News headlines for “Human Population”, page 551
Q&A: Climate-Driven Migrants Raise Thorny Legal Issues
- Inter Press Service
As the effects of accelerating climate change ripple outward, pushing millions from their land and homes, experts warn that international human rights and refugee law needs to catch up to the reality on the ground if migrants are to be given adequate protection and support.
CUBA: Wedding Follows, Four Years After Sex Change Surgery
- Inter Press Service
Nearly four years after realising her dream of changing her body into a woman's to match her transgender identity, Wendy Iriepa rode through the Cuban capital in a vintage convertible, wearing a stunning full-length white bridal gown and unfurling a rainbow flag, the symbol of the sexual diversity movement, for all to see.
EUROPE: ‘Rethink Rhetoric Against Islam’
- Inter Press Service
Conservative governments and centre-right parties in Europe were attacking multiculturalism and denigrating Muslim immigrants long before Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik used similar arguments to justify mass killings in Oslo and Utoya Island.
JAPAN: Divorced Men Lose Children Along With Visas
- Inter Press Service
Shahdul Huq, a Bangladeshi national living in Japan for more than 20 years, last saw his daughter almost three years ago when he lost his ‘spouse visa’ following divorce from his Japanese wife.
TUNISIA: War Strangles Livelihoods on the Border
- Inter Press Service
Tunisia’s border with Libya has been a major lifeline, keeping residents in Ben Guerdane economically afloat - so when the vital trade route is blocked by the municipality or by protestors, tempers flare.
ARGENTINA: Needs Outstrip Efforts to Build Affordable Housing
- Inter Press Service
The Argentine economy has grown steadily since 2003, and hundreds of thousands of social housing units have been built. Nevertheless, the protests and conflicts that periodically break out make it clear that the solutions have failed to keep up with the need for affordable housing
UGANDA: Post War Reconstruction Ignores Victims of Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
Ester Abeja has experienced both physical and emotional atrocities. She was captured by Uganda's feared rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and was forced to join them. But not before the soldiers made her kill her one-year- old baby girl, by smashing her skull in, and then gang raped her.
ZAMBIA: Outlook Dim for Women Candidates
- Inter Press Service
Although there is a female presidential candidate contesting Zambia's Sept. 20 general elections, her prospects are not strong. And in fact, fewer women overall are likely to be elected into public office this year, analysts say.
SWAZILAND: Women and Children Bear Brunt of Lawyers' Strike
- Inter Press Service
The standoff between the Law Society of Swaziland and the Judicial Services Commission is negatively affecting women, and their children, who are seeking justice from abuse.
Dutch Court Opens Door to Legal Accountability for Peacekeepers
- Inter Press Service
A landmark ruling by a Dutch court last month holding the Netherlands government liable for the failings of its soldiers on a U.N. peacekeeping mission may be used as a precedent for criminal liability involving sexual violence, according to human rights groups.
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