News headlines for “Human Population”, page 406
Femicides in Brazil Hit Civil War Proportions
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 28 (IPS) - The number of femicides – gender-related murders – in Brazil has reached civil war-like proportions. In just 10 years 40,000 women were killed in this country merely for being women, say activists leading the fight against gender violence.
CARICOM Chastises Dominican Republic over Deportations
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Nov 27 (IPS) - Outraged at a court ruling that would potentially render stateless thousands of Dominican people of Haitian descent, the Caribbean Community on Tuesday suspended the Dominican Republic's bid to join the 15-member regional grouping.
Pros and Cons of Uganda’s New ARV Therapy for Pregnant Women
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Nov 27 (IPS) - Uganda has gotten plenty of kudos and some criticism over its roll out of the new antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women and their babies, known as Option B +.
The Other Rearguard of Colombia’s FARC Rebels
- Inter Press Service
PUERTO AYACUCHO, Venezuela, Nov 26 (IPS) - The presence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is evident in Venezuela's Amazon region, where the guerrillas can be seen on speed boats, in camps, or interacting with local indigenous communities.
Spring Bursts Among the Toubou in Libya´s Desert
- Inter Press Service
MURZUQ, Libya, Nov 26 (IPS) - "Can there possibly be anything more satisfying than teaching your own language to your own people?" Abdel Salam Wahali remarked to IPS. He is a teacher of Tebu, an ancient language which is experiencing a boom in post-Gaddafi Libya.
Almost 20 Years On - International Justice Still Fails Rwandans
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Nov 26 (IPS) - "There is a saying that all Rwandans believe in. You can't forgive if you forget, but when you remember, you know what harmed you and you can forgive and move forward," Honore Gatera tells IPS as he walks through the grounds of the Kigali Memorial Centre in Rwanda's capital.
Taking Efforts to Fight Prejudice in Cuba to the Barrios
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Nov 25 (IPS) - From a very young age, Irma Castañeda has braided her curly hair and cared for it with natural recipes inherited from her mother, ignoring the widespread conception that black women's hair is "ugly" or "bad".
Lebanon’s Splintered Law Wrecks Lives
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Nov 24 (IPS) - Married women in Lebanon who suffer abuse at home remain at the mercy of the country's multitude of religious courts, because the hard-fought civil law against domestic violence has been stalled for a vote in parliament since the summer.
Fears Rise of ‘Taliban-Style’ Justice in Syria
- Inter Press Service
IDLIB PROVINCE, Syria, Nov 21 (IPS) - Concerns are rising that courts run by Islamic clerics in many of Syria's rebel-held areas may serve as a prelude to Taliban-style justice in what was long a violently repressive but secular state.
Fear of HIV Testing Among Zimbabwe’s Teens
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Nov 21 (IPS) - Seventeen-year-old Natalie Mlambo* has two good reasons to get tested for HIV. She has two boyfriends and has unprotected sex with them. One is a high school classmate. The other is older, works in a bank, and can afford to give Mlambo small gifts and some money.
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