Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 331
Environmental Damage to Gaza Exacerbating Food Insecurity
- Inter Press Service
BEIT LAHIYA, Northern Gaza Strip, Mar 01 (IPS) - Extensive damage to Gaza's environment as a result of the Israeli blockade and its devastating military campaign against the coastal territory during last year's war from July to August, is negatively affecting the health of Gazans, especially their food security.
Farm Projects Boost Bangladeshi Women, Children
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 01 (IPS) - Women in Bangladesh are carving healthier, wealthier futures for themselves and their children – and they have chicken eggs and pineapples to thank.
Opinion: Manipulate and Mislead – How GMOs are Infiltrating Africa
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 01 (IPS) - The most persistent myth about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is that they are necessary to feed a growing global population.
Tobacco Workers in Cuba Dubious About Opening of U.S. Market
- Inter Press Service
SAN JUAN Y MARTÃNEZ, Cuba, Feb 28 (IPS) - "We have to wait and see," "There isn't a lot of talk about it," are the responses from tobacco workers in this rural area in western Cuba when asked about the prospect of an opening of the U.S. market to Cuban cigars.
Opinion: Goals for Gender Equality Are Not a ‘Wish List’ – They Are a ‘To Do List’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (IPS) - This weekend, at the invitation of President Michelle Bachelet and myself, women leaders from across the world are meeting in Santiago de Chile. We will applaud their achievements. We will remind ourselves of their contributions. And we will chart a way forward to correct the historical record. History has not been fair to women – but then, women usually didn't write it.
Rousseff’s Brazil - No Country for the Landless
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 27 (IPS) - In Brazil, one of the countries with the highest concentration of land ownership in the world, some 200,000 peasant farmers still have no plot of their own to farm – a problem that the first administration of President Dilma Rousseff did little to resolve.
From the Police Station Back to the Hellhole: System Failing India’s Domestic Violence Survivors
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, Feb 27 (IPS) - "One time my husband started slapping me hard on the face because I had not cooked the rice to his satisfaction," Suruchi* told IPS. "He hit me so hard that my infant daughter fell from my arms to the ground."
Study Shows Shift in Level of Social Hostility Involving Religion
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - Social hostilities involving religion have declined worldwide, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the Washington-based Pew Research Center.
Despite U.N. Treaties, War Against Drugs a Losing Battle
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - As the call for the decriminalisation of drugs steadily picks up steam worldwide, a new study by a British charity concludes there has been no significant reduction in the global use of illicit drugs since the creation of three key U.N. anti-drug conventions, the first of which came into force over half a century ago.
Sometimes a Single Tree Is More Effective than a Government
- Inter Press Service
BARDIYA, Nepal, Feb 26 (IPS) - Every morning, Raj Kumari Chaudhari walks from her home to the other end of Padnaha village, located in the Bardiya district of mid-west Nepal, to a big mango tree to offer prayers.
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