News headlines for “Human Population”, page 282
Innovations Boost Income for Women Rice Farmers
- Inter Press Service
MALANVILLE, Benin, Apr 18 (IPS) - Salabanya Tabaitou no longer squints from the irritating wood smoke each time she has to parboil her rice paddy.
Now Tabaitou feeds logs into a chute of a specially designed brick stove with a chimney that draws away the smoke. The stove with a stainless steel parboiling vessel cooks her rice in 20 minutes - something she would have spent two hours doing using the traditional method.
The Unknown Fate of Thousands of Abducted Women and Girls in Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
, Apr 15 (IPS) - The plight of 219 Chibok schoolgirls abducted two years ago is all too common in Nigeria's conflict-affected north-eastern communities, and up to 7,000 women and girls might be living in abduction and sex slavery, senior United Nations officials on 14 April 2016 warned.
OPINION: Wake Up! We Need Statesman and Values but We Get Selfish Politicians and Cynicsm..
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 15 (IPS) - A total indifference has accompanied the number of refugees injured by Macedonian police in Idomeni, where more than 12 000 people, including 4 000 children have been trapped, since Austria asked Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, to prevent the continuing passage of refugees. Austria has now informed the Italian government that it will send several hundred troops to its border with Italy.
Will the UN’s new leader stand for the powerful or the powerless?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - After hundreds of questions were posed to nine candidates vying for the role of United Nations Secretary-General this week, a lasting question remains; will the UN's new leader stand for the powerful or the powerless?
Not So Smart Idea
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Apr 14 (IPS) - As Bhubaneswar experiences scorching heat of 43.2 degrees Celsius in early April, 5 degrees above normal, 44-year-old Prasanti Behera barely sleeps at night. Two summers ago, a fire charred 50 homes in her slum and burnt in seconds US$600 she had painstakingly saved over two years for her daughter's marriage.
Land Tenure Still a Challenge for Women in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 13 (IPS) - Rural women in Latin America continue to face serious obstacles to land tenure, which leave them vulnerable, despite their growing importance in food production and food security.
Gender Equality and Equity in Health Will Anchor Drive Towards a Sustainable National Development
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 13 (IPS) - Last month, the Government of Kenya (GoK) in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the sidelines of the 60th Session of the UN Commission of Women in New York, launched the report on the ‘Assessment of the UNFPA Campaign to End Preventable Maternal and New-born Mortality in support of the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa'
Female Engineers Defy the Odds
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Apr 13 (IPS) - Nearly every aspect of modern life is a result of the work done by engineers; from running water to the internet, sky-scrapers to smartphone apps that people use for dating. Sadly, in Tanzania this profession attracts only a few women due to prevalent attitudes that it is a man's job.
More Children Displaced, Used for Suicide Attacks by Boko Haram
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 12 (IPS) - A dire humanitarian and security crisis continues to worsen in the Lake Chad Basin with severe consequences for youth, said Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel Toby Lanzer.
Conserving the Hilsa
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Apr 12 (IPS) - Bangladesh has decided to set up a Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund (HCTF) to protect this fish from over-exploitation due to population growth and effects of climate change.
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