News headlines for “Human Population”, page 498
Refugees Crowd Behind Five-Star Checks
- Inter Press Service
A group of Palestinian Jerusalemites steps down from a crowded bus to let two Israeli soldiers climb aboard to check identity cards, below the aluminum roof of this newly operational checkpoint terminal.
Nepal Misses Pro-Women Constitution
- Inter Press Service
Nepal’s squabbling political parties have squandered an opportunity to pass into law one of the most gender-friendly constitutions ever devised.
Midwives Play Key Social Role in Guatemala
- Inter Press Service
'Midwives in Guatemala attend to women during pregnancy, the birth and the post-partum period. They give the women warmth and support, because they speak the same language and belong to the same culture,' said Silvia Xinico with the Network of Organisations of Indigenous Women for Reproductive Health.
Bangladesh Braces for HIV Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
Bangladesh, which has shown low HIV prevalence rates so far, may be silently moving towards an epidemic, say experts who point to underreporting and poor monitoring for the virus in the general population.
Taliban Setting Up Human Shields
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of civilians reaching Peshawar following military action in Khyber Agency say the Taliban have been preventing refugees from leaving. The refugees say local residents are being used as human shields.
Women Look for a Place in New Egypt
- Inter Press Service
'It was so frustrating but so exciting at the same time,' recalls 15-year-old Mariam Assam, a year-10 student in Cairo. Assam was recalling the days she tried to join protestors during the Egyptian revolution in January 2011 but was intially prevented by her parents who said street protests were no place for a girl to be.
Climate Change Drives Exodus to Jakarta
- Inter Press Service
Another month of plying his ‘becak’ (trishaw) in the capital city and Sarjo will be coming back to this West Java district to harvest the rice ripening on his 1,400 sq m paddy.
MLK Centre: Building Social Networks in Cuba for 25 Years
- Inter Press Service
There was little familiarity with community networks in Cuba until Apr. 25, 1987, when the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Centre (CMMLK) was founded. Today, this ecumenical Christian organisation links up local initiatives with others in the Americas.
Battle Rages to Stretch the Legal Concept of Family in Nicaragua
- Inter Press Service
A bill under discussion in the Nicaraguan parliament has unleashed a nationwide debate on the concept of family.
Going to School Without Breakfast in Portugal
- Inter Press Service
Going to school without eating breakfast has become a normal part of daily life for thousands of children in Portugal, whose growing vocabulary now includes the word 'crisis'.
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