Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 364
Brazil’s “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest” Faces Death Threats
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 14 (IPS) - Davi Kopenawa, the leader of the Yanomami people in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, who is internationally renowned for his struggle against encroachment on indigenous land by landowners and illegal miners, is now fighting a new battle - this time against death threats received by him and his family.
Abuse of Older Women Overlooked and Underreported
- Inter Press Service
u, Aug 14 (IPS) - A veteran women's rights activist, Patricia Brownell was still taken aback by the prevalence of abuse against older women she discovered during dozens of conversations she and her colleagues had with victims.
One Woman’s Struggle to Find the Right Contraceptive
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (IPS) - Beatrice Njeri had just come home from her job as a janitor at a primary school in Nairobi. It was August 2009.
Adaptation Gaps Mean African Farmers Fork Out More Money for Reduced Harvests
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Aug 14 (IPS) - In Cameroon's Northwest Region, Judith Muma walks 9km from her home to her 300-square-metre farm. The vegetables she grows here are flourishing thanks to the money she has borrowed from her njangi (thrift group) and a local credit union to finance a small artisanal irrigation scheme.
No Victors or Vanquished in Brutal Gaza Conflict
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (IPS) - As the dust - and the gunpowder - settles after the month-long devastating conflict in Gaza, there were apparently no victors or vanquished.
Gender Equality Gains Traction with Pacific Island Leaders
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 13 (IPS) - A pledge by political leaders two years ago to accelerate efforts toward closing the gender gap in the Pacific Islands has been boosted with the announcement that three women will take the helm of the regional intergovernmental organisation, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, headquartered in Suva, Fiji.
Putting the Littlest Disaster Victims on the Caribbean’s Climate Agenda
- Inter Press Service
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Aug 12 (IPS) - Children are often the forgotten ones when policy-makers map out strategies to deal with climate change, even as they are least capable of fending for themselves in times of trouble.
Youth Suicides Sound Alarm Across the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Aug 12 (IPS) - Suicide rates in the Pacific Islands are some of the highest in the world and have reached up to 30 per 100,000 in countries such as Samoa, Guam and Micronesia, double the global average, with youth rates even higher.
Zimbabwe’s 'Casualisation of Labour' Leads to a New Form of Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 12 (IPS) - Ethel Maziriri, 27, holds an Honours Degree in Social Work from the University of Zimbabwe, but instead of working in her chosen profession, she works as a cashier in one of the country's leading clothing retail company. And it's not by choice.
Swamped by Rising Seas, Small Islands Seek a Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (IPS) - The world's 52 small island developing states (SIDS), some in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth because of sea-level rise triggered by climate change, will be the focus of an international conference in the South Pacific island nation of Samoa next month.
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