News headlines for “Human Population”, page 526
GUATEMALA: Women Pin Hopes on First-Ever Female Vice President
- Inter Press Service
Women's rights groups are pinning their hopes on Roxana Baldetti, the first woman to be elected vice president of Guatemala, to boost the chances of increased female participation in politics.
KENYA: Women Set to Make Their Mark in Politics
- Inter Press Service
The August 2012 elections in Kenya will open doors to massive political participation by women for the first time ever.
PAKISTAN: Girls Defuse This Taliban Bomb
- Inter Press Service
Suicide bombing is down, bomb attacks are fewer, but the Taliban are keeping up attacks on girls’ schools. In retaliation, a growing number of girls are going for school education — without school buildings.
MAURITIUS: Women Find a Political Voice, Locally
- Inter Press Service
Under a new gender quota law introduced in Mauritius, at least one-third of the candidates in local elections must be women. But the adoption of a national quota is not yet on the horizon, even though just 18 percent of legislators are women and there are only two female cabinet ministers.
KENYA: Walking Metres Rather Than Kilometres to Fetch Water
- Inter Press Service
The acute lack of water in Kenya means families have to trek long distances every day to fetch water. In both rural and urban areas, people often walk as far as 30 kilometres or more to collect water from rivers, streams or wells. But thanks to self-help projects backed by NGOs, some communities are coming up with solutions.
AFGHANISTAN: Catch 'em Young, for Prostitution
- Inter Press Service
Soma was a teenager in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif when her grandfather arranged her marriage to a husband she had never met. Brought up in a household with no father, Soma felt she had no choice when she underwent the traditional wedding ceremony and moved to her father-in-law’s home in Kabul to start a new life. But upon her arrival, she was shocked to learn she had been married to an eight-year-old boy, and was forced to work as a prostitute instead.
EGYPT: Islamist Parliament Inevitable ‘But Not Worrying’
- Inter Press Service
Following another Islamist landslide in the second round of legislative polling, Egypt's first post-Mubarak parliament will likely see Islamist parties - especially the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) - calling the shots. While high-profile secular figures warn of looming 'theocracy', many local analysts believe an Islamist-led parliament won't make any radical legislative changes.
GUATEMALA: Native People Suffer Racism in Employment
- Inter Press Service
'There's a big difference in the way indigenous people and mestizos (people of mixed ancestry) are treated. We are not paid the same wages for the same work,' Higinio Pu, an activist with the native group Waxaquib Noj, which means 'wisdom' in the Maya Quiché language, told IPS.
JAPAN: New Year Brings Economic Aftershocks
- Inter Press Service
Hideo Sato, 47, and his family escaped to this snowy city 200 km from the radiation emitting Fuksuhima power plant that was struck by a massive earthquake-driven tsunami on Mar. 11.
NEPAL: Peace Brings More Violence Against Women
- Inter Press Service
Four months after her murder, you can see Rosy Maharjan flashing the two- finger victory sign - from a Facebook page. With police arresting the 21-year- old’s boyfriend and the people he hired to kill her due to jealousy, agitated civil society members have opened accounts on social networking sites, demanding justice for the slain college student.
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