News headlines for “Human Population”, page 286
Improving Rural Livelihoods Boosts Agrarian Economies
- Inter Press Service
RUMURUTI, Nairobi, Mar 16 (IPS) - For two decades, Dickson Kamau only grew maize on his 0.5 hectare (ha) of land earning himself the nickname Kamau wa mbembe or Kamau who owns maize in his native Kikuyu language.
Rural Costa Rican Families Flourish in the Shade
- Inter Press Service
LOS REYES, Costa Rica, Mar 15 (IPS) - Before they got involved in farming, Luis Diego Murillo and Xinia Solano paid their bills and put food on their table with Luis's salary as a foreman on construction sites, an unstable job that kept him on the move.
Tribute to a Slain Environment Activist
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Mar 15 (IPS) - Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores, was in her early 20s when she co-founded the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organisations of Honduras (Cophin), a group that campaigned for the rights of indigenous communities in the South American nation.
Outsourcing Jobs, Insourcing Labour & Increasing Profits
- Inter Press Service
Fat’s Heavy Burden on the World Economy
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 14 (IPS) - About 2.1 billion people are regarded as overweight or obese today, or almost thirty per cent of the world's population. With over 800 million people estimated to be chronically hungry in the world, it appears that the number of overweight is more than 2.5 times the number of undernourished.
Turkey’s Crackdown on the Press
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Mar 14 (IPS) - On the evening of March 4, heavily armed police forced their way into the headquarters of the Turkish daily Zaman. The hundreds of protesters that had gathered in front of the building in an Istanbul suburb in solidarity with their newspaper were violently dispersed.
Clean Clothes – Fashion Free of Slave Labour in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 10 (IPS) - In Argentina, there are now 20 brand names that guarantee that their garments are produced by workers in decent working conditions, thanks to the Clean Clothes network, aimed at eradicating slave labour in the garment industry, which illegally employs some 30,000 people in sweatshops around the country.
Enriching Education in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
CHAIPAINAWABGANJ, Bangladesh, Mar 10 (IPS) - About a year ago, seven year-old Afroza Khatun dropped out of school as her mother could not continue supervising her homework.
Repressive NGO Act
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, Mar 09 (IPS) - Nearly two weeks after controversially winning a fifth term, it has emerged that Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed another repressive law which restricts the operations of thousands of NGOs working in the country.
UN Says it Shattered Glass Ceilings Creating a Carpet of Shards
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - In the 1960s, when gender discrimination was widespread at the United Nations, there was a story doing the rounds of a woman candidate who had applied for a mid-level professional job in the UN Secretariat.
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