News headlines for “Human Population”, page 344
Zimbabwe's Children Are the Battlefield in War to Contain HIV/AIDS
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jan 17 (IPS) - Fifty-one-year-old Mateline Msipa is living with HIV. Her 17-year-old daughter, born after Msipa was diagnosed with the virus, may also have it, but she has never been tested.
Battle Heats Up Over Legalisation of Sex Work in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (IPS) - Thirty-six-year-old Chameli Devi, a sex worker operating out of New Delhi's G.B. Road - Asia's largest red-light district, housing an estimated 12,000 of India's three million sex workers – is an unhappy woman these days.
Humanity’s Future: Below Replacement Fertility?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 15 (IPS) - Is below replacement level fertility the future for humanity? The answer to this seemingly simple question regarding human reproduction is not only of considerable demographic concern, but also has enormous social, economic and environmental consequences for the planet.
Papal Visit Rekindles Hopes in Former War Zone
- Inter Press Service
MADHU, Sri Lanka, Jan 15 (IPS) - Jessi Jogeswaran, a 20-year-old woman from Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna district, waited over six hours with 18 friends in the sweltering heat just to get a glimpse of Pope Francis on Jan. 14.
In the Shadow of Glacial Lakes, Pakistan’s Mountain Communities Look to Climate Adaptation
- Inter Press Service
BINDO GOL, Pakistan, Jan 15 (IPS) - Khaliq-ul-Zaman, a farmer from the remote Bindo Gol valley in northern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has long lived under the shadow of disaster.
Boko Haram Insurgents Threaten Cameroon's Educational Goals
- Inter Press Service
MAROUA, Far North Region, Jan 14 (IPS) - "I'd quit my job before going to work in a place like that." That is how a primary school teacher responded when IPS asked him why he had not accepted a job in Cameroon's Far North region.
OPINION: Islamic Reformation, the Antidote to Terrorism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (IPS) - The horrific terrorist attack on the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo has once again raised the question about violence and Islam. Why is it, some ask, that so much terrorism has been committed in the name of Islam, and why do violent jihadists seek justification of their actions in their religion?
OPINION: For the Good of Humanity – Towards a Culture of Caring
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 13 (IPS) - About a week ago my wife was taken to hospital and diagnosed with pneumonia. She was promptly treated with antibiotics and, wonderfully, is now on the mend.
More Than Half of Africa's Arable Land ‘Too Damaged’ for Food Production
- Inter Press Service
NTUNGAMO DISTRICT, Uganda, Jan 13 (IPS) - A report published last month by the Montpellier Panel - an eminent group of agriculture, ecology and trade experts from Africa and Europe - says about 65 percent of Africa's arable land is too damaged to sustain viable food production.
European Citizens Call for Increased Aid to Developing World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 12 (IPS) - An overwhelming majority of citizens in the 28-member European Union (EU) - which has been hamstrung by a spreading economic recession, a fall in oil prices and a decline of its common currency, the Euro - has expressed strong support for development cooperation and increased aid to developing nations.
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