News headlines for “Human Population”, page 427
Working to Save Malawi's Mothers
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Jul 03 (IPS) - Charity Salima, 54, has helped to deliver over 4,000 babies in her maternity clinic in Area 23 – one of Malawi's poorest and most populous townships – and has yet to record a single pregnancy-related death.
Egyptian Lawyer and Women’s Rights Advocate Wins RFK Award
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 03 (IPS) - A prominent human rights organisation based here announced Tuesday that its annual award for 2013 would go to Ragia Omran, an Egyptian lawyer and women's rights activist.
In the Land of the Gods, Disaster Response Falls Short of Divine
- Inter Press Service
DEHRADUN, India, Jul 02 (IPS) - Over 580 bodies have so far been found. Hundreds more will likely never turn up. Survivors say they are suspended in a kind of nightmare, either haunted by memories of their brush with death or desperate for news of loved ones. At least 3,000 are reported to be missing.
A Latin America With Opportunity for All
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - Latin America has had a good decade. Over the last 10 years, economic growth averaged 4.2 percent, and 70 million people escaped poverty. Macroeconomic stability, open trade policies and pro-business investment climates have supported and will continue to support strong growth in the years to come.
Sudan Hits Hard at Female Activists
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Jul 02 (IPS) - More and more of Sudan's female politicians and rights activists are being arrested and detained in the government's clampdown on opposition political parties.
Q&A: World Needs a Plan for Expected Waves of Climate Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 01 (IPS) - Untold thousands dead and thousands more stranded or missing - these are the latest figures from various reports on the devastation caused by flash floods in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
China Leads Battle Against Poverty, Says U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 01 (IPS) - The United Nations has singled out China - the world's most populous country with over 1.3 billion people - as one of the key success stories in the longstanding battle against poverty.
At Forty, CARICOM Has Few Laurels to Rest On
- Inter Press Service
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 01 (IPS) - Four decades after they signed the treaty establishing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), government leaders are gathering in Trinidad and Tobago, the birthplace of the integration process, as they seek to give greater meaning to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) that encourages the free movement of nationals across the 15-member grouping.
Fleeing with What’s Most Important
- Inter Press Service
RWAMWANJA REFUGEE CAMP, Uganda, Jul 01 (IPS) - If you were forced to flee your home to survive, what would you take? What could you take? Jean Claude "Van Damme" Ndongizimana, 20, escaped from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with just the bag in which he kept his profits from selling milk and the clothes on his back.
Spring Brings Differing Fruits for Tunisian Women
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Jun 30 (IPS) - The revolution that ousted dictator Ben Ali in January 2011 brought new, hard-won freedom to the Tunisian people. However as the country discovers whether secularism and growing political Islam can co-exist, some women are enjoying greater liberty to practise their religion while others are concerned that their rights may be eroded.
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