News headlines for “Human Population”, page 507
U.S.: Only Four-Fifths of Men's Pay for Women
- Inter Press Service
Forty-seven years after the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, women in the United States are still struggling against wage discrimination in the workplace.
Bangladesh Cuts Maternal Deaths With Affordability
- Inter Press Service
The Aditmari Maternity Centre (AMC) is unpretentious but hygienic, and its staff of paramedics welcomes pregnant women from the poor farming villages of this district, 375 km northwest of Dhaka.
Filipino Workers Caught in Syrian Crossfire
- Inter Press Service
As pressure mounts on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to keep up an uncertain truce, human rights advocates are demanding reforms to a sponsorship system that has left many migrant domestic workers in Syria with no place to run.
When Immigrants Become the Football
- Inter Press Service
Candidates in the French presidential election are coming to use the word ‘immigrant’ like a ball to be kicked around from one side to another, analysts say. 'Boot all the immigrants out, and everything will be fine. That’s the seductive and deceptive message from some candidates,' says French professor Nonna Mayer.
Q&A: Increasing Investment Opportunities in Africa
- Inter Press Service
More than three years after the start of the global economic crisis, which has had a considerable impact on African trade, investments and gross domestic product, investment prospects on the continent are increasing.
Sea Level Rise Threatens Mekong Rice
- Inter Press Service
With Vietnam’s fertile Mekong delta threatened by rising sea levels and salt water ingress, the country’s future as a major rice exporter depends critically on research underway in the Philippines.
Reaffirmation of Women's Rights Key to Rio+20 Success
- Inter Press Service
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, unanimously adopted by 178 governments at the June 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil, specifically recognised that 'women have a vital role in environmental management and development.'
Gas Extraction Fuels Abuse in Papua New Guinea
- Inter Press Service
Papua New Guinea’s infamous track record on gender-based violence — with an estimated 75 percent of women and children experiencing some kind of violence, primarily domestic abuse — is poised to worsen.
War on Terror Traumatises Pakistani Women
- Inter Press Service
Collateral damage caused by the ‘war on terror’, prosecuted by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan since 2001, may well extend to psychological trauma sustained by thousands of women in the bordering areas of northwestern Pakistan.
Abya Yala Speaks
- Inter Press Service
During the closing session of the Social Forum of the Sixth Summit of the Americas, the broadcast signal was cut off, triggering protests from participating indigenous leaders. But that did not stop the voice of Abya Yala - the ancestral name of the continent - from being heard.
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