Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 348
Choosing Between Death and Death in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 06 (IPS) - Residents of the Khyber Agency, one of seven administrative districts that comprise northern Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), are in the worst possible predicament: either course of action they choose now, they say, could result in death.
Children in Aleppo Forced Underground to Go to School
- Inter Press Service
ALEPPO, Nov 06 (IPS) - Winter has not yet hit this nearly besieged city, but children are already attending classes in winter coats and stocking hats.
Hopes of Controlling Sierra Leone’s Ebola Outbreak Remain Grim
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Nov 06 (IPS) - The fight against the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa seems to be hanging in the balance as Sierra Leone's Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr Abubakar Fofana told IPS that the government is overwhelmed by the outbreak.
Learning, Dating and Hooking Up: Sex Education Goes Online in Cambodia
- Inter Press Service
KOH KONG PROVINCE, Cambodia, Nov 05 (IPS) - The transition to puberty can be an awkward experience for youth to navigate. In Cambodia, sex education is moving increasingly into the virtual realm, with the Internet and mobile phones providing welcome spaces for young people to learn, seek help and stay safe.
OPINION: Global Governance - We Need to Bring Civil Society to the Table
- Inter Press Service
MONTREAL, Nov 04 (IPS) - A poorly understood phenomenon is quietly but effectively shaping the daily lives of all citizens sharing this planet.
Ending Violence Against Women – A Global Responsibility
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 04 (IPS) - Addressing violence against women, in all of its forms, is a global imperative and should be one of the international community's top priorities, including in forthcoming intergovernmental processes, such as the post-2015 development agenda.
Inside Pakistan's Untapped Fishing Industry
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Nov 04 (IPS) - If you want to know what ‘sea traffic' looks like, just go down to the Karachi Harbour. Built in 1959, the dockyard houses close to 2,000 big and small boats anchored in the grey sludge at the edge of Pakistan's southern port city, which opens into the Arabian Sea.
Middle-Income Kenya Still in Need of Aid
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 04 (IPS) - Coffee farmer Gabriel Kimwaki from Nyeri County, in central Kenya, is considering "giving up farming altogether".
U.N. Favours Changeover from Landlocked to ‘Land-linked’
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Nov 04 (IPS) - Some 440 million people are living in 32 countries that are among the world's poorest, most of them least developed, and geographically isolated from world markets not only because they have very few commodities to export, but also because they have no direct territorial access to the sea.
Uganda Still Grapples with Inadequate Funds to Tackle Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Nov 03 (IPS) - Until last month, Allen Nambozo's only source of income was the cabbages, carrots and bananas she grew along the slopes of Uganda's Mount Elgon in the eastern district of Bulambuli.
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