News headlines for “Human Population”, page 296
Opinion: Women on Reproductive Strike
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 29 (IPS) - Women are having fewer than two children on average in 83 countries, representing nearly half of the world's population. And in some countries, such as Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Singapore, South Korea and Spain, average fertility levels are now closer to one child per woman than the replacement level of about two children (Figure 1).
Opinion: Imagine a Rape-Free Delhi
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Oct 28 (IPS) - Delhi's shame is that it's the rape capital of India. The recent brutal rape of minors only underscores the tragic fact that nothing has changed since December 16, 2012 when a 23-year old physiotherapy student was gang-raped in a moving bus and triggered a nationwide outrage.
Medicinal Plants Popular and Unprotected in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 28 (IPS) - "This plant heals 150 ailments, like diabetes, high blood pressure and gastritis. It's prepared as an infusion or blended with water, and you take it every day," says Clemente Calixto, a traditional indigenous healer in Mexico, holding up a green leafy branch.
Itaborai, a City of White Elephants and Empty Offices
- Inter Press Service
ITABORAÃ, Brazil, Oct 23 (IPS) - Itaboraí still recalls its origins as a sprawling city that sprang up along a highway, not far from Rio de Janeiro. But a few years ago big modern buildings began to sprout all over this city in southeast Brazil, whose offices and shops are almost all empty today.
Terrace Farming - an Ancient Indigenous Model for Food Security
- Inter Press Service
CASPANA, Chile, Oct 21 (IPS) - Terrace farming as practiced from time immemorial by native peoples in the Andes mountains contributes to food security as a strategy of adaptation in an environment where the geography and other conditions make the production of nutritional foods a complex undertaking.
Africa's Senior Citizens Cornered By Poverty
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI and HARARE, Oct 21 (IPS) - Kenya has made tremendous steps towards ensuring that the elderly population does not slide into extreme poverty, hunger and, consequently, premature death.
Opinion: Demography and Destiny
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 20 (IPS) - The demographic revolutions the world is experiencing are profound and far-reaching, affecting virtually every aspect of human society. Whether in politics, business, international relations, environmental affairs or even personal matters, understanding the fundamental demographic changes underway and anticipating their juggernaut consequences can contribute considerably to the setting of meaningful goals, designing effective strategies and achieving genuine progress.
Opinion: The Unlikely Chance of a Serious Human Rights Debate in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 19 (IPS) - Nearly a month since Pope Francis ended his historic visit to Cuba, any hope that authorities would loosen control on free expression in the country is fading as fast as the chants that welcomed him.
Native Women Green the Outskirts of the City, Feed Their Families
- Inter Press Service
SUCRE, Bolivia, Oct 17 (IPS) - The hands of women who have migrated from rural areas carefully tend to their ecological vegetable gardens in the yards of their humble homes on the outskirts of Sucre, the official capital of Bolivia, in an effort to improve their families' diets and incomes.
Youngster Uses Technology to Fight Teen Pregnancy in Honduran Village
- Inter Press Service
PLAN GRANDE, Honduras, Oct 14 (IPS) - Four years ago, Cinthia Padilla, who is now 16, learned how to use a computer in order to teach children, adolescents and adults in this isolated fishing village in northern Honduras how to use technology to better their lives.
Powered by
