News headlines for “Human Population”, page 517
Campaign in Chile Fights 'Disgraceful' Under-representation of Women in Power
- Inter Press Service
The More Women in Power campaign in Chile, carried out by a group of social organisations, is seeking to increase the number of women in public decision-making positions, to move towards 'parity democracy'.
Pakistan's Hospitals That Come Home
- Inter Press Service
With no money to see a doctor, Gul Lakhta,50, had resigned himself to blindness when a ‘mobile hospital’ drove into his village in the Bajaur Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), on Pakistan’s rugged border with Afghanistan.
Little Money to Promote Gender Equality in Eastern Europe
- Inter Press Service
Despite pushes from international bodies such as the United Nations (UN) or the European Union (EU) to promote gender equality in Central and Eastern Europe, access to funding for such initiatives remains largely conditional upon national governments’ willingness to embrace this agenda.
Suicides Surge in Kashmir
- Inter Press Service
On Feb. 6, a young girl committed suicide by swallowing poison at her home in Kashmir. A few weeks later a teenaged girl from Srinagar hung herself at her residence.
ZIMBABWE: Farmers Tackle Water Problems Fuelled by Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
Beauty Moyo’s desire for access to water has finally been met. The rains that fell in the past week after a long dry patch have awakened this small-holder farmer deep in rural Plumtree, Zimbabwe on the border with Botswana to the reality of sparse rainfall, climate change and how she and her fellow villagers can respond.
U.N. Meet Holds Governments to Account on Women's Equality
- Inter Press Service
In 2008, delegates meeting for the annual U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) agreed that much greater investments in women and gender equality were a critical — and overlooked — aspect of sustainable development.
Argentine Women Refused Legal Abortions in Cases of Rape
- Inter Press Service
For over 90 years, a law in Argentina has allowed women who become pregnant as a result of rape to have an abortion. However, hospitals often refuse to carry out the procedure, instead referring the women to the justice system.
KENYA: Microloans, Greenhouses Help Women Cope with Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
At Gakoromone Market in Meru, in Kenya’s Eastern Province, Ruth Muriuki arrives in a pickup full of tomatoes and cabbages despite the scarcity of rainfall in the area, thanks to the greenhouse technology she uses on her farm — and microcredit.
Hard to Stay in Libya, Difficult to Return
- Inter Press Service
At the battered terminal of Tripoli’s tiny Mitiga airport, over 150 young men and women jostle to be repatriated home to Nigeria on Libya’s Buraq airlines. This journey to Lagos is one of hundreds the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has facilitated since the start of the uprising against Gaddafi’s regime over a year ago.
PERU: Time to Adapt to Climate Change Impact on Women’s Lives
- Inter Press Service
This year’s unusually rainy season in Peru is having a negative effect on the wellbeing and health of women in rural areas who are forced, for example, to spend three times as much time walking to collect firewood and water. But the authorities continue to turn a blind eye to the problems they face.
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