News headlines for “Human Population”, page 265
Humanitarian Crises: Business Called to Take a Lead
- Inter Press Service
LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Aug 17 (IPS) - With more than 65 million people forced to flee their homes due to violence and armed conflicts, this year's Wold Humanitarian Day on August 19 will call on all governments and social sectors to work together to tackle this unprecedented human crisis.
Time for a Woman to Lead the UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (IPS) - Judging by the latest polls it now seems more likely that the United States will have a female President in 2016, than the United Nations will have a female Secretary-General.
Dhaka Could Be Underwater in a Decade
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Aug 16 (IPS) - Like many other fast-growing megacities, the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka faces severe water and sanitation problems, chiefly the annual flooding during monsoon season due to unplanned urbanisation, destruction of wetlands and poor city governance.
Arable Land Lost at Unprecedented Rate: 33,000 Hectares… a Day!
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 16 (IPS) - Humankind is a witness every single day to a new, unprecedented challenge. One of them is the very fact that the world's arable lands are being lost at 30 to 35 times the historical rate. Each year, 12 million hectares are lost. That means 33,000 hectares a day!
Peruvians Say “No!” to Violence Against Women
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Aug 16 (IPS) - Peruvians took to the streets en masse to reject violence against women, in what was seen as a major new step in awareness-raising in the country that ranks third in the world in terms of domestic sexual violence.
One Humanity? Millions of Children Tortured, Smuggled, Abused, Enslaved
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 16 (IPS) - Children are being smuggled, sexually abused, maimed, killed for their vital organs, recruited as soldiers or otherwise enslaved. Not only: 69 million children under five will die from mostly preventable causes, 167 million will live in poverty, and 263 million are out of school. And 750 million women will have been married as children by 2030.
Women’s Inclusion in Sports Competes in Rio Games
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 12 (IPS) - At the age of 14, Kaillana de Oliveira of Brazil knows she won't be as tall as most professional basketball players, because of family genetics. But she is not letting that get in the way of her dream of standing out in the sport.
War on Climate Terror (II): Fleeing Disasters, Escaping Drought, Migrating
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 11 (IPS) - "No one can deny the terrible similarities between those running from the threat of guns and those fleeing creeping desertification, water shortages, floods and hurricanes."
False Promises: Avoid ‘Miracle’ Rice and Just Eat a Carrot
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Aug 10 (IPS) - Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, died on September 9, 2009. Alfred G. Gilman died on December 23, 2015.
Both were Nobel laureates and now both dead. Gilman was a signatory to a recent letter condemning Greenpeace and its opposition to genetic engineering.
The Un Steps up Efforts to End Child Marriage
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (IPS) - Barely 17 years old and from the Gajapati district in Odisha, India, Susmita has never gone to school. She rears the few animals her family owns, and this is her primary duty besides attending to household chores.
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