News headlines for “Human Population”, page 262
The Beating Pulse of Food Security in Africa
- Inter Press Service
MASVINGO, Zimbabwe, Oct 12 (IPS) - Elizabeth Mpofu is a fighter. She is one of a select group of farmers who equate food security with the war against hunger and shun poor agricultural practices which destroy the environment and impoverish farmers, especially women.
Boko Haram: Recruited by Friends and Family
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Oct 12 (IPS) - A recent study supported by the government of Finland has found widespread misconceptions regarding what drives people to join Islamist militant groups like Boko Haram.
Few Families Overcome Forced Displacement by Hydropower Plants in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
PORTO VELHO, Brazil, Oct 10 (IPS) - The construction of mega-hydropower plants in Brazil has been a tragedy for thousands of families that have been displaced, and a nightmare for the companies that have to relocate them as required by local law.
Gang Violence Drives Internal Displacement in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
CALUCO, El Salvador, Oct 07 (IPS) - A basketball court in this small town in western El Salvador was turned overnight into a shelter for some two dozen families forced to flee their homes after a recent escalation of gang violence.
To Effectively Combat Climate Change, Involve Women
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sep 30 (IPS) - London's Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames is famously known as the "Ladies Bridge," for it was built largely by women during the height of World War II. On another continent, women fighting a different war have built an equally remarkable structure: a 3,300-meter anti-salt dyke constructed by a women's association in Senegal to reclaim land affected by rising levels of salt water.
Mexico City’s Expansion Creates Tension between Residents and Authorities
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Sep 23 (IPS) - People living in neighborhoods affected by the expansion of urban construction suffer a "double displacement", with changes in their habitat and the driving up of prices in the area, in a process in which "we are not taken into account," said Natalia Lara, a member of an assembly of local residents in the south of Mexico City.
Population Growth Extremes: Doublers and Decliners
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 23 (IPS) - While the world's population of 7.4 billion is growing at 1.1 percent per year – about half the peak level of the late 1960s – enormous differences in demographic growth among countries are increasingly evident and of mounting concern to countries and the international community.
Community Conversations in Ethiopia Prevents Exploitative Migration
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 22 (IPS) - Five years ago, when Meliya Gumi's two daughters, Gifty* and Chaltu,* aged 16 and 18, migrated to Dubai and Qatar respectively, as domestic workers, everyone thought they were moving towards a better future. As a widowed mother of eight with little resources, living in the village of Haro Kunta in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, Gumi had a difficult time making ends meet.
Yazidi Survivor of ISIL Appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - Yazidi Nadia Murad - who survived being kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery by ISIL - was honoured by the UN on Friday September 16 for her work to help human trafficking survivors.
Towards Safe Migration and Decent Work for Women in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 20 (IPS) - In August it's blazing hot in Kathmandu. Dawa Dolma Tamang, 32, sits on a chair at Pourakhi's office—an organization that works with migrant women workers—staring out of the window. "I want to send my children to a better school and support my husband to make a decent living. I want to make my family whole again," she says.
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