News headlines for “Human Population”, page 475
‘Malala’s Cause Is Our Cause’
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Oct 24 (IPS) - Less than two weeks after being left for dead by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai is standing up on her own two feet.
Migrant Women Trapped in Sex Trade
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Oct 24 (IPS) - When French police broke up a Nigerian human trafficking ring that allegedly forced young migrant women into prostitution, the arrests cast a sharp light on the plight of what the authorities called “modern-day slaves”, here and throughout Europe.
Chile Deports Non-Violent Foreign Prisoners
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Oct 23 (IPS) - Chile is releasing and deporting foreign inmates, mainly in prison on drug trafficking charges, as part of a broader attempt at improving conditions in this country’s overcrowded prisons.
Gang Truce Can Break Down, Prevention Should Be Priority
- Inter Press Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 22 (IPS) - El Salvador has managed to bring down one of the world’s highest murder rates thanks to a truce between gangs that was lauded by the United Nations as an example to be followed in other countries of Central America.
Cuban Families Grapple with Migration Reform
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Oct 20 (IPS) - Her voice is calm. She no longer has any question that her âdestinyâ is to live outside of Cuba. âMy father is getting older every day. Itâs time for me to help him,â the 27-year-old woman tells IPS, commenting on her plans to emigrate and become her familyâs provider.
The Face of Food Security Is Female
- Inter Press Service
DES MOINES, Iowa, USA, Oct 19 (IPS) - In a major endorsement for investment in women - the bulk of food growers in the developing world - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said food security could not be achieved without women, and that the world's hungry also needed leaders to prioritise actions.
Amid Food Crisis, Caribbean Agriculture Going to Seed
- Inter Press Service
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Oct 19 (IPS) - With the average age of a farmer in the Caribbean now 62 years old, there is growing concern that commercial agriculture is on a path to extinction – a dire scenario for a region already shouldering a massive food import bill.
Argentina - Fighting the Worst Child Obesity Rate in the Region
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 19 (IPS) - Pediatricians and nutritionists stress that there is no single factor explaining why Argentina is the country in Latin America with the highest rate of obese and overweight children.
Cooperatives Help Women Farmers Tighten Ranks
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 19 (IPS) - It is a tried and tested truth that when women come together in groups they can address their issues more powerfully than they can as individuals.
Violence Against Women Surging in India
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Oct 19 (IPS) - As gender-based violence across India becomes more frequent, and more savage, increasing numbers of women are speaking out against the cruelty.
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