News headlines for “Human Population”, page 437
Gazans Dying to Enter Israel
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, May 23 (IPS) - Israel's crippling blockade of the coastal territory of Gaza is pushing desperate young Palestinians to ever more extreme measures in the search for livelihoods, despite an agreement granting Gazans greater access to their agricultural land.
OP-ED: A Global Goal on Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 23 (IPS) - Hardly a day goes by without a news story on some violation of women's rights. In recent months, appalling incidents of violence against women and girls, from Delhi to Johannesburg to Cleveland, have sparked public outrage and demands to tackle these horrific abuses.
Remittances Buoy Up Myanmar’s Economy
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, May 23 (IPS) - Nangnyi Foung reaches into the dryer, pulls out another pair of pants and places it on the ironing board. "I still have several more loads to go," she says as the clock strikes nine p.m., marking the start of her 14th hour on the shift.
Insects, from Delicacy to Tool against Hunger
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, May 22 (IPS) - The Food and Agriculture Organisation's recommendation to consider using edible insects as a food source to combat hunger may have particular repercussions in Colombia and Mexico, two Latin American countries that have a tradition of eating insects and a high degree of biodiversity.
New Effort Targets the Leading Killers of Children
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) - PATH, a Seattle-based global health development organisation, is aiming to save two million lives by 2015 by jointly tackling diarrhea and pneumonia, the leading killers of children globally.
Organic Cooperative Proves that Agriculture Can Prosper in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, May 21 (IPS) - "The people are the only thing that matters," says agronomist Miguel Ángel Salcines, who then goes on to list a series of other "secondary" factors that have turned Vivero Alamar, an urban farm on the outskirts of the Cuban capital, into a rare success story in the country's depressed agricultural sector.
Indigenous Brazilians Learn to Fight for the Right to Food
- Inter Press Service
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, May 21 (IPS) - Indigenous communities in remote areas of Brazil have begun to recognise that they have the right to not be hungry, and are learning that food security means much more than simply having food on the table.
Tackling Crime Takes on Import As Urban Populations Rise
- Inter Press Service
FLORENCE, May 21 (IPS) - As people around the world continue to migrate into cities, swelling urban populations, they have sparked growth in another area: crime and security issues.
UNFPA Focuses on Contraception for 222 Million in Developing World
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (IPS) - When thousands of participants from around the world gather in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur next week, the primary focus will be on health and empowerment of girls and women.
In India, Rapists Don’t Spare Children
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, May 21 (IPS) - When a five-year-old was rescued from the basement of a building in the eastern part of India's capital, New Delhi, the doctors treating her were horrified to find the little girl had not only been raped by two men several times, but the perpetrators had also inflicted severe perineal injuries by inserting foreign objects into her body.
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