News headlines for “Human Population”, page 380
Op-Ed: Not Only Hunger, but Malnutrition Too
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 13 (IPS) - Continued growth in developing countries, along with poverty-reduction policies, have helped to improve both income and food security globally.
U.N. Releases Guidelines on Reparations for Victims of Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (IPS) - When sexual violence - whether against men, women or children - takes place in United Nations peacekeeping missions worldwide, the world body has been quick to single out the perpetrators and expel them back to their home countries.
Cameroon, Where Poor Infrastructure Doesn’t Dim Love for Football
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Jun 11 (IPS) - It is almost 6pm. A group of kids are plying their craft in a dusty, dirty courtyard in a poor neighbourhood in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital. That craft is football. They kick the once-white-but-now-brown, aged football around. One child is barefoot, the other wears worn shoes and is dressed in the kit of the national team.
Mothers Light Up Homes in Rural Tanzania
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 (IPS) - "My mother used to just stay at home, now she has come back and is an engineer and a leader. She is on the Village Energy Committee," said a 10-year-old girl from the village of Chekeleni, in Tanzania's southeastern Mtwara district.
Housing Crisis Worsens Urban Inequality in Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
PORT VILA, Jun 10 (IPS) - Rapid migration to cities and towns, driven by scarce public services and jobs in rural areas, is producing a profound social shift in Pacific Island countries, where agrarian life has dominated for generations. But the urban dream remains elusive as a severe lack of housing forces many into sprawling, poorly-serviced informal settlements.
Shona, Zimbabwe’s Local Language, Takes on Urban Grooves and Gets Street Cred
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jun 10 (IPS) - "Ndipei sand dzangu," (give me my hammers) sings Zimbabwean artist Winky D. He may be singing in Shona, the local language spoken by some 80 percent of Zimbabweans, but his Shona is different. It's Street Shona. So what he really means, loosely translated, is that someone is exceptionally good at what they do and therefore needs to be recognised for this.
Mauritian Sugar Farmers Squeezed by Low Prices as Bagasse and Ethanol Become Popular By-products
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Jun 10 (IPS) - While Mauritius has been forced to transform its sugar industry because of low prices for the commodity, the country's small-scale sugarcane farmers who contribute to it say they are barely earning a living.
First Decolonisation, Now ‘Depatriarchilisation’
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 09 (IPS) - At the end of this week leaders of the Group of 77 and China will meet in Bolivia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the group.
Kiribati President Purchases ‘Worthless’ Resettlement Land as Precaution Against Rising Sea
- Inter Press Service
NAVIAVIA, Fiji, Jun 09 (IPS) - You can count the inhabitants of this isolated, tidy village of multi-coloured houses and flower bushes among global warming's first victims – but not in the usual sense.
Q&A: Developing World Leads in Advancement of Climate Change Laws
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 08 (IPS) - Developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America are increasingly leading the way in providing a legal framework for climate security and are being hailed for their continued advancement in formulating climate change laws and policies.
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