News headlines for “Human Population”, page 387
Women Voters Win
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, May 02 (IPS) - About a third of the voters in the Afghanistan presidential election were women. That still gives Afghan women a say in running the country, as never before.
OP-ED: Iran Human Rights: President Rouhani, Listen to Your Public
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 02 (IPS) - While enjoying unprecedented successes in international relations, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani seems to be suffering a stalemate when it comes to building trust and cooperation between different factions in the Iranian state. As a result, he seems plagued by continuous human rights disasters at home, while issuing no public condemnations.
Displaced and Disturbed in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 02 (IPS) - Every night in his sleep, Rizwan Ahmed sees his sons being killed. "When he wakes up, he starts crying. He realises they are dead and it was the nightmare he has been having," says Dr. Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the psychiatrist treating him.
No Choice But To Work Without Pay
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, May 01 (IPS) - The southern Indian city Hyderabad is witnessing a construction boom as it prepares to become the joint capital of two states - Andhra Pradesh and the soon to be formed Telangana. Buildings are coming up in almost every neighbourhood.
Face of Slave Labour Changing in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 30 (IPS) - The upcoming mega sporting events in Brazil are paving a new route for slave labour among those migrating from rural areas to the cities in search of work.
Finding the Needle in the Post-2015 Haystack
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 30 (IPS) - How will the U.N. prioritise the goals of its Post-2015 Development Agenda? Which goals deserve more funding? And which goals will help the most people? These are the questions that the Copenhagen Consensus Centre (CCC) seeks to answer.
Leadership Growing Young
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Apr 29 (IPS) - Fidelis Molao was 33 when he became a member of parliament in Botswana for the first time in 2009. He was the youngest MP in the country at the time, and still is, now at age 38. He has long championed youth rights.
Morocco Divided Over Equality
- Inter Press Service
CASABLANCA, Apr 29 (IPS) - Morocco stands divided over a proposal for equal inheritance rights for men and women: modernists see this as application of equality arising from the new constitution, and Islamists see in this a violation of Sharia law.
Egyptian Quacks Mutilate Millions
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Apr 27 (IPS) - Saber Abd El-Mawgoud began his career with castrating sheep and goats before moving on to humans. His first human experiment was a young boy he attempted to circumcise back in 1999 on the insistence of the boy's father.
Reproductive Rights Have a Rocky Ride
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Apr 25 (IPS) - For policy makers and activists working for sexual and reproductive health and rights, it's been a long road since the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994.
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