News headlines for “Human Population”, page 261
Festival Spotlights African Women Filmmakers
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 02 (IPS) - At the Bioscope Independent Cinema in Johannesburg's trendy, gentrifying Maboneng neighbourhood last week, the two-day HER Africa Film Festival showcased films and web series from across the globe, including Mali, the U.S., Burkina Faso and elsewhere.
Journalist Murders: The Ultimate Form of Censorship
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 01 (IPS) - The United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNESCO) has condemned the killing of more than 800 journalists globally since 2006. A measly 7 percent of these murders have been solved.
The Key Role Women Played in Culture of Peace
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 01 (IPS) - In the fifteen years since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, we have seen a tremendous enthusiasm among civil society at all levels in raising awareness, engaging in advocacy and building capacity for its meaningful implementation. It is my pleasure to write the foreword to this publication which is a meaningful endeavour to move the agenda forward on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the adoption of this groundbreaking resolution.
Longer, But Less Meaningful Lives?
- Inter Press Service
ALICANTE, Spain, Nov 01 (IPS) - The last one hundred years life expectancy has increased by about 25 per cent-from near 80 to near 100-in some countries. But, instead of increasing playful childhood, education, work and retirement by 25 per cent, the age of retirement has moved much less than the age at death.
Q&A: Bangladesh’s ‘Higher Trajectory of Development’ Not Easy but Achievable
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Oct 31 (IPS) - Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people, has made significant progress in its efforts to accelerate economic growth, reduce poverty and promote social development, but it now faces certain challenges in consolidating these achievements and marching forward on the higher trajectory of development, says one of its leading economists.
Cities Address a Key Challenge: Infrastructure Needs
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Oct 27 (IPS) - "We as mayors have to govern midsize cities as if they were capital cities," said Héctor Mantilla, city councilor of Floridablanca, the third-largest city in the northern Colombian department of Santander.
From City 50/50 to Planet 50/50 - How to Step it Up for Gender Equality and Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Oct 17 (IPS) - Urban development ministers, mayors from all over the world, city planners, architects and municipal authorities, civil society and private sector will meet in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, for Habitat III, the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (17-20 October, 2016), to adopt the New Urban Agenda as well as to strategize and agree on its implementation.
320 Million Children in Single-Parent Families
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (IPS) - Of the world's 2.3 billion children 14 percent - or 320 million - are living in single-parent households, most often headed by single mothers. Those children aged 0 to 17 years and their single mothers and single fathers face special challenges, including economic hardships, social stigma and personal difficulties, that require society's attention and assistance.
Q&A: We Won't Go Far Until Climate Issues Are Mainstreamed in Policy
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 14 (IPS) - Two years ago at the 31st African Union Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, heads of state and government endorsed the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) programme on agriculture and climate change with the bold vision of at least 25 million smallholder households practicing Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) by 2025.
Cultivating a Different Future for Rural Women in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
EL PATO, Argentina, Oct 13 (IPS) - Her seven children have grown up, but she now takes care of a young grandson while working in her organic vegetable garden in El Pato, south of the city of Buenos Aires. Olga Campos wants for them what she wasn't able to achieve: an education to forge a different future.
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