News headlines for “Human Population”, page 552
CLIMATE CHANGE: 'Last Straw' Pushes Millions from Their Homes
- Inter Press Service
With political will to dramatically cut the world's greenhouse gas emissions failing to materialise, a multi-pronged approach is needed to protect the millions of people who are being displaced as a result of environmental factors driven largely by climate change, experts say.
Q&A: 'Men Have Failed Zambia, Now Is the Time for a Woman'
- Inter Press Service
In Zambia’s highly patriarchal society Edith Nawakwi, 52, has broken a few records on the political scene over the last two decades. And she broke another one on Sunday by being the only female candidate to file for nomination to run for president in Zambia’s upcoming elections.
NEPAL: Peace Fails to Stop Female Workers’ Exodus
- Inter Press Service
Six years ago Shantimaya Dong Tamang went to Kuwait to work as an illegal domestic worker, falling for brokers’ tales of how she could earn good money and stand on her own feet.
LIBYA: Where Resistance to Gaddafi Runs High
- Inter Press Service
Recent victories in Libya’s western mountains have led to a brief reprieve from violence and local fighters and civilians are slowly trying to piece their lives back together.
MOROCCO: Arab Spring Brings Little for Women
- Inter Press Service
Since the beginning of protests in Morocco on Feb. 20 women have been at the vanguard. Many of the spokespersons of the protest movement have been women - observers and activists see this as a new phase of feminine emancipation in this North African country.
Palestinians Prisoners Languish in Administrative Detention
- Inter Press Service
'I’m sick with worry about my daughter. I’m afraid of what they are doing to her. She has done nothing to deserve this. If they have anything against her why don’t they bring her to trial?' Yehiya Al Shalabi asked IPS rhetorically.
'New' Iraq a Nightmare for Women, Minority Groups
- Inter Press Service
A United Nations report on Iraq says the human rights situation there remains fragile, and huge development challenges loom as the country transitions out of a near decade-long conflict.
Somali Women Bear Superhuman Burden
- Inter Press Service
While the exit of the Al-Qaeda-backed rebel group Al Shabaab has led to the first U.N. relief airlift in five years in the capital of famine-wracked Somalia, the situation for women and children remains precarious, humanitarian workers warn.
SOUTH AFRICA: Failing Women as Maternal Mortality Quadruples
- Inter Press Service
Only six sub-Saharan African countries have failed to reduce the number of women dying in childbirth over the last two decades. High-spending South Africa is among them, with maternal mortality rates more than quadrupling since 1990. Human Rights Watch researcher Agnes Odhiambo says this is largely due to a lack of accountability.
NEPAL: Improved Wood Stoves Save Health, Environment
- Inter Press Service
When Binita Lamichhane got married she was troubled by her husband's bloodshot eyes. 'What happened to your eyes?' the 18-year-old bride asked. 'Smoke,' came the answer.
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