News headlines for “Human Population”, page 297
Women Seek Permanent Seat at Peace Negotiations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (IPS) - When the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) adopted a landmark resolution on women, peace and security 15 years ago, that resolution was best known by its numerals: 1325.
Social Programmes Here to Stay in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 13 (IPS) - Above and beyond the uncertainty about the direction that Argentina's economy will take after the Oct. 25 presidential elections, the government's main social programmes, which have helped bring down poverty levels in the last decade, are definitely here to stay, no matter who is elected.
Opinion: International Day of the Girl Must Start with Good Laws
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 12 (IPS) - Everyday should be about girls, but yesterday, October 11, was dedicated especially to them. International Day of the Girl is yet another opportunity to put girls at center stage.
Pakistan Initiative Seeks to Improve Maternal-Child Care in Rural Areas
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) - "We are extremely happy over the government's initiative to give money to the pregnant women and enable them to seek proper treatment," said Sharif Ahmed at a basic health unit (BHU), near Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
Opinion: "Sanitation, Water & Hygiene For All" Cannot Wait for 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 09 (IPS) - The new Sustainable Development Goals, agreed upon recently by the member states of the United Nations, are all interconnected, as has been reiterated time and again. However, it is in the new Goal 6 – "Ensure access to water and sanitation for all"—for which this interconnectedness is most apparent.
Healthy Oceans Key to Fighting Hunger
- Inter Press Service
, Oct 08 (IPS) - Seafood offers a large amount of animal protein in diets around the world, and the livelihoods of 12 percent of the global population depend directly or indirectly on fisheries and aquaculture.
Women’s Alliance Plans to Counter Violent Extremism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 06 (IPS) - When the Security Council recently hosted a meeting of world leaders to discuss the growing threats from violent extremism, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that any success in battling intolerance will be predicated on a "unified response."
Honduran Fishing Village Says Adios to Candles and Dirty Energy
- Inter Press Service
PLAN GRANDE, Honduras, Oct 01 (IPS) - A small fishing village on the Caribbean coast of Honduras has become an example to be followed in renewable energies, after replacing candles and dirty costly energy based on fossil fuels with hydropower from a mini-dam, while reforesting the river basin.
2015 Right Livelihood Awards. For the First Time the Awards Go to Italy and Uganda
- Inter Press Service
Rome, Oct 01 (IPS) - The 2015 Right Livelihood Awards were announced today in Stockholm at the Swedish Foreign Office International Press Centre by Ole von Uexkull, Executive Director, and Dr Monika Griefahn, Chair of the Board of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation.
Men Start to Make Women’s Struggles Their Own in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 30 (IPS) - The meeting was about gender equality, but for once there were more men than women. It marked a watershed in the struggle in Argentina to make the commitment to equality more than just "a women's thing."
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