News headlines for “Human Population”, page 518
India’s Girl Child Struggles to Survive
- Inter Press Service
At the intensive care unit of the state-run All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi, a two-year-old battered baby girl is fighting to survive.
Women Still Trapped Below Glass Ceiling of Party Politics
- Inter Press Service
The right of women to participate in political life is guaranteed by several international conventions, but transforming an abstract right into a reality requires hard work on the ground, says a new study released here.
Spanish Cities Far From Sustainable
- Inter Press Service
Though Vitoria-Gasteiz, capital of the Basque Country, was elected the European Green Capital of 2012 — an award presented by the European Union to promote and reward efforts to mitigate climate change — Spain still has a long way to go to earn the label of ‘sustainable’ for others cities around the country.
Q&A: Climate Funding Needs Gender Equity
- Inter Press Service
Gender considerations remain largely disregarded in existing climate funds, even though women are some of the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and agriculture.
Sri Lanka Rattled by Planned UN Rights Resolution
- Inter Press Service
Strung across the main road leading away from the international airport is a banner that has an intriguing message: ‘USA, Pls Do Not Support Terrorism’.
ZAMBIA: No Longer 'Waiting for the Mangoes to Ripen'
- Inter Press Service
Eight years ago when Mary Sitali’s husband divorced her, by sending a traditional letter to her parents saying that he no longer wanted her and they could 'marry her to any man of your choice - be he a tall or a short man, the choice being entirely yours,' she returned to her village in rural Zambia with their two children and no way of supporting them.
INDIA: Kashmir Missing Its 'Demographic Dividend'
- Inter Press Service
Kashmir is missing out on a ‘demographic dividend’ and unable to cash in on its youthful population for lack of initiatives from a state government bogged down by a two-decade-old separatist insurgency.
Rural Women Are Leading the Way - Will the World Follow - Part 2
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations’ 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) opened Monday in New York, with the empowerment of rural women high on a list of priorities for this year.
Women Journalists in Cuba Revive Transgressive Group
- Inter Press Service
More than 15 years after the 'deactivation' in Cuba of the Association of Women Communicators (MAGIN), its members remain united in an informal network that transcends any specific political situation and has become a reference for the new generations.
Index Offers Improved Method to Gauge Women's Progress
- Inter Press Service
If an organisation wants to monitor how its projects in the developing world are affecting women in specific areas of female empowerment, it probably can't, as it lacks the proper tools. But a new system, the 'Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index', is working to change that.
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