News headlines for “Human Population”, page 558
INDIA: Sex Selection on the Rise Despite Stricter Law
- Inter Press Service
When Sujatha’s husband learned that she had conceived just five months after they got married, he became agitated over what he called her 'ill-timed pregnancy'. To worsen her husband’s anxiety, a test to determine the sex of the foetus showed she was carrying a girl.
JAPAN: Aftershocks Hit Single Fathers
- Inter Press Service
In a matter of minutes on Mar. 11, 33-year-old Hiroshi Yoshida became a widower and a single father, as the massive tsunami swept over his home in Rikuzentakata in northern Japan and took away his wife and younger son.
NEPAL: Sex Workers Demand a Place in the Constitution
- Inter Press Service
Every time Bijaya Dhakal goes out to meet people and tell them what she does for a living, the simple task becomes an act of courage requiring nerves of steel. Dhakal is the founder of Nepal’s first and only organisation of women sex workers now trying to make the state and society listen to a community long hushed by poverty and discrimination.
CUBA: Women Face Challenges in Growing Self-Employment Sector
- Inter Press Service
'Coffee! Get your plastic bags here! Cream cheese, the very best…!' The voices blend in with the cries of other vendors and the noise typical of Cuban markets. Elisa, 64, was one of the hawkers until she was fined for selling her products without a permit. 'I paid dearly for it,' she says.
UN: Somalia Is 'Worst Humanitarian Disaster'
- Inter Press Service
The head of the United Nations refugee agency has described the situation in drought-hit Somalia as the 'worst humanitarian disaster' in the world, after meeting with those affected at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
Q&A: 'UN Women Is Creating a New Energy'
- Inter Press Service
While in New York to celebrate the launch of UN Women's flagship biennium publication, 'Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice', Botswana's Unity Dow sat down with IPS to discuss the United Nations' newest entity, its landmark report, and the road ahead for women.
SOUTH SUDAN: Born into Crisis — Violence Against Women Continues
- Inter Press Service
Violence against women is rampant, devastating and tolerated in South Sudan and the new country needs to address these gross human rights violations and train people, especially soldiers, to respect women’s rights.
MIDEAST: Never a Good Day for This Population
- Inter Press Service
In dire need of money to assist her family back home, 27-year-old Makeda from Ethiopia was forced to return to the Middle East as a domestic worker.
UGANDA: Maternal Deaths Against Constitutional Rights
- Inter Press Service
When Valente Inziku’s wife, Jennifer Anguko, went into labour they had decided she would go to the local referral hospital just to ensure a safe delivery.
World Population to Hit Seven Billion by October
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations commemorates World Population Day next week against the backdrop of an upcoming landmark event: global population hitting the seven billion mark by late October this year.
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