News headlines for “Human Population”, page 275
Q&A: Crisis and Climate Change Driving Unprecedented Migration
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 06 (IPS) - Climate change is now adding new layers of complexity to the nexus between migration and the environment.
Stepping Up the Fight to End Cholera and Chikungunya Outbreaks in Mandera County, Kenya
- Inter Press Service
Mandera County, Kenya, Jun 05 (IPS) - Mandera's double whammy, the concurrent outbreaks of cholera and chikungunya, is bringing to the fore the need for accelerated epidemic preparedness and prevention systems.
Transgender in Pakistan: A "Forgotten People"
- Inter Press Service
ISLAMABAD, Jun 03 (IPS) - At an open market in the district of Mehmoodabad in Karachi, Miss Bindiya Rana, 35, starts another day at work selling clothes. Living in one of the poorer parts of the city, like many others here she faces a daily struggle to make ends meet. Yet, of strong build with dyed hair and wearing heavy make-up, she and others like her face a bigger challenge than most.
LGBT Communities Silenced in HIV Reduction Efforts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - Treatment for HIV and AIDS has increased, but key populations including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities continue to be left behind and even excluded altogether.
Battered by Storms, Sri Lanka Rethinks Food Security
- Inter Press Service
ARANAYAKE, Sri Lanka, Jun 02 (IPS) - The picture could be straight out of a tourist postcard – a sleepy green mountain with misty clouds floating above the canopy – if not for one fatal flaw: the ugly gash running right through the middle.
Young African Women More Vulnerable to HIV
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - When Lebogang Brenda Motsumi was 16 years old she fell pregnant, terrified about what her life would look like, she went to a backdoor clinic for an abortion.
Time to Change Expectations: Zero Retribution to Zero Tolerance
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 01 (IPS) - The drugging, abduction and violent gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil calls us all to turn the tide of sexual violence against women and girls in Brazil and in every country in the world.
Banking on the Milk of Human Kindness
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 01 (IPS) - The recent launch of Amaara, New Delhi's first human milk bank, has been greeted with much cheering. The initiative endorses the long-term goal of reducing infant mortality and addresses the critical issue of lack of mothers' milk for physically fragile newborns in India's capital city.
Menstrual Hygiene Gaps Continue to Keep Girls from School
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (IPS) - Around the world girls are struggling to stay in school when their menstrual hygiene needs are forgotten or ignored, yet the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and education sectors have remained reluctant to address the issue.
Malawi's Drought Leaves Millions High and Dry
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, May 27 (IPS) - It's Saturday, market day at the popular Bvumbwe market in Thyolo district. About 40 kilometers away in Chiradzulu district, a vegetable vendor and mother of five, Esnart Nthawa, 35, has woken up at three a.m. to prepare for the journey to the market.
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