News headlines for “Human Population”, page 443
Austerity Leaves Domestic Violence Victims Stranded
- Inter Press Service
BELGRADE, Apr 26 (IPS) - Up to a quarter of women in Europe have experienced domestic violence at some point in their lives. But despite the widespread nature of the phenomenon, more often than not we ignore it. A short video launched last month in Serbia managed to break this silence.
Rural Colombia Takes Its Place on the Agenda
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Apr 25 (IPS) - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) initiatives working to overcome poverty and improve food security in the Colombian countryside can make a positive contribution to government efforts to tackle some of the most neglected problems facing this South American country.
Cell Phones Yes, Toilets No, World Body Laments
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 (IPS) - Speaking of the widespread sanitation crisis, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson was quick to produce staggering numbers: of the world's seven billion people, about six billion have mobile phones but only about 4.5 billion have access to toilets.
Carbon Credits Could Finance Improved Cookstoves in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 25 (IPS) - Environmental organisations in Mexico are hoping to finance the promotion of fuel-efficient wood-fired cookstoves, which reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions, through the sale of carbon credits on the voluntary market.
BOOKS: A History of the Search for Justice in the Middle East
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (IPS) - It's no wonder that Egypt has floundered in its efforts to create a more democratic system from the ruins of the Mubarak regime.
Mining and Logging Companies “Leaving Chile without Water”
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 23 (IPS) - More than 100 environmental, social and indigenous organisations protested Monday in the Chilean capital to demand that the state regain control over the management of water, which was privatised by the dictatorship in 1981.
Spain’s New Evictions Law “Protects Banks”
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Apr 23 (IPS) - A new mortgage bill approved by Spain's lower house of parliament would merely put a bandaid on the plight of people whose homes are being repossessed, and would not guarantee protection for most families facing eviction, activists complain.
Their Missing Daughters
- Inter Press Service
GUWAHATI, India, Apr 23 (IPS) - It is as if they have given up hope of ever seeing their girls again. They are an Adivasi family from a remote village in Assam state in India, nestled in the Himalayan foothills. The picturesque surroundings belie the hollowness they feel within.
Israeli Cloud Hovers Over Green Energy
- Inter Press Service
MASAFER YATTA, Occupied West Bank, Apr 23 (IPS) - A quiet diplomatic war is being waged by several European governments against the Israeli authorities, specifically the Israeli Civil Administration which controls the Israeli occupied West Bank.
Educating Mothers to End South Africa’s Newborn Deaths
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 23 (IPS) - A young mother – who only wants to be identified as Karren – beamed as she nursed her newborn baby at the University of Witwatersrand's Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, in Hillbrow, South Africa.
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