News headlines for “Human Population”, page 410
Taiwan Lawmakers Push `Marriage Equality` Bill
- Inter Press Service
TAIPEI, Oct 30 (IPS) - Taiwan could become the first Asian state to legalise same-sex and other ``pluralistic`` forms of marriage if a wide-ranging package of changes to the civil code are approved by the national legislature.
Saudi Arabia, Sans Human Rights, Seeks Council Seat
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) - When Saudi Arabia permitted women to vote but not drive, a newspaper cartoon last year captured the double standard with dark irony.
Bangladesh Workers Short of Compensation
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Oct 30 (IPS) - Six months after the worst man-made disaster in Bangladesh's history, safety conditions in garment factories have a chance to improve. But not the lives of survivors or the victims' next of kin.
Teen Pregnancy Rooted in Powerlessness
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) - Before we begin, perhaps we can set aside the stereotypes: no, she didn't "mess herself up by following boys around", and no, it is not in fact her fault that she became pregnant.
Waiting for the Next Superstorm
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (IPS) - One year ago, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Northeast United States, causing an estimated 68 billion dollars in damage and paralysing the world's financial nerve centre.
Too Many Indians Find It’s Better to Die
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Oct 30 (IPS) - When Sarath, 29, a security staffer with a private firm in Kattakada town in India's southern Kerala state hanged himself at his office premises, his death became a grim reminder of what statistics in the country have been showing for some time now: more and more young Indian men are succumbing to socio-economic pressures and are committing suicide.
Women Battle On After Lanka War
- Inter Press Service
BATTICALOA/KILLINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka, Oct 30 (IPS) - The battle might have been over four long years ago, but for the women in Sri Lanka's former conflict zones in the northern and eastern provinces, the war continues.
Caught Between Two Sudans
- Inter Press Service
ABEYI, Oct 30 (IPS) - When Chris Bak returned two weeks ago to the disputed border town of Abyei, which voted this week on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan, he barely recognised it as the place where he grew up. "Everything is dirty," he told IPS. "We were just going around and around, but we didn't this place."
Domestics Join Forces to Put Their House in Order
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 29 (IPS) - "We have come together to join forces, to be heard, because we want to speak for ourselves," said Ernestina Ochoa, a Peruvian domestic worker, at the close of the founding congress of the International Domestic Workers Federation in the Uruguayan capital.
Ecuador-Colombia Settlement Won’t End Spraying
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Oct 28 (IPS) - The secrecy surrounding a friendly settlement in a case that Ecuador brought against Colombia in the International Court of Justice for damage caused by anti-drug spraying along the border has further angered those affected by the fumigation.
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