Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 38
Forced Deportations Leave Afghan Women in Dire Poverty
- Inter Press Service
Jul 09 (IPS) - Sarai e Shamali camp in Kabul is a temporary refugee shelter. The camp receives on average 100 Afghans a day, forcibly returned from Pakistan and Iran where most had sought asylum when the Taliban took over power in Afghanistan three years ago.
While Global Population is Rising, East Asia is Shrinking
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jul 09 (IPS) - Across East Asia, birthrates are plummeting. Japan’s has been falling for eight straight years and recently hit a record low of 1.2 children per woman, the lowest since record keeping began in 1899.
Justice, not Impunity, for Sexually Assaulted Indigenous Girls in Peru
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jul 08 (IPS) - The main fear facing women leaders who have denounced the systematic rape of girls from the Awajún indigenous people in the northeastern Peruvian department of Amazonas is that, despite the media coverage and sanctions announced by the authorities, it will all come to nothing.
Women Take the Lead in Baloch Civil Resistance
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 04 (IPS) - A 30-year-old woman speaks before tens of thousands gathered in southern Pakistan. Men of all ages listen to her speech in almost reverential silence, many holding up her portrait and chanting her name: Mahrang Baloch.
Investing in Teachers, School Leaders Key in Keeping Girls in School UN-African Union Study Finds
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI & ADDIS ABABA, Jul 04 (IPS) - Investing in teachers and school leaders in Africa is the most important factor in promoting educational opportunities for girls, keeping them in school and ending child marriage, ultimately reducing gender inequality through education.
As Heat Soars in India, so Does Domestic Violence
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jul 04 (IPS) - As the temperature soars to new heights in India, so does domestic violence. It’s a well-established correlation that is largely left out of the climate change discussion, but the gap is glaring and needs to be bridged.
Special Report: Exposing Afghanistans Pervasive, Methodical System of Gender Oppression
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 01 (IPS) - The UN Special Rapporteur’s annual report on human rights in Afghanistan lays bare the alarming phenomenon of an institutionalized system of discrimination, segregation, disrespect for human dignity and exclusion of women and girls.
IRAQ: ‘Tolerance for Abuses Against LGBTQI+ People Has Now Been Made Explicit Through Legislation’
- Inter Press Service
Jul 01 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the criminalisation of same-sex relations in Iraq with Sarah Sanbar, researcher at Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa division.
Thailands LGBTQI+ Rights Breakthrough
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jun 27 (IPS) - At the height of 2024 Pride season, decades of civil society campaigning came to fruition in Thailand. With 130 votes for and only four against, on 18 June the Senate passed the Marriage Equality Bill. With a few strokes of the pen, the bill tweaked the language of the Civil and Commercial Code, replacing gendered references such as ‘man’ and ‘woman’ with gender-neutral ones such as ‘persons’ and ‘spouses’. It now goes for formal assent to King Maha Vajiralongkorn and will take effect 120 days after publication in the official bulletin.
Fiscal Reform Can Help Dominican Republic Attract Greater Investment
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jun 27 (IPS) - The Dominican Republic leads Latin America in GDP growth, with an average annual rate of around 5 percent per year since the 1970s. The Caribbean nation has made great strides in reducing poverty and improving living standards.
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