News headlines for “Human Population”, page 482
Involuntary Sterilisation Threatens Rights of Disabled Women
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 21 (IPS) - In 1996, Maria Mamerita Mestanza Chavez, a 33-year-old Peruvian mother of seven, was threatened with imprisonment if she did not comply with the government policy of undergoing sterilisation. After suffering post-operative complications for which she was refused treatment, Chavez died nine days later.
Human Rights Education Shows Its Potential
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Sep 20 (IPS) - The impact of human rights education, a rising star, is highlighted in a short documentary sponsored by United Nations experts and civil society.
Murder Tops Crimes by Women in Afghanistan
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Sep 20 (IPS) - The number of Afghan women being jailed for murder has been increasing every year, officials say. More than a quarter of the 700 women in prison are serving murder sentences.
Women Redefine Japan’s Work Culture
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Sep 20 (IPS) - Unhappy with her employer of five years, Chikako Harada, 34, quit three months ago and has just started on a new job with a large Internet sales company.
Palestinian Authority Faces Fiscal Crisis, As World Bank Blames Israelis
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 20 (IPS) - With a shortfall of some 400 million dollars this year, the Palestinian Authority (PA) faces a “deepening fiscal crisis", according to new reports released here Wednesday on the eve of a critical donors’ conference by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Young People Caretaking in an Aging Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 19 (IPS) - Mabel Suárez, a 22-year-old Cuban woman, can’t concentrate on enjoying her youth. She helped take care of her great-grandmother for two years, and she knows that, whether she likes it or not, it will fall to her to take care of her grandparents and parents in their old age.
Q&A: “Pacification of Favelas Not a Real Public Policy Yet”
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 18 (IPS) - The “pacification” of the favelas in this Brazilian city, aimed at driving out armed groups and fighting drug trafficking, has not yet become a fully effective public policy, says Eliana Sousa Silva, who has lived in one of Rio’s shantytowns for nearly 30 years.
India Coaxes Tribal Girls Into Schools
- Inter Press Service
RAYAGADA, India, Sep 18 (IPS) - The deafening din of the lunch gong is sweet music to the 200-odd tribal girls rushing down the stairway, clutching stainless steel plates and tumblers.
Taking Justice to the Neighbourhoods in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Sep 17 (IPS) - The Argentine government has opened legal aid centres in slum neighbourhoods, to provide a range of services, from assistance for immigrants and victims of domestic violence to dental care services.
Saving the Lives of Malwai’s Children
- Inter Press Service
CHIKHWAWA, Malawi, Sep 15 (IPS) - Three-month-old Simplicious Gift lives in Mafunga village in Malawi’s southern rural district of Chikhwawa, 48 kilometres from the commercial capital, Blantyre. His is a poor farming village of about 1,200 people who live off their harvests and the produce from their livestock of goats, pigs and cows.
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