Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 335
U.N. Touts 2015 as Milestone Year for World Body
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - The United Nations, in a sustained political hype, is touting 2015 as a likely breakthrough year for several key issues on its agenda - primarily development financing, climate change, sustainable development, disaster risk-reduction and nuclear non-proliferation.
Mass Rapes Reported in Darfur as Conflict Escalates
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - More than 200 Darfurian women were reportedly raped by Sudanese troops in one brutal assault on a town in October 2014, with the conflict in war-torn Darfur escalating to new heights.
Diabetes Epidemic Threatens Development Gains in Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 11 (IPS) - The rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Pacific Islands, which now cause 75 percent of all deaths, is one of the greatest impediments to post-2015 development, health ministers in the region claim.
In the Shadow of Displacement, Forest Tribes Look to Sustainable Farming
- Inter Press Service
CHINTOOR, India, Feb 10 (IPS) - Laxman, a 10-year-old Koya tribal boy, looks admiringly at a fenced-in vegetable patch behind his home in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state. Velvety-green and laden with vegetables, the half-acre patch is where Laxman's family gets their daily quota of nutritious food.
Pakistan’s Domestic Workers Long For Low Pay and Overwork to Be a Thing of the Past
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Feb 09 (IPS) - Sumaira Salamat, a mother of three in her mid-40s, works every day from ten in the morning until half-past two in the afternoon. She travels between three homes, and in each one she dusts, sweeps, washes utensils, and does the laundry. For her efforts, she earns about 3,000 rupees (29 dollars) per month.
Youth Unemployment, Income Inequality Keep Rising
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 06 (IPS) - The world's youth unemployment rate may be "six or seven times" what the International Labor Organisation's (ILO) latest figures state, according to a global youth advocacy group.
Debating U.S. Foreign Policy: Where are the Women?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 06 (IPS) - Women are running some of the United States' most prominent foreign policy focused think tanks, leading groundbreaking foreign policy initiatives, and reporting from the front lines of the world's most dangerous conflict zones.
The Soul of Buenos Aires Is Turning Grey
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 05 (IPS) - If cities have souls, the Argentine capital's is turning more and more grey. Real estate speculation, the fencing in and paving of parks, and the installation of private bars and restaurants in public squares have changed the face of the city. Green spaces with carefully tended flower beds? Today they're found mainly in the nostalgia brought on by a classic tango song.
Measles Still Kills Thousands of Children Each Year
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 05 (IPS) - Measles remains one of the leading causes of death for young children worldwide, even though a safe and ostensibly affordable vaccine is available.
Taiwanese Activists Push for Citizen-Based Constitution
- Inter Press Service
TAIPEI, Feb 05 (IPS) - "The clock is ticking." Those were the words of Taiwan Democracy Watch Director Yeh Chueh-an on Feb. 4, as scores of civil society organisations in the capital, Taipei, began a countdown for a citizen-based rewriting of Taiwan's constitution aimed at safeguarding human rights and social equity.
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