Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 386
On 20th Anniversary of Genocide, Rwanda’s Women Lead
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 07 (IPS) - When Rwandan Member of Parliament Veneranda Nyirahirwa was just a girl, she wasn't allowed to attend secondary school because of her ethnicity.
Taliban Provokes New Hunger for Education
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Apr 07 (IPS) - Following scattered defiance of the Taliban earlier, a new wave of students is now heading for education in schools and colleges across the troubled north of Pakistan.
Biofortified Beans to Fight ‘Hidden Hunger’ in Rwanda
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 06 (IPS) - Joane Nkuliye considers herself an activist. She is part of a select group of farmers producing biofortified crops on a commercial scale in Rwanda.
Political Web Spun for ‘Youngistan’
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Apr 06 (IPS) - As India votes in its 16th general election Apr. 7-May 12, the youth, comprising nearly half the country's 814 million voters, could prove decisive. And the internet is being used increasingly to target youth in the world's largest democratic exercise.
Chile Graduates in Earthquake Preparedness
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 05 (IPS) - Chile appears to have learned a few lessons from the 2010 earthquake and tsunami, and it successfully drew on them the night of Apr. 1, when another quake struck, this time in the extreme north of the country.
Brazilian Dams Accused of Aggravating Floods in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Apr 04 (IPS) - Unusually heavy rainfall, climate change, deforestation and two dams across the border in Brazil were cited by sources who spoke to IPS as the causes of the heaviest flooding in Bolivia's Amazon region since records have been kept.
Misgivings Rise Over Afghan Poll
- Inter Press Service
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Apr 04 (IPS) - "If Abdullah will become president, the will of Afghan people will be respected. Otherwise – especially if Zalmai Rassoul will be indicated as the winner – a new conflict will start and our country will become more insecure." The remark by Abdullah Abdullah supporter Qazi Sadullah Abu Aman is typical of uncertainties and accusations rising as election day draws close on Saturday.
Youth Around the World See Meagre Opportunities
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 03 (IPS) - Although half the world's population is under 25 years old, young people in more than two dozen countries feel that their opportunities for educational, economic and societal advancement are limited, according to new research released here Thursday.
Rural Costa Rican Women Plant Trees to Fight Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
PITAL, Costa Rica, Apr 02 (IPS) - Olga Vargas, a breast cancer survivor, is back in the countryside, working in a forestry programme in the north of Costa Rica aimed at empowering women while at the same time mitigating the effects of climate change.
OP-ED: Europe’s Commitment to Africa’s Children is Still Needed
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Apr 01 (IPS) - As African and European leaders meet in Brussels this week under the theme of "Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace", it is clear Africa's greatest natural resource, its children, must be centre stage.
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