News headlines for “Human Population”, page 484
Hazaras in Pakistan Caught Between Persecution and the High Seas
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Sep 06 (IPS) - It will be no less than a miracle if Nadir Ali makes it to Australia, where he planned to seek asylum. But with each passing day, since his boat went missing over two months ago, hopes are dimming.
Israeli Women Fight Orthodox Curbs
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Sep 06 (IPS) - After filing the first-ever class-action lawsuit on the issue of gender segregation in Israel, a local religious women’s rights group says it hopes to protect the rights of women in the public sphere of Israeli society.
Climate Adaptation Daunts Karachi’s Planners
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Sep 06 (IPS) - Climate proofing this bustling port city is a daunting task for planners who must consider factors ranging from proneness to flooding and administrative malaise to the fact that 60 percent of its 18 million people live in slums.
Indigenous Consultations in Peru to Debut in Amazon Oil Region
- Inter Press Service
, Sep 05 (IPS) - Peru will debut a new mechanism for prior consultation with indigenous peoples by seeking their approval for a new stage of oil drilling operations in the infamous Lot 1AB in the northeastern Amazon region of Loreto.
Fighting Hunger - Arresting South Sudan’s Idle Youth
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Sep 05 (IPS) - Police in South Sudan have begun press-ganging every "idle" youth they can find to provide labour on police farms. The State Police Commissioner in Northern Bahr al Gazal state says young men cannot be left to drink tea and play cards all day while food insecurity threatens the country.
How to Get People to Make More Babies in Singapore
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Sep 04 (IPS) - How to get Singaporeans to have more babies has become a major part of the debate about this country’s future, and the government is encouraging people to speak out on the issue.
Nearer the Church, Farther From MDGs
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Sep 04 (IPS) - When Philippines President Benigno Aquino III delivered his annual state of the union address in July, he appealed to the country’s lawmakers to break a deadlock on progressive birth control laws in this predominantly Catholic nation.
Gun Violence a Growing Concern in Papua New Guinea
- Inter Press Service
BRISBANE, Sep 03 (IPS) - In Papua New Guinea, the largest island nation in Melanesia in the southwest Pacific, where more than 60 percent of major crimes involve guns, a burgeoning illegal arms trade is associated with lack of employment growth and low human security, with vulnerable communities suffering the consequences.
Cuban Women Face Challenges of Self-Employment
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Sep 03 (IPS) - Beatriz Lemes took her time deciding, and finally agreed “apprehensively” to take the job of heading a state-run company that is making the transition to financial autonomy, a system that is spreading throughout Cuba and is testing women’s capacities, among other things.
Debate on Asbestos Safety Reaches Brazil’s Supreme Court
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 03 (IPS) - Brazil’s Supreme Court is assessing the level of risk posed by asbestos to human health, while industry defends its use under controlled conditions, and associations of people with asbestos-related diseases argue that it should not be used under any circumstances, even with regulations.
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