News headlines for “Human Population”, page 520
SENEGAL: Two Women Among 14 Candidates for President
- Inter Press Service
There are two women among the 14 candidates contesting the first round of Senegalese presidential elections that will be held on Feb. 26. But according to several analysts, this overwhelmingly Muslim West African country is not ready to be governed by a woman.
JAPAN: Trust Deficit - Worst Fallout of Fukushima
- Inter Press Service
Kazuya Tarukawa, 36, left a secure job in the Japanese capital to tend to his family’s organic farm located 100 km away from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor.
Afghan Refugees Hounded in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government recently launched a harsh crackdown on illegal Afghan immigrants who have been pouring across the border into Pakistan, going so far as to request federal government permission to deal with the situation, which has deep social and economic implications for the host country.
Q&A: How to Reverse the 'Feminisation of Poverty'
- Inter Press Service
The phrase 'financing for gender equality' may sound dry, but it lies at the heart of some of the most intractable problems faced by women around the world today — and whether the political will exists to allocate real resources to solving them or simply pay lip service.
FM Radio Spells Change, Success for Mideast Women
- Inter Press Service
Nisreen Awwad moves closer to the microphone as she signs off to her listeners, the words 'Nisaa FM: music, change, success' displayed prominently over her left shoulder.
Jordanian NGOs Lead the Fight for Migrant Workers’ Rights
- Inter Press Service
As the number of domestic workers flooding into Jordan from Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka reaches 140,000 annually, non-governmental organisations on the ground are working hard to protect migrant labourers’ rights and expose the terrible working conditions in the rich households that employ them.
Global Gender Imbalance Poses Critical Problems for Women
- Inter Press Service
In 2005, there were 163 million more men in Asia, more than the entire female population of the United States. Asia is now facing serious consequences from sex selection, a situation the West might have inadvertently helped create.
GUATEMALA: Zero Hunger Plan Must Focus on Production, Experts Say
- Inter Press Service
'We don’t want a repeat of welfare-oriented programmes, because they are unsustainable,' said Rony Palacios of the National Network for the Defence of Food Sovereignty in Guatemala, criticising President Otto Pérez Molina’s Zero Hunger plan.
Brazil’s Construction Boom Eases Integration of Haitians
- Inter Press Service
Pierre was in the next-door country of Dominican Republic when the January 2010 earthquake destroyed half of Port-au-Prince and killed at least 200,000 of his fellow Haitians, including his wife and his mother.
Community Station in Mexico Conquers Airwaves and Internet
- Inter Press Service
It’s always cold in this city in Mexico’s Sierra Nevada mountains, more than 2,400 metres above sea level, at the foot of the Popocatépetl volcano.
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