News headlines for “Human Population”, page 470
Unsafe Abortions Threaten Thousands in Eastern Europe
- Inter Press Service
PRAGUE/WARSAW, Nov 14 (IPS) - Pressure from the Catholic Church, social stigma, a lack of information about sexuality and reproductive health and limited access to reproductive healthcare services are putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of women across Eastern Europe at risk.
Soup Kitchens Overwhelmed in Crisis-Ridden Spain
- Inter Press Service
MÁLAGA, Spain, Nov 14 (IPS) - A huge pot of rice steams on the stove at the soup kitchen run by Emaús in the municipality of Torremolinos, on the outskirts of this southern Spanish city. This morning, like every other, Pepi, Adriana and Diego are cooking for over a hundred people who can no longer afford to feed themselves.
Racism Is Bad for Health
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 14 (IPS) - If a black woman and a white woman both need emergency obstetric care, a Brazilian doctor will assist the white woman because of the stereotype that black women are better at handling pain and are used to giving birth.
No Contraceptives Means More Illegal Abortions in Uganda
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 14 (IPS) - Every day at least five women are brought to the gynaecological ward of Uganda's Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala for treatment for complications caused by crude attempts to terminate their pregnancies.
Radical Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 14 (IPS) - An ultraconservative Salafi cleric recently sparked outrage among Egypt's liberal circles when he attempted to justify his opposition to a proposed constitutional article that would outlaw the trafficking of women for sex.
Sex Education Is Also a Right
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Nov 13 (IPS) - Learning about respect in a relationship, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender equality and family planning forms part of the right to sex education that is still not enjoyed by all children and adolescents in Latin America.
Getting an Education – a Heroic Feat for Native Children in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
MISKHAMAYU, Bolivia, Nov 12 (IPS) - Even before the sun comes up, Reinaldo starts out on the two-hour journey to the school he attends in a small native village in Bolivia, hiking along steep, narrow paths that take him across ravines and rivers.
Breast Cancer Screening Comes to Palestinians
- Inter Press Service
DURA, Occupied West Bank, Nov 12 (IPS) - Fatmeh Abu Hrar Tabeel has had her first ever breast cancer screening. "It feels good to know, of course. Thanks to god, I am well," the 51-year-old mother of seven told IPS. "Now I can examine myself once a month from home; the doctor showed me how."
Major Malaria Vaccine Less Effective than Hoped
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 09 (IPS) - Researchers unveiling critical trial results of a potentially major anti-malaria vaccine are expressing disappointment that the drug's efficacy levels have proved lower than they had anticipated.
People's Tribunal Defends Native Villages from Dams
- Inter Press Service
TEMACAPULÍN, Mexico, Nov 09 (IPS) - "What do we stand to lose because of the dam? We will lose everything!" said Maria Abigail Agredani, a member of the committee for this indigenous community in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, reporting the damage that will be caused by the hydroelectric complex being built nearby.
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