News headlines for “Human Population”, page 360
Lack of Accountability Fuels Gender-Based Violence in India
- Inter Press Service
CHIRANG, India, Sep 30 (IPS) - On a bright March morning, a 17-year old tribal girl woke as usual, and went to catch fish in the village river in the Chirang district of India's northeastern Assam state.
Blistering Drought Leaves the Poorest High and Dry
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sep 29 (IPS) - The last time there was mud on his village roads was about a year ago, says Murugesu Mohanabavan, a farmer from the village of Karachchi, situated about 300 km north of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.
Militarising the Ebola Crisis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 28 (IPS) - Six months into West Africa's Ebola crisis, the international community is finally heeding calls for substantial intervention in the region.
Despite New Pledges, Aid to Fight Ebola Lagging
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 26 (IPS) - Despite mounting pledges of assistance, the continuing spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa is outpacing regional and international efforts to stop it, according to world leaders and global health experts.
Conflict Keeps Mothers From Healthcare Services
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 26 (IPS) - Twenty-five-year-old Khemwanti Pradhan is a ‘Mitanin' – a trained and accredited community health worker – based in the Nagarbeda village of the Bastar region in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Comprehensive Sex Education: A Pending Task in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 25 (IPS) - In most Latin American countries schools now provide sex education, but with a focus that is generally restricted to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases – an approach that has not brought about significant modifications in the behaviour of adolescents, especially among the poor.
OPINION: Delivering on the Promises of the Global Partnership for Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - Persistent gaps between the promises made, and actually delivered, by developed countries to developing countries, hold back efforts to improve people's lives and end poverty.
The Changing Face of Caribbean Migration
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Sep 25 (IPS) - Ruth Osman is attractive and well-groomed in tailored slacks and a patterned blouse, topped by a soft jacket worn open. Her demeanour and polished accent belie the stereotypical view that most Caribbean nationals have of Guyanese migrants.
Where Women Don’t Work
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sep 25 (IPS) - Saleema Bibi graduated from medical school 15 years ago – but to this day, the 40-year-old resident of Peshawar, capital of Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, has never been able to practice as a professional.
‘Therapeutic Abortion’ Could Soon Be Legal in Chile
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Sep 24 (IPS) - Chile, one of the most conservative countries in Latin America, is getting ready for an unprecedented debate on the legalisation of therapeutic abortion, which is expected to be approved this year.
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