News headlines for “Human Population”, page 295
Gay Cruising Spots a Challenge for HIV/AIDS Prevention in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Nov 13 (IPS) - When night falls, young men can be seen sitting on a dismantled bus stop on a remote hill far from the centre of the Cuban capital. Later they climb uphill to have sex with other men in the thick forest.
Latin American Legislators, a Battering Ram in the Fight Against Hunger
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Nov 11 (IPS) - Lawmakers in Latin America are joining forces to strengthen institutional frameworks that sustain the fight against hunger in a region that, despite being dubbed "the next global breadbasket", still has more than 34 undernourished people.
Analysis: Is Empowerment of Women a Will-o’-the-Wisp?
- Inter Press Service
PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON, Nov 10 (IPS) - Few dispute that women's autonomy and betterment of their lives are moral imperatives. But whether these are also key to economic development is contested.
Opinion: The Grant of Patents and the Exorbitant Cost of "Lifesaving" Drugs
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Nov 10 (IPS) - The important relationship between the examination of patents carried out by national patent offices and the right of citizens to access to medicines hasn't always been well-understood. Too often these are viewed as unrelated functions or responsibilities of the state. And the reason is clear: patentability requirements are not defined by patent offices, but frequently by the courts, tribunals, legislation or treaty negotiators.
Opinion: From Despair to Hope: Fulfilling a Promise to Mothers and Children in Mandera County
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 09 (IPS) - Mandera in northeastern Kenya, has often been described as "the worst place on earth to give birth." Mandera's maternal mortality ratio stands at 3,795 deaths per 100,000 live births, almost double that of wartime Sierra Leone at 2,000 deaths per 100,000 live births.
School Meals Bolster Family Farming in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
ITABORAÃ, Brazil, Nov 09 (IPS) - "That law should have existed since the end of slavery, which threw slaves into the street without offering them adequate conditions for working and producing, turning them into semi-slaves," said Brazilian farmer Idevan Correa.
Parliamentarian Forum to Set New Goals Against Hunger
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Nov 07 (IPS) - Undertaking the challenge of pushing for new legislation to guarantee food security in their countries, legislators from Latin America and the Caribbean, together with guest lawmakers from Africa and Asia, will hold the Sixth Forum of the Parliamentary Front Against Hunger Oct. 15-17.
Open Data - Still Closed to Latin American Communities
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 04 (IPS) - Open data policies in Latin America have not yet enabled communities to exercise their right to access to information, consultation and participation with regard to mining or infrastructure projects that affect their surroundings and way of life.
Opinion: Integrating Water, Sanitation and Health are Key to the Promise of the UN Global Goals
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Oct 30 (IPS) - The 193 member states of the United Nations have adopted an ambitious 15-year sustainable development agenda, the 2030 Global Goals.
Brazil’s Megaprojects, a Short-lived Dream
- Inter Press Service
, Oct 29 (IPS) - Working as a musician in a military band is the dream of 21-year-old Jackson Coutinho, since hopes that a petrochemical complex would drive the industrialisation of this Brazilian city near Rio de Janeiro have gone up in smoke.
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