News headlines for “Human Population”, page 263
Muslims in Europe: Can There Be Social Harmony ?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 19 (IPS) - Although 20 million Muslims reside in Western Europe, establishing social harmony between the Muslim community and their European counterparts has proved exceedingly challenging.Much to the dismay of international humanitarian agencies and anti-racism activists,the language of exclusion and prejudice persists.
From Where I Stand: Nahimana Fainesi
- Inter Press Service
New Government Inherits Conflict over Biggest Mine in Peru
- Inter Press Service
LIMA/CHALLHUAHUACHO, Sep 17 (IPS) - Of the 150 socioeconomic conflicts related to the extractive industries that Peru's new government inherited, one of the highest-profile is the protest by the people living near the biggest mining project in the history of the country: Las Bambas.
In Host Country Lebanon, Refugee and Rural Women Build Entrepreneurship, Cohesion and Future
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 16 (IPS) - "When we were forced to leave our country, I never thought that a community in Lebanon would accept and treat me as an active member, the way I have been at the Kfeir Women's Working Group," says Hiba Kamal, an 18-year-old refugee from Syria who travelled to Lebanon with her family five years ago fleeing instability in her own country.
Economic Growth in Bangladesh: Challenge and Change for Women
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Sep 16 (IPS) - A recent research study "Bangladesh: Looking Beyond Garments" conducted by the Asian Development Bank ADB has revealed that the positive economic turnaround in Bangladesh is largely due the rising presence of women in the workplace.
How Latin American Women Fought for Women’s Rights in the UN Charter
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 15 (IPS) - It was little-known Brazilian delegate Bertha Lutz who led a band of female delegates responsible for inscribing the equal rights of women and men in the UN Charter at the San Francisco Conference on International Organisation in 1945.
Myths, Secrets and Inequality Surround Ugandan Women's Sex Lives
- Inter Press Service
Jinja, UGANDA, Sep 11 (IPS) - Mambera Hellem tells her friends and neighbours about all forms of contraception, yet despite their high HIV risk she knows many of the women she speaks to will not use condoms.
When It Comes to Conservation, Size Matters
- Inter Press Service
HONOLULU, Hawaii, USA, Sep 08 (IPS) - When the communities living in the Tatamá y Serranía de los Paraguas Natural National Park in the west of Colombia organised in 1996 to defend their land and preserve the ecosystem, they were fighting deforestation, soil degradation and poaching.
Female Political Leaders like Hillary Clinton Still Extremely Rare
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 05 (IPS) - Despite their prominence on the world stage, female political leaders like Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel are part of a tiny minority of women who have risen to the top of politics.
Indigenous People Demand Shared Benefits from Forest Conservation
- Inter Press Service
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Aug 31 (IPS) - "Why don't the authorities put themselves in our shoes?" asked Cándido Mezúa, an indigenous man from Panama, with respect to native peoples' participation in conservation policies and the sharing of benefits from the protection of forests.
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