News headlines for “Human Population”, page 510
U.N. Warns of Staggering Urbanisation in Asia, Africa
- Inter Press Service
Asia and Africa will account for a hefty 86 percent of all increases in the world's urban population in the next four decades, the United Nations said in a report released Wednesday.
Nepal's Rural Women Seek Justice
- Inter Press Service
Women in Nepal’s remote rural areas stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their men during the bloody 1996-2006 civil war that overthrew an oppressive monarchy, but many now battle domestic violence at home.
Native Andean Women Weave a Future in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
Their skill and dexterity in weaving textiles, to be worn on festive occasions or displayed in windows for sale to tourists, have become the mainstay of indigenous women and their families in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
‘Slum Cities’ Need Better Planning
- Inter Press Service
Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo, the vibrant economic and administrative heart of the bustling island nation, is rapidly turning into a city of slums. Home to over 30 percent of the country’s population, one in every two people living in the Greater Colombo Area is a slum dweller.
Where Men Now Fear to Tread
- Inter Press Service
No man, except for those raised here as children, lives in Umoja village in Kenya; one has not for two decades. It is a village only of and for women, women who have been abused, raped, and forced from their homes.
Europe's Austerity Programme Spawns ‘Lost Generation’
- Inter Press Service
The recent dramatic rise of youth unemployment across Europe — particularly in the Mediterranean member countries of the Eurozone most affected by the sovereign debt crisis and so-called ‘remedial’ austerity programmes — indicates that the continent is sacrificing its future on the altar of short-term budget consolidation.
Mauritania — Small Steps Towards Ending Female Genital Mutilation
- Inter Press Service
A multi-pronged strategy to end female genital mutilation in Mauritania is making gradual progress, though campaigners acknowledge much remains to be done in a country where more than two-thirds of girls suffer excision.
Q&A: 'We Need to Change the Economics of Development'
- Inter Press Service
After Latin America and the Caribbean's 'lost decade' of the 1980s, the region has experienced a period of 'light and shadow', says Alicia Bárcena, executive secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Maldivian Women Fight for Rights
- Inter Press Service
Maldivian women, long used to taking a backseat in the Muslim-dominated Indian Ocean country, say they are determined to ensure that they are not deprived of their rights under the new regime of President Mohammed Waheed Hassan.
Afghan Women Victims Not Perpetrators of ‘Moral Crimes’
- Inter Press Service
Mursal, a beautiful 19-year-old girl who has run away from home to escape a mentally ill husband, is just one of many Afghan women and girls who are now considered criminals under the country’s laws on ‘morality.’
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