News headlines for “Human Population”, page 329
Salvadoran Maquila Plants Use Gang Members to Break Unions
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Mar 23 (IPS) - Textile companies that make clothing for transnational brands in El Salvador are accused of forging alliances with gang members to make death threats against workers and break up their unions, according to employees who talked to IPS and to international organisations.
Four Fast Facts to Debunk Myths About Rural Women
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Mar 23 (IPS) - We are lucky to live in a country that has long since abandoned the image of the damsel in distress. Even Disney princesses now save themselves and send unsuitable "saviours" packing. But despite the great strides being made in gender equality, we are still failing rural women, particularly women farmers.
CSW 59 Wraps Up As Delegates Look Toward 2016
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 23 (IPS) - The Commission on the Status of Women, one of the biggest events on the calendar for United Nations headquarters in New York City, is over for another year.
Guards at Australian-Managed Refugee Detention Centre on Nauru Traded Marijuana for Sexual Favours
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) - Guards at a Nauru refugee detention centre managed by the Australian government traded marijuana for sexual favours from detainees, according to the latest damning report into the Australia's beleaguered refugee policy.
Opinion: Water and Sanitation in Nigeria - Playing the Numbers Game
- Inter Press Service
OWERRI, Nigeria, Mar 22 (IPS) - In Nigeria, it's all about the numbers. My nation recently became the largest economy in Africa by some distance, with a GDP of well over 500 billion dollars.
Lip-Service But Little Action on U.N. Business and Human Rights Principles in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 21 (IPS) - "I would tell institutions and companies that are aware of the enormous damage they do to the soil, plants and the environment, to respect the decisions of the people. They are attacking life and health," complained Taurino Rincón, an indigenous Mexican.
Opinion: ‘We Owe It to More Than Half of the Global Population to Do a Better Job’
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Mar 21 (IPS) - Undoubtedly, we are at a crucial time in the advancement of gender equality.
Palestinian Women Victims on Many Fronts
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 21 (IPS) - Israel's siege of Gaza, aided and abetted by the Egyptians in the south, has aggravated the plight of Gazan women, and the Jewish state's devastating military assault on the coastal territory over July and August 2014 exacerbated the situation.
‘Water Man of India’ Wins Stockholm Water Prize
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 (IPS) - A conservationist known as ‘The Water Man of India' has been named Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for 2015.
Opinion: Sustainable Development Goals Could Be a Game-Changer for Water
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 20 (IPS) - Suppose money was being deposited and withdrawn from your bank account, but you didn't know how much. And suppose you knew you had bills coming due, but you didn't know when or what amount would be required to cover them.
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