News headlines for “Human Population”, page 516
U.S. Lags in Legalising Women's Rights Treaty
- Inter Press Service
The United States has fallen behind. Many other countries have already implemented it, but the United States still has yet to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which promotes women's rights as human rights.
Protesters Lift Roadblocks in Southern Chile
- Inter Press Service
Leaders of the protests in Aysén decided to end the roadblocks that had paralysed this southern region of Chile for more than three weeks, and the government promised to 'immediately' resume talks to defuse the conflict.
Temporary Toilets Threaten Permanent Damage in Haiti — Part 2
- Inter Press Service
Complete with gallery and garden, the 534 wood and plasterboard houses are arranged in neat rows on a gravel plot of former sugarcane land northwest of the capital.
Money for Cleaning Toilets in Haiti Down the Drain? — Part 1
- Inter Press Service
The drawdown of hundreds of non-governmental organisations which have been in Haiti since the disastrous 2010 earthquake was inevitable. But with their departure, so too goes their purse and the millions earmarked for cleaning latrines.
Brazil to Open Doors to Skilled Immigrants, Slam Shut to Others
- Inter Press Service
In designing a new immigration policy, Brazil is caught between the need to attract skilled workers and professionals in order to meet the challenges posed by economic growth, and its tradition of taking in immigrants for humanitarian reasons.
Brazil to Open Doors to Skilled Immigrants, Slam Shut to Others
- Inter Press Service
In designing a new immigration policy, Brazil is caught between the need to attract skilled workers and professionals in order to meet the challenges posed by economic growth, and its tradition of taking in immigrants for humanitarian reasons.
Japanese Women Empowered By Tohoku Quake
- Inter Press Service
Devastating as the Tohoku earthquake was it gave the local women of the remote region an opportunity to come into their own and take on leadership roles in an essentially patriarchal country.
Poverty Encourages Early Marriages in Tajikistan
- Inter Press Service
When she was 16, Kibriyo Khaitova’s parents told her that if she didn’t marry, she’d soon be a spinster. So, like many girls from Tajikistan, Khaitova married a man her family found for her. Now 20, she has two children, no husband and is fending for herself.
Simple Steps to Improving Aid Effectiveness
- Inter Press Service
As donors struggle to meet their aid commitments, and the number of people around the world in need of direct humanitarian and development assistance skyrockets, many experts and activists are asking the tough question: are donors being effective?
World Has Met Development Target on Water, U.N. Claims
- Inter Press Service
When the U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution back in September 2000 laying out eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it specified 2015 as the target date to achieve them.
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