News headlines for “Human Population”, page 542
DR CONGO: Hard to Save All Women Suffering from Fistula
- Inter Press Service
'Every quarter, more than a hundred women with fistulas - including many younger than 20 years old - are admitted for surgery in Maniema province,' says nurse Julie Mawazo. 'The number of affected women who don't have the means or awareness to come in must be far greater.'
OP-ED: Wangari Maathai: A 'Mighty Woman' Who Spoke Truth to Power
- Inter Press Service
Last night, Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died. Most people think of Ms. Maathai as an environmentalist, planting trees. In reality, her environmental activism was part of a holistic approach to empowering women, advocating for democracy, and protecting the earth.
Rwanda Wins Gold for Forest Conservation Blueprint
- Inter Press Service
Government policies are seldom lauded, yet Rwanda's forest policy has resulted in a 37-percent increase in forest cover on a continent better known for deforestation and desertification.
Give Women the Seeds and They Can Feed the World
- Inter Press Service
If women farmers were given more tools and resources, the number of hungry in the people in the world could be slashed by 100 to 150 million.
SRI LANKA: Single Women Begin to Rebuild
- Inter Press Service
For Magei Kasai the battle against hardships did not end when the guns fell silent two years ago in the Sri Lankan civil war. New battles began for survival, for herself and for what was left of her family.
Grassroots Women Urge Rights-Based Development Path
- Inter Press Service
The streets around the headquarters of the world's leading financial institutions — the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund — have been transformed into a canvas over the last three days.
Tapping Boys in the Struggle for Girls' Equal Rights
- Inter Press Service
Brothers, husbands, boyfriends and fathers are key actors in the creation of a world where girls enjoy the same rights as boys, and will themselves benefit from greater gender equality, stresses a new report from Plan International released Thursday.
Uneven Results in Bid to Halt Needless Mother and Child Deaths
- Inter Press Service
Political, private sector and civil society leaders from around the world gathered here on Tuesday to recommit to a year-old initiative, Every Woman Every Child, which aims to prevent 16 million maternal and child deaths by 2015.
COLOMBIA: Victims of Sexual Violence Under Threat and on Their Own
- Inter Press Service
'Another one? Another rape?' was the response Mari got at the Attorney General's Office in Colombia when she went to report what she had been through. 'When they said that, I froze and got up and said 'Thank you, I’ll come back another day',' she told human rights defenders later.
Corporate Profits Trumping Public Health
- Inter Press Service
'There is a well-documented and shameful history of certain players in industry who... put public health at risk to protect their own profits,' U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told world leaders Monday as they met to address the issue of non-communicable diseases at the 66th U.N. General Assembly.
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