News headlines for “Human Population”, page 321
IACHR Addresses Violence Against Native Peoples in Costa Rica
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, May 11 (IPS) - After years of violence against two indigenous groups in Costa Rica, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) demanded that the government adopt measures by May 15 to protect the life and physical integrity of the members of the two communities.
Farmers Fight Real Estate Developers for Kenya’s Most Prized Asset: Land
- Inter Press Service
Opinion: Don’t Leave Indigenous Peoples Behind in SDGs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (IPS) - U.N. member states are meeting throughout the year to finalize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will set the global development agenda for the next 15 years. The goals are supposed to be universal and aspire to "leave no one behind."
‘Je Suis Favela’ – Bringing Brazilian Books to the French
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, May 09 (IPS) - Long before the attack in Paris that inspired the slogan "Je Suis Charlie", a young French publisher has released a collection of stories titled je suis favela about life in Brazilian slums.
Latin America’s Social Policies Have Given Women a Boost
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, May 08 (IPS) - Although they do not specifically target women, social policies like family allowances and pensions have improved the lives of women in Latin America, the region that has made the biggest strides so far this century in terms of gender equality, although there is still a long way to go.
The Biggest Lessons Nepal Will Take Away From This Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, May 08 (IPS) - There has never been any doubt that Nepal is sitting on one of the most seismically active areas in South Asia. The fact that, when the big one struck, damages and deaths would be catastrophic has been known for years.
Opinion: South-South Cooperation Vital for Sustainable Development
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, May 08 (IPS) - Sustainable development is central to a range of key discussions at the United Nations and elsewhere at the moment.
Falling Oil Prices Trigger Initial Economic Gains for Pacific Islanders
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, May 06 (IPS) - The recent dramatic fall in world oil prices, with Brent crude plummeting from a high of 115 dollars per barrel in June last year to around 47 dollars in January 2015, is beginning to benefit Pacific Islanders who are seeing lower prices for fuel and energy.
Sri Lanka’s Development Goals Fall Short on Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, May 05 (IPS) - When Rosy Senanayake, Sri Lanka's minister of state for child affairs, addressed the U.N. Commission on Population and Development (CPD) in New York last month, she articulated both the successes and shortcomings of gender equality in a country which prided itself electing the world's first female head of government: Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike in July 1960.
Urban Slums a Death Trap for Poor Children
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 05 (IPS) - It's called the urban survival gap – fuelled by the growing inequality between rich and poor in both developing and developed countries – and it literally determines whether millions of infants will live or die before their fifth birthday.
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