News headlines for “Human Population”, page 511
Liberia’s Government Finding a Way to End FGM
- Inter Press Service
'There were three people. One person was holding me down; one person was holding my hand; and the other person was doing the job. They lay me down, and…' Fatu said of the female genital mutilation she underwent as an eight- year-old in Liberia.
Payments for Environmental Services Skip Rural Women in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
Despite the key role they play in caring for natural resources in the face of climate change, rural women in Mexico do not benefit from payments for environmental services, say activists and experts.
Suu Kyi as Lawmaker
- Inter Press Service
Following her historic victory in Sunday’s by-elections Aung San Suu Kyi takes on a new role as opposition lawmaker, after a 22-year existence as Myanmar’s most famous political prisoner.
Women Pay for Kashmir's Water Woes
- Inter Press Service
Naseema Akhtar, 38, worries that her daily treks to collect clean water from the mountain springs around her village of Bonpora, in Kashmir’s Kupwara district, are getting longer. She is already doing more than seven km every day.
Hindu Girls Targeted in Coerced Conversions
- Inter Press Service
Bharti, a 15-year-old Hindu girl living in the Lyari area in Karachi, left home for her sewing class last December, never to return. Three days later, her father Narain Das was told she had converted to Islam.
ARGENTINA: Lack of Information Raises Risk of Cervical Cancer
- Inter Press Service
A novel research study in Argentina explored women's knowledge and beliefs about cervical cancer, in the provinces with the highest mortality from this highly preventable form of cancer, to design more effective policies.
Rights Group Criticises Afghan 'Moral Crimes'
- Inter Press Service
A new report from Human Rights Watch says hundreds of women and girls in Afghanistan have been imprisoned for 'moral crimes', including running away from home and sex outside marriage.
Women Lead Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
Kalpana Rani Pal’s pottery business is modest by any yardstick but it is small enterprises like these that are helping reduce poverty levels in Bangladesh.
Climate Change Threatens the Poor in Cities
- Inter Press Service
India, like other Asian countries, has focused its climate change adaptation strategies on rural and urban areas while neglecting the urban fringes, say experts.
Climate Change Aggravates Water Shortage in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
In this eastern Cuban city, Danny Dip Leyva has begun to use her shower again after decades of hauling water into her house by hand. But in Aurora, a small neighbourhood on the outskirts of Havana, Manuel Roque still longs for a regular supply of piped water.
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