News headlines for “Human Population”, page 490
Pakistan Faces a ‘Youth Bomb’
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug 03 (IPS) - “This is just a trailer of the horror that awaits us,” says noted demographer Farid Midhet, referring to Pakistan’s bulging population and the possibly corresponding link to rising crime, including murders, robberies, rioting and extremist activity.
Many Chilean Women Keep Mum About Unequal Wages
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 02 (IPS) - "I know that my male colleagues earn more than I do and work the same amount or even less. And my employers keep me in a non-managerial post, even though I do tasks at that level,” said Pamela, a Chilean professional who holds a doctorate in economics.
Portugal’s Innovative Drug Policy Offers Hope*
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Aug 01 (IPS) - Portugal was traditionally one of the European countries with the lowest levels of drug use, until the 1980s and 1990s, when problematic drug abuse, especially of heroin, became a major problem.
India Drowning in Waste, Experts Warn
- Inter Press Service
BANGALORE, Aug 01 (IPS) - Almitra Patel, a civil engineer by qualification, says she was first alerted to India’s huge problem of inadequate waste disposal when she noticed that the frogs in the marshlands near her farmhouse, on the city’s outskirts, had stopped croaking.
Kenya Set to Run Away With Medals
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 01 (IPS) - On a chilly morning at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, the largest multi-purpose sports centre in Kenya, 800m world record holder David Rudisha looked like just another athlete.
Where Are Canada's Missing Native Women?
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Jul 31 (IPS) - First Nations’ leaders are calling on the Canadian government to establish an independent commission of inquiry to investigate at least 582 missing and murdered indigenous women and girls - a wish which was not immediately granted by provincial premiers meeting last week.
Laos’s Rural Women Await Midwives
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jul 31 (IPS) - A year after the Laotian government launched a safe pregnancy programme news of this initiative, involving the dispatch of teams of midwives across the country, is yet to reach women in the remote communities.
Q&A: "In Portugal, We Fight the Illness, Not the People Who Suffer from It”
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Jul 31 (IPS) - Portugal’s anti-drug policies have been gaining international visibility since this country began to publish the results of its 2001 decision to eliminate all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs.
Breaking the Ghostly Silence on Rape
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 30 (IPS) - It was the ghostly silence that struck him hardest as he walked through the Colombo suburb of Kirulapone the day after the lifeless body of a six-year-old girl had been discovered floating in a filthy canal, Kumar de Silva, a well-known local media personality, told IPS.
Lebanon Heading for Failed State Status?
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jul 30 (IPS) - Every day Lebanon is being plunged further into a state of general insecurity, as chaos from the war in Syria seeps across the border.
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