News headlines for “Human Population”, page 465
Landfill in Argentine Capital “Kills Slowly”
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Dic 05 (IPS) - "This isn't like a tsunami, which appears all of a sudden, but a silent enemy that kills you slowly, as you breathe and drink the water," says Hugo Ozores, who lives in González Catán, a working-class district in Greater Buenos Aires.
Conflict Kills Culture in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Dic 05 (IPS) - Nestled in a valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range, Kashmir is an idyllic and culturally rich region, a cradle of Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist religious relics and architectural sites.
India Shrugs Off UK Aid Cuts, Despite Poverty
- Inter Press Service
Violence Against Afghan Women on the Rise
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Dic 05 (IPS) - Afghan women are no strangers to gender-based violence. For decades now, violent crimes against women have been heading for epic proportions, as young girls are forced into marriage, wives and daughters are abused, and women are dealt harsh punishments for ‘moral crimes'.
Brazilian Communities Revitalise the São Francisco River
- Inter Press Service
JANUÁRIA, Brazil, Dic 04 (IPS) - José Geraldo Matos fondly recalls the massive traíras (Hoplias sp), carnivorous freshwater fish found in the lagoons and rivers of Brazil, that he used to catch in the Dos Cochos River just a few metres from his house.
Immigrant Caregivers in Spain Hit Hard by Crisis
- Inter Press Service
VALENCIA, Spain, Dic 03 (IPS) - "It's really painful to work and not get paid. And I can't report them, because I don't have documents, or a contract," Rossana, one of the many immigrant women working as domestic employees and caregivers in Spain, told IPS.
Q&A: A Missionary Who Preaches Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Dic 03 (IPS) - Midiam Lobaina describes herself as a "Christian militant" who takes a feminist reading of the Bible to workshops and religious services around Cuba, to discuss gender equality and a culture of peace.
Q&A: Education Is Where HIV Care Begins
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 02 (IPS) - When Shorai Chitongo founded Ray of Hope, a support group for female survivors of domestic violence in 2005, she discovered that three-quarters of the survivors in the group were HIV-positive.
Shorai Chitongo, founder of Ray of Hope, a support group for survivors of domestic violence, and a national leader of the Groots Zimbabwe Home-Based Care Alliance. Photo courtesy of Ms. Chitongo There’s Life in the AIDS Ribbon
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, Dic 01 (IPS) - Thirty-year old Swapna Raj of Hyderabad is a woman in a hurry: in time for the International AIDS day Swapna, a HIV positive person on anti-retroviral therapy (ART), has received a contract from the state government to deliver 5,000 red ribbons.
There’s Life in the AIDS Ribbon
- Inter Press Service
HYDERABAD, India, Dic 01 (IPS) - Thirty-year old Swapna Raj of Hyderabad is a woman in a hurry: in time for the International AIDS day Swapna, a HIV positive person on anti-retroviral therapy (ART), has received a contract from the state government to deliver 5,000 red ribbons.
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