News headlines for “Human Population”, page 538
TUNISIA: Women Seek to Set Their Stamp
- Inter Press Service
Nine months after a popular election toppled the dictatorship of former Tunisian president Zine Abadine Ben Ali, voters headed to the polls Sunday to cast their ballots for fresh leaders to rewrite the laws of the country’s political system.
Q&A: 'Soil is Key to Global Warming, Food Security'
- Inter Press Service
Luc Gnacadja, in his second three-year term as executive secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), is widely seen as delivering on his commitment to manage the world's drylands.
GHANA: The Woes of Women Amid Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
As streams dry out, groundwater levels dwindle, and forests and other vegetation yield to droughts or sever storms, women who live their lives in the rural areas of Ghana have to spend more time and energy finding water and food for their families.
SOUTH KOREA: Gender Deserted at Drylands Meet
- Inter Press Service
Delegates to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification’s (UNCCD) meeting underway in this South Korean city are convinced that women, though affected most by desertification, hold the key to addressing hunger through land regeneration.
PORTUGAL: Crisis Pushes Women into Prostitution
- Inter Press Service
The severe financial and economic problems in Portugal are driving many women to desperation and pushing them into prostitution as a last resort to support their families.
LIBERIA: Former Warlord Backs Johnson-Sirleaf for Second Term
- Inter Press Service
Former warlord Prince Johnson, who placed third in Liberia’s election last week, has endorsed the re-election bid of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who was named a joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize just days before the vote.
CANADA: Anti-Smuggling Law Punishes Victims, Critics Charge
- Inter Press Service
A former immigration officer and a refugee lawyer both agree on one issue regarding a controversial Canadian bill: The government's plan to expedite anti-human smuggling legislation is unlikely to deter the flood of undocumented migrants to the country and instead bolsters Ottawa's stature as tough on protecting national borders.
SOMALIA: Death Threats Fail to Stop Women’s Basketball
- Inter Press Service
When Al-Shabaab militants called the Somali national women’s basketball team captain, Suweys Ali Jama, and told her she had two options: to be killed or to stop playing basketball, she decided that neither was really an option at all.
Looking to the Sahel for Lessons in Pushing Back Deserts
- Inter Press Service
Nearly all our food comes from the Earth's limited food- producing lands, but those lands continue to be degraded, guaranteeing far higher food prices and less food in the future, experts warn.
DR CONGO: No End to Mass Rapes: 'It’s a Miserable Life'
- Inter Press Service
Angeline Mwarusena, 61, sits on a small wooden bench in front of her hut, head bent, shoulders slumped. Her voice is barely audible. Four years ago, three soldiers from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) entered her home, hit her and raped her repeatedly. One after the other.
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