News headlines for “Human Population”, page 554
Palestinian Bedouin a Besieged Minority of the Minority
- Inter Press Service
Israeli policies are destroying the livelihoods of Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank and the Negev in southern Israel, activists and aid workers warn.
JAMAICA: Impunity Cloaks Abuse of Young Girls
- Inter Press Service
When a jury acquitted a Jamaican-born American pastor of carnal abuse charges in June, outraged islanders were forced to recognise that cultural norms seem to be promoting the sexual abuse of young girls.
Economic Development Leaving Millions Behind
- Inter Press Service
The Society for International Development (SID)'s triennial World Congress, which concluded Sunday in Washington, drew over 1,000 attendees this year, 40 percent hailing from the global south, making it arguably one of the most influential and far-reaching forums for development experts and organisations in the world today.
AFRICA-DEVELOPMENT: Governments Need to Reach Out to Rural Women
- Inter Press Service
Governments, especially in Africa, need to have strong accountability measures in place in order to effectively reach women in rural areas through gender responsive budgeting.
Data Shows All of Earth's Systems in Rapid Decline
- Inter Press Service
Protecting bits of nature here and there will not prevent humanity from losing our life support system. Even if areas dedicated to conserving plants, animals, and other species that provide Earth's life support system increased tenfold, it would not be enough without dealing with the big issues of the 21st century: population, overconsumption and inefficient resource use.
SOMALIA: 'I Carried Him a Whole Day While He Was Dead, Thinking He Was Alive'
- Inter Press Service
As the first of food aid from the United Nations World Food Programme was airlifted into Mogadishu on Wednesday, it came too late for Qadija Ali’s two- year-old son Farah.
ZIMBABWE: Bleak Future for Second-Hand Clothes Traders
- Inter Press Service
It is becoming increasingly difficult for second-hand clothes traders like Susanne Jabavu to do business because of rising costs to import bales of clothing from neighbouring countries.
NEPAL: Religious Practices Oppress Women
- Inter Press Service
The recent gang-rape of a Buddhist nun and her expulsion from her sect have sparked a debate about the deep-rooted religious traditions and biases that foster discrimination and violence, especially against women, in this South Asian state.
Wealthy Pakistanis Leaving Taliban Areas
- Inter Press Service
Wealthy Pakistanis from the country’s northwestern region are leaving their hometowns permanently to settle in safer areas far from the war zone. Doctors and other professionals are joining the exodus.
PAKISTAN: After the Flood, Green Homes
- Inter Press Service
Subhan Khatoon’s brand new home is nothing like the one that got washed away, along with all her worldly goods, in the 2010 monsoon floods that submerged a fifth of Pakistan and left 2,000 people dead.
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