News headlines for “Human Population”, page 394
Q&A: Women Hold the Key to Peace in DRC
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Mar 12 (IPS) - Ireland's former President Mary Robinson has been working hard to include women from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes Region in the regional peacebuilding process. Because without their involvement, she says, peace and security in the region will be unrealistic.
Stateless in Nepal
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Mar 10 (IPS) - Around 4.3 million of Nepal's 27 million population lack citizenship documents, rendering them stateless, says a report by the Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), which works to promote and protect the interests of Nepali women.
Women Turn Potatoes into Gold in Zimbabwe’s Cities
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 09 (IPS) - Shyline Chipfika, 26, is one of thousands of Zimbabwean women in urban centres who have struck gold by growing potatoes. And a lot of their success has to do with an import ban.
Pakistani Women Hit Hurdles in Medical Profession
- Inter Press Service
BOSTON, United States, Mar 08 (IPS) - On one of her many visits to Pakistan recently, Sarah Peck, director of the U.S.-Pakistan Women's Council, spent some time talking to young women medical students in Pakistan. She was struck by their passion and commitment -- and by the hurdles they face.
Dangerous Combo: Violence in Pregnancy and HIV in South Africa
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 07 (IPS) - When Phumzile Khoza* came to the central Johannesburg antenatal clinic on a chilly day in August 2013, she was feeling on edge. Not about the medical procedures – she already had two children – but about talking to the nurse.
Sun Shines on Forest Women
- Inter Press Service
ANANATAGIRI, India, Mar 07 (IPS) - Chintapakka Jambulamma, 34, looks admiringly at a solar dryer. It's the prized possession of the Advitalli Tribal Women's Co-operative Society- a collective of women entrepreneurs that she leads.
Tahrir Square Finds a GrEEK Neighbour
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Mar 07 (IPS) - The group of buildings near Tahrir Square could be modern campus-style office space anywhere. It's hard to believe that just outside the heavy steel gates lies downtown Cairo, the noisy, polluted and now troubled heart of Egypt.
Women Still Walk Two Steps Behind in Arab World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 06 (IPS) - In much of the Arab world, women's participation in the labour force is the lowest in the world, according to the United Nations, while women in politics is a rare breed both in the Middle East and North Africa.
India Fights a Tougher TB
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Mar 05 (IPS) - For years Joba Hemron, 50, prayed that her cough would go away. She was diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB) in 2011. She was put on a Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS), provided free at a public health clinic in Bongaigaon district in Assam.
OP-ED: The Care Imperative
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (IPS) - As the debate about a future global development agenda to succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015 gathers pace, there is broad agreement that gender equality and women's empowerment are crucial components.
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