News headlines for “Human Population”, page 493
Archaic Laws Stymie HIV/AIDS Work in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jul 16 (IPS) - Sri Lanka has long enjoyed a low 0.1 percent HIV prevalence but, as the number of fresh infections rises steadily, experts are calling for a change in the country's archaic laws that make sex work illegal and criminalises homosexual activity.
Canada Targets Traffickers, With a Close Eye on Sex Work
- Inter Press Service
TORONTO, Jul 16 (IPS) - The arrests last week of the three remaining perpetrators of the alleged Opapa human trafficking ring, which forced 19 people recruited from Hungary to endure long work days, poor living conditions and no pay in the Canadian construction industry, has cast a light on Ottawa’s new measures to combat the crime.
Vietnamese Girls Grapple With Changing Sexual Climate
- Inter Press Service
HANOI, Vietnam, Jul 15 (IPS) - Conservative attitudes toward women die hard in Vietnam, as seen in the country’s worsening sex ratio at birth (SRB). Yet, social mores have relaxed sufficiently for women to tune in to late night TV talk shows to learn about the acceptability of one-night stands.
Women Secure a Third of Mexican Parliament
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 13 (IPS) - Female candidates are poised to occupy an unprecedented third of the seats in Mexico's bicameral parliament when preliminary results for the Jul.1 election are confirmed.
Women’s Inequality Linked to Soaring Population
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (IPS) - The world’s population now stands at about seven billion, and by 2050, this figure will hit a whopping nine billion.
Making it Compulsory to Have Women in Ghana’s Parliament
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Jul 12 (IPS) - Beatrice Boateng, a member of parliament with the New Patriotic Party, Ghana’s official opposition to the ruling New Democratic Congress, has earned her place among the country’s lawmakers.
Making it Compulsory to Have Women in Ghana’s Parliament
- Inter Press Service
Beatrice Boateng, a member of parliament with the New Patriotic Party, Ghana’s official opposition to the ruling New Democratic Congress, has earned her place among the country’s lawmakers.
U.S.: Latinos Could Shift Outcome of 2012 Elections, Experts Say
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (IPS) - As the Latino population in the United States rises, the demographic shift will affect future as well as current voting habits, and therefore election outcomes, in the United States, according to several experts.
U.S. Commits 10 Million for Mali Refugees as Intervention Talk Builds
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (IPS) - President Barack Obama on Thursday authorised the release of 10 million dollars in emergency funding to help with the refugee crisis stemming from continued violence in northern Mali, in response to warnings that international aid efforts were in danger of drying up in coming months.
Colombia Tightening Laws Against Acid Attacks
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTÁ, Jul 11 (IPS) - Nobody will ever know if Jhon Jairo Echenique decided to take his own life out of remorse, fear or mental illness. But the suicide followed his arrest for the stabbing and burning with acid of his 19-year-old former girlfriend Angélica Gutiérrez.
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