News headlines for “Human Population”, page 448
Women Make Flowers Pay
- Inter Press Service
HONIARA, Solomon Islands, Mar 30 (IPS) - In Honiara, capital of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, women are taking the lead in developing a burgeoning floriculture industry. At the same time, their enterprise is contributing to community resilience as rapid urbanisation exceeds employment opportunities and challenges the economic wellbeing of many urban families.
Pope Francis Takes Over Sexophobic Church
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 29 (IPS) - Jorge Bergoglio begins his papacy as Francis I facing the challenge of a Catholic Church caught up in a burdensome contradiction with modern society, because of its negative attitude to sexuality and women.
Zimbabwe Struggling to Pay Laid-Off Workers
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 29 (IPS) - As former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe employees went to the Labour Court in Harare this week hoping for a ruling in favour of the finalisation of their retrenchment packages, the country's public and private sectors continue to lay off workers without paying the promised compensation.
Q&A: Portugal Neglects Undocumented Immigrants with AIDS
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Mar 28 (IPS) - In 1996, Luís Mendão was shocked to learn that he had contracted HIV/AIDS, and that the infection was advanced because of the late diagnosis. Racing against time, he began to put his affairs in order and to get ready to face his death.
Women Long to Work in Peace
- Inter Press Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Mar 28 (IPS) - Shaken by the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman in the national capital New Delhi last December, the female workforce in India is calling for more concrete measures for the protection of female employees from both physical and non-physical attacks.
“Merchants of Death” Fly Under the Radar of U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (IPS) - Viktor Bout earned a few monikers in his heyday: "Merchant of Death", "Sanctions Buster" and "Lord of War". He's the poster boy for illicit arms brokers – a guild of shadowy intermediaries who link arms suppliers to their end users.
Obesity and Hypertension - Signs of Inequality in Chile
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Mar 27 (IPS) - The prevalence of obesity and hypertension among the poor in Chile is a factor that aggravates inequality, requiring public policies for prevention and mitigation of the high cost of a healthy diet.
PERU: Stepping Up Protection for Native Groups in Voluntary Isolation
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Mar 26 (IPS) - In the dense Amazon rainforest of Peru, there are five reserves inhabited by indigenous groups who have chosen to remain totally or partially isolated from the rest of society. But these areas are not officially demarcated as indigenous lands, and only one is protected with a control post.
U.S. Congress Inches Away from the Straight and Narrow
- Inter Press Service
ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 26 (IPS) - Even as the issue of gay marriage continues to make waves in the U.S., change is inexorably arriving in the halls of power, with a record seven openly homosexual or bisexual members of the new U.S. Congress.
These Women Know Their Assailants
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Mar 26 (IPS) - Lynette Edwards (not her real name) grew up watching her mother being beaten by her partner each night. In high school, Edwards began associating with bullies, thinking this would protect her from being abused; but when she turned 16, two male acquaintances raped her.
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