News headlines for “Human Population”, page 315
Sex Workers in Nicaragua Break the Silence and Gain Rights
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Jun 13 (IPS) - After living in the shadows, thousands of Nicaraguan sex workers have broken their silence, won support from state institutions and gained new respect for their rights.
U.N. Urged to Put Global Citizenship at Centre of Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) - When Denmark hosted the World Summit on Social Development (WSSD) in March 1995, one of the conclusions of that international gathering in Copenhagen was to create a new social contract with "people at the centre of development."
Organic Cacao Farmers Help Reforest Brazil’s Amazon Jungle
- Inter Press Service
MEDICILÂNDIA, Brazil, Jun 11 (IPS) - "Now we realise what a paradise we live in," said Darcirio Wronski, a leader of the organic cacao producers in the region where the Trans-Amazonian highway cuts across the Xingú river basin in northern Brazil.
Infrastructure Boom in Emerging Economies Hits Record Levels – but at What Cost?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - According to new data released by the World Bank Tuesday, investments in infrastructure in 139 emerging economies shot up to 107.5 billion dollars in 2014, with just five countries – Brazil, Colombia, India, Peru and Turkey – accounting for 73 percent of the total.
Opinion: G7 Makes Commitment on Climate … to Climate Chaos
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 11 (IPS) - One of the promises made by the leaders of the world's seven richest nations when they met at Schloss Elmau in Germany earlier this week was an energy transition over the next decades, aiming to gradually phase out fossil fuel emissions this century to avoid the worst of climate change.
Cape Verde’s Newest Voice Sends Message to Girls
- Inter Press Service
PRAIA/PARIS, Jun 11 (IPS) - Elida Almeida is Cape Verde's newest star, with thousands of fans in Africa and Europe. She sings, dances, plays the guitar, tells jokes, and makes her audiences laugh as well as groove. But behind it all, her music carries a serious message, about the importance of overcoming setbacks, avoiding unplanned pregnancy and following one's dreams.
Cameroonian Women and Girls Saying No to Child Marriage
- Inter Press Service
MAROUA, Cameroon, Jun 10 (IPS) - Twelve-year-old Bienvienue Taguieke was expected to obey her parents and marry a man 40 years her senior, but an association of women in Cameroon's Far North Region, where child marriages are rife, put a stop to it in a sign that women are starting to speaking out against the practice.
Compensation Fund for Victims of Bangladesh Factory Collapse Reaches 30-Million-Dollar Target
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - Two years after a massive garments factory collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, killing over 1,100 people and leaving more than 2,500 injured, a major international fund has met its target of raising 30 million dollars to be paid out in compensation to the victims and their families.
U.N. Chief Backs New Int’l Decade for Water for Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - As the United Nations continues its negotiations to both define and refine a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before a summit meeting of world leaders in September, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed support for a new "International Decade for Water for Sustainable Development."
Inequality Blocks Further Reduction in Child Mortality in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jun 09 (IPS) - The progress that Latin America has made in reducing child mortality is cited by international institutions as an example to be followed, and the region has met the fourth Millennium Development Goal, which is to cut the under-five mortality rate by two thirds.
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