News headlines for “Human Population”, page 274
Youth Leaders Push for More Progressive Action to End HIV AIDS
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - Young people are disproportionately affected by HIV, yet their concerns about sexual education, and discrimination of key populations were ignored At the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on ending AIDS.
The Art of Covering Up in Somaliland
- Inter Press Service
HARGEISA, Somaliland, Jun 10 (IPS) - Amid the hustle and bustle of downtown Hargeisa, Somaliland's sun-blasted capital, women in various traditional Islamic modes of dress barter, argue and joke with men—much of it particularly volubly. Somaliland women are far from submissive and docile.
A Triple Threat in the Fight Against AIDS
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - The exclusion of key regions, contexts and actors must be addressed in order to successfully and significantly reduce HIV and AIDS by 2020, many have noted during the High Level Meeting on Ending AIDS this week.
‘What Can We Do for You?’ Aid Projects Pour Into Myanmar
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, Jun 09 (IPS) - International aid agencies, big and small, are beating a path to Myanmar, relishing the prospect of launching projects in a nation of 51 million people tentatively emerging from more than five decades of military rule.
Asia-Pacific Region Aims at Hunger-Free Goal by 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - The Asia Pacific region - home to two of the world's most populous countries - faces major food security challenges.
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), both China and India are not only two of the world's biggest producers of food but also the world's biggest consumers.
Humanitarian Aid – Business As Unusual?
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 09 (IPS) - Big business is most often seen by human rights defenders and civil society organisations as "bad news," as those huge heartless, soulless corporations whose exclusive goal is to make the biggest profits possible. Too often and in too many cases this is a proven fact.
New Protocol Aims to Cut Trillion-Dollar Food Waste Bill
- Inter Press Service
COPENHAGEN, Jun 08 (IPS) - Four years ago, 27-year-old Tsering Dorji of western Bhutan's Satsam village took to organic vegetable farming. Since then, thanks to composted manure and organic pesticide, the soil health of his farm has improved, and the yield has increased manifold.
Polynesian Voyagers Bring Messages of Hope to UN on World Oceans Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 08 (IPS) - Polynesian voyagers who have sailed the world by canoe using ancient navigation skills will bring pledges they collected along the way to the UN on Wednesday as part of World Oceans Day celebrations.
“Them” and “Us”, a Metaphor for Urban Inequality
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 08 (IPS) - For the inhabitants of "Bajo Autopista" (Under the Freeway), a slum built under an expressway in the Argentine capital, "they" are the people who live in areas with everything that is denied to "us" – a simple definition of social inclusion and a metaphor for urban inequality.
Thailand Shows the Way Towards an HIV-Free World
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 07 (IPS) - Thailand has provided the world with an important milestone towards the global goal of ending pediatric AIDS. This week, the World Health Organization is formally declaring that Thailand has officially eliminated new HIV infections among children.
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