News headlines for “Human Population”, page 459
Yemeni Women Struggle to Step Forward
- Inter Press Service
, Jan 05 (IPS) - Yemeni women have played an integral role in the protests against ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year regime last year. But despite the country's upcoming political ‘National Dialogue' - brokered by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and intended to bring together a cross-section of Yemeni constituencies - females still face a wall of discriminatory laws and practices, and a status quo willing to enforce them.
New Feminism Tears Down Walls in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 04 (IPS) - Anarkia Boladona has turned the streets of Brazil into billboards against domestic violence. As a self-titled feminist political graffiti artist, she represents a new trend in women's rights that seeks less academic and more daring and popular avenues of expression.
Q&A: Global Ban Another Tool in the Fight Against FGM
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 03 (IPS) - For the estimated 140 million girls and women living with the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), it is already too late. But since a global ban on FGM was passed at the end of last year, activists hope many more will now escape this brutal practice.
Bought, Sold and Abused in Yemen
- Inter Press Service
ADEN, Yemen, Jan 02 (IPS) - Twenty-one-year-old Aisha clings to her two children as she recounts her tale of horror. Growing up in the Somali capital Mogadishu, she fell in love and bore a child out of wedlock four years ago. When her family threatened her life for destroying her ‘honour', Aisha escaped.
The Rise of Ethiopia’s Sole Rebels
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 01 (IPS) - Innovative Ethiopian footwear manufacturer Sole Rebels will open its second retail outlet in Taiwan this year. With ambitions to open 30 more franchise stores across the world in countries like the United States, Australia, Italy and Japan, Sole Rebels, the largest African footwear brand, is now fast becoming a global competitive brand.
Between Drought and Floods - A Year of Extremes in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
UDAWALAWE, Sri Lanka, Dic 30 (IPS) - Wild elephants are usually the primary attraction in the remote shrub jungles of Udawalawe, about 180 kilometres southeast of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. But this Christmas season, the massive Udawalawe dam stole the limelight from the lumbering beasts.
Bicycles No Longer Mere Recreation in Argentine Capital
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Dic 30 (IPS) - A programme launched in Buenos Aires three years ago to encourage the use of bicycles has already brought results: the use of this environment-friendly means of transport has increased fivefold in the Argentine capital.
Renovating an Embattled City
- Inter Press Service
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank, Dic 29 (IPS) - Every day, Anas Maraka sees his family's home, but can't go inside. "It's hardest for my grandfather," said Maraka, referring to the house overlooking Shuhada Street, once the central marketplace in Hebron's old city.
Carrots and Cabbages - Reviving Family Farming in Angola
- Inter Press Service
CAPANDA, Angola, Dic 28 (IPS) - "We never used to eat carrots, but now we like them," said Rebeca Soba, admiring her vegetable garden, an island of diversity in the midst of a vast sugarcane plantation.
Vegetable gardening has been introduced at the Capanda Agroindustrial Pole (PAC) as a source of income for local small farmers.
International Aid Helps Cuba Adapt to Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Dic 28 (IPS) - "Adaptation to climate change is urgent and must be part of development," said Bárbara Pesce-Monteiro, the United Nations resident coordinator in Cuba, assessing the damage done by hurricane Sandy in the eastern region of the country.
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