News headlines for “Human Population”, page 452
OP-ED: Violence Against Women Must End
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - Today is International Women's Day, and the issue of gender-based violence is topic A. Sadly, it has been a newsworthy topic in the global media, as well.
Argentina to Legalise Surrogate Motherhood
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 08 (IPS) - Argentina is set to become the first country in Latin America to legalise surrogate motherhood as an option for heterosexual and homosexual couples or single people who cannot conceive but want to have a child who is biologically their own.
Haiti Moves to Tighten Laws on Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 07 (IPS) - Haiti is poised to enact major reforms to its penal code to make it easier for victims of rape to prosecute their attackers.
Gaza Women Suffer on ‘Their’ Day
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Mar 07 (IPS) - "In Gaza we don't lead normal lives, we just cope and adapt to our abnormal lives under siege and occupation," says Dr. Mona El-Farra, a physician and a long-time human rights and women's rights activist in the Gaza Strip. On International Women's Day, when many of the world's women are fighting for workplace equality and an end to domestic violence, Farra and the majority of Gaza's women fight for the most basic of human rights.
Invisible War Decimates Brazil’s Youth
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 07 (IPS) - The 1992 Carandirú massacre of 111 inmates shot down in what was Brazil's largest prison was documented in thousands of print and televised news reports, as well as five books and a popular film.
Guardians of Life and of the Earth
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 07 (IPS) - Around the world, but especially in the planet's poorest regions, women represent a life force that renews itself daily, sometimes against all odds.
U.N. Declares Zero Tolerance for Violence Against Women
- Inter Press Service
At the Bottom of Lake Nyasa is ‘Rare Earth’
- Inter Press Service
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Mar 06 (IPS) - The local Tanzanian community bordering Lake Nyasa is no nearer to understanding what the conflict between their country and Malawi is about, nor why so much is at stake, as mediation efforts are expected to begin soon.
Immigrant Groups Say Spanish Hospitality in Danger
- Inter Press Service
MALAGA, Spain, Mar 04 (IPS) - "We used to be seen as really useful, and now we're a pain in the neck," said Roberto Suárez, an Ecuadorian who was complaining about proposed fines or prison sentences that could target Spanish citizens who help undocumented immigrants.
Millions of Kenyans Vote in Historic Election
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 04 (IPS) - On Monday, Mar. 4, Betty Amollo was one of the millions of Kenyans who turned out in large numbers to cast her ballot in the country's first general election since the 2007 disputed polls left almost 1,200 people dead and displaced 600,000 in the resultant inter-ethnic violence.
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