News headlines for “Human Population”, page 559
Sisters in the Struggle for Justice
- Inter Press Service
As UN Women, the new United Nations agency dedicated to enhancing gender equality, releases its first annual report, its most significant finding may be the shared challenges faced by women across the globe.
BANGLADESH: Women Raise Own Funds for Microfinance
- Inter Press Service
Amidst despair and poverty, women in some remote villages of Bangladesh are raising money and lending it to each other through a unique microfinance programme launched by a local non-government organisation.
Minority Women Fight Back Against Mistreatment
- Inter Press Service
Women in minority and indigenous communities are especially vulnerable to wide-ranging forms of violence, abuse and discrimination, according to a new report released Wednesday by Minority Rights Group International (MRG), a human rights group that works on behalf of minorities and indigenous peoples.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Progress for Women's Rights More Impressive on Paper
- Inter Press Service
After protracted battles, women in Central America and southern Mexico have made headway in winning respect for their rights over the past decade, but the progress has been more formal than real, say women academics and activists.
SRI LANKA: Conflict Gives Way to Hardship
- Inter Press Service
Like many Sri Lankans, Kandiah Selvadurai measures the improvement in his life by the amount of money he spends on essentials. When basic goods were scarce more than two years ago, he paid dearly for them. These days, he buys them for a tiny fraction of what they used to cost.
MIDEAST: Women on a Political Backslide
- Inter Press Service
Following five months of bitter political wrangling, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati finally announced a new government in mid-June. But while many Lebanese feel relieved over the long overdue appointments, gender equality campaigners despair that there is not a single female among 30 ministers appointed to the new Cabinet. It has further ruffled activist feathers that this glaring omission has failed to elicit the condemnation they are demanding.
Selling Nature to Save Nature, and Ourselves
- Inter Press Service
Avoiding the coming catastrophic nexus of climate change, food, water and energy shortages, along with worsening poverty, requires a global technological overhaul involving investments of 1.9 trillion dollars each year for the next 40 years, said experts from the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) in Geneva Tuesday.
THAILAND: Rural Folk Pave Way for First Female PM’s Landmark Win
- Inter Press Service
Across villages, towns, and cities in northeast Thailand, a mood of political empowerment is bursting to the surface, with people gathering in groups since Sunday evening to celebrate political history. After all, they helped put Yingluck Shinawatra on the road to becoming the country’s first female prime minister.
BAHRAIN: Rifts Weaken Women’s Protest
- Inter Press Service
Women activists in Bahrain have acknowledged their poor showing in the recent unrest as well as in efforts to fight sectarianism, and blamed it on rifts within their organisations.
Women Keen to Ease Greenhouse Effect on Their Ability to Provide
- Inter Press Service
A successful entrepreneurial programme in the north of Namibia that infuses farming practices with gender-responsive environmentalism may serve as a model for other countries on the African continent.
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