News headlines for “Human Population”, page 515
Integration Can Help Amazon's Post-Megaproject Blues
- Inter Press Service
Trade with the rapidly expanding market in Peru will aid Porto Velho, in northwest Brazil, to cushion the blow of job and business losses in the wake of the construction of two hydroelectric plants on the Madeira river.
Porn in the Land of the Pure
- Inter Press Service
Dark and smoky, the cinema hall reeks of hashish. An overly made-up woman on screen in provocatively figure-hugging clothes dances suggestively to the beat of loud music. The audience, all men, cheer and whistle. The music stops, the scenes get racier and sexually titillating. The crowd abandons all caution. The whistles turn to grunts and growls, chairs begin to bang.
U.N. Aims at Major Global Conference on Women in 2015
- Inter Press Service
As the race towards gender equality moves at an exceedingly slow pace, the United Nations is calling for a major international conference on women in 2015 - 20 years after a landmark meeting in Beijing in 1995.
Acid Survivors Fight Back: A Story of Hope Amidst Despair
- Inter Press Service
When the Oscar-nominated film 'Saving Face' won an Academy Award in Hollywood for Best Documentary (Short Subject), it was the triumph of several 'firsts': the first time ever that a Pakistani filmmaker had won an Oscar; Pakistan's first Oscar winner was a woman; and it was the first time that an American and a Pakistani had co-directed an Oscar-winning film.
Brazilian Women Are the World’s Happiest
- Inter Press Service
Money may not buy happiness — but it has helped make women in Brazil become the happiest, most optimistic women in the world, according to a study.
Q&A: How to Analyse a Budget's Impact on Female Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
Tools such as 'gender markers', which screen budgets and resources dedicated to promoting gender equality, are proving critical to improving the effectiveness of monetary support that seeks to empower women and girls.
PHILIPPINES: Women Weather Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
As the world commemorates International Women’s Day today, women around the globe are speaking out on various issues that affect them. In light of recent natural disasters and calamities in the Philippines, women are increasingly citing climate change as one of their most pressing concerns.
CHILE: Promoting Women’s Empowerment on Two Wheels
- Inter Press Service
What does riding a bike have to do with women’s rights? According to the Chilean feminist group Macleta, which promotes cycling and a gender perspective on public transport, a bicycle is a powerful tool for social change.
Arab Women Bring Spring to the Screen
- Inter Press Service
Women have been at the forefront of each uprising in the Arab world. Last week, the ‘8 Arab Women Filmmakers’ festival offered a platform to Arab women directors to give their perspectives on the future of the region.
Following the Money Trail in Gender Financing
- Inter Press Service
Promising methods of tracking aid funding intended to improve women's and girls' livelihoods also offer the possibility of revealing whether donors and policymakers are walking the walk when it comes to gender financing.
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