News headlines for “Human Population”, page 423
Nepal Moves to Curb Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Jul 25 (IPS) - Last December, Pradeep Dongol, child protection officer at the Kathmandu-based Children and Women in Social Service and Human Rights (CWISH), received an urgent call from one of the NGO's many offices in Nepal's sprawling capital city.
Thailand Brings Same-Sex Marriage Debate to Asia
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jul 24 (IPS) - A draft law being readied for parliament that seeks to offer lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) couples the same legal rights as heterosexual couples could make Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise gay marriage.
Where Sports Replace Terror
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul 24 (IPS) - Pakistanis are no strangers to sports-related violence; in fact, many have come to expect scuffles and conflict, especially following a major cricket match. In the country's northern Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), however, cricket has become a tool to promote peace.
Thou Shalt Not Eat Meat… On Mondays At Least
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 24 (IPS) - Nutritionists are promoting an 11th commandment in Mexico: "Thou shalt not eat meat… at least one day a week."
‘Missing Melody in the Tune of Sustainable Development’
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Jul 23 (IPS) - It is 10.26 am in Kampala and a Ugandan woman is airing her gripe about the opposite sex on the airwaves.
Support for FGM Slowly Eroding, Global Report Finds
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 (IPS) - The United Nations children's agency UNICEF released a report Monday that gives the most complete picture of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) ever published.
Kashmiris Run Away from TB Treatment
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, India, Jul 22 (IPS) - Twenty-three-year-old Haleema (not her real name) was not the first female patient at Srinagar's Chest Diseases Hospital in the Indian state of Kashmir to try to run away.
River Diversion Project Spells Disaster
- Inter Press Service
SELENGE PROVINCE, Mongolia, Jul 19 (IPS) - Tsetseghkorol, a Mongolian herder, stares out nostalgically at the Orkhon River, the longest in the country.
Haitian Women Still Waiting for a Seat at the Table
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jul 18 (IPS) - More than two years ago, Haiti's parliament approved a landmark amendment to the country's 1987 constitution to ensure that women fill at least 30 percent of elected and appointed positions at the national level.
Management Jobs Elusive for Cuban Women
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jul 18 (IPS) - Despite the progress made by Cuban women in education, where they account for 64 percent of university graduates, they continue to have a limited presence in management positions.
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