly folds her blankets and strides outside her three-room, sheet iron-roofed house in rural Masvingo.
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