News headlines for “Human Population”, page 540
CUBA: Women’s Department Draws Attention to Inequality
- Inter Press Service
Continuing its mission to promote gender studies and use academia to demonstrate the inequalities between women and men in Cuba, the Women’s Studies Department is celebrating 20 years of work with new challenges in terms of researching and drawing attention to the disadvantages faced by the female population.
MEXICO: Rural Women Organise to Weather Multiple Crises
- Inter Press Service
Adelaida Avelino, 60, is still devastated by the loss of her corn and wheat harvest, which were destroyed by the freeze that hit the Mexican state of Tlaxcala a month ago. But at least her medicinal plants survived.
ARGENTINA: Illiteracy on the Way Out
- Inter Press Service
Efforts by the government and thousands of volunteers in Argentina have succeeded in slashing the illiteracy rate to just 1.9 percent, with a goal to eliminate it completely within the next four years.
LIBERIA: Mixed Reviews for Johnson-Sirleaf’s Nobel Peace Prize
- Inter Press Service
As the Norwegian Nobel Committee named Liberian President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf a joint winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, opposition party supporters were flooding the streets of Monrovia to demand that she be voted out of office in the upcoming election.
INDIA: Microcredit Fights to Regain Credibility
- Inter Press Service
As microcredit institutions - once touted as the vital ‘last mile’ in extending credit to poor rural women -fight a government backlash that has encouraged honest borrowers to turn defaulters, hopes for revival hinge on a new bill awaiting passage in India’s parliament.
NAMIBIA: German Extermination Marginalised Ethnic Groups
- Inter Press Service
Over 100 years after the attempted extermination of Namibia’s indigenous men, women and children, 20 of the 300 skulls that had been stolen for racial research have finally returned home from Germany.
SOMALIA: Rape - The Hidden Side of the Famine Crisis
- Inter Press Service
When Aisha Diis* and her five children fled their home in Somalia seeking aid from the famine devastating the region, she could not have known the dangers of the journey, or even fathom that she would be raped along the way.
Non-Traditional Teaching Promoted for Girls
- Inter Press Service
Making some simple, basic changes in education policy can result in many more girls attending school, experts said at a meeting here this week on Gender Equality in Education.
After Torture, Homelessness Is Lucky
- Inter Press Service
When Saoul decided to take the risk of leaving Chechnya for France, he could not imagine how much trouble protection could mean once he got here.
Afghan Women's Rights 'Under Threat'
- Inter Press Service
Women's rights in Afghanistan are once again under threat after 10 years of progress, two leading British aid agencies have said.
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