News headlines for “Human Population”, page 566
Urban Transformation for Interethnic Cities
- Inter Press Service
Urban centres, marked by globalisation, migration and the intermingling of culturally and ethnically diverse communities were among the major topics of the International Conference on the Inter-ethnic City held in Rome last week on the eve of the celebrations of Italy’s national day.
ARGENTINA: Avoidable Maternal Deaths on the Rise
- Inter Press Service
Argentina is moving backwards in terms of maternal mortality, with a rate three times higher than those of its neighbours Chile and Uruguay. Maternal deaths, which are actually increasing, are often the result of unsafe abortions, in a country where the practice is illegal.
PAKISTAN: Lonely for Women who Succeed
- Inter Press Service
As you climb the ladder at the workplace, from the mid-management level to the senior leadership positions, you find fewer and fewer women. Little wonder then that Naz Khan - chief finance officer at Engro Fertilizers, a subsidiary of one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates, Engro Corporation - says it gets lonely at the top.
DEVELOPMENT: Microfinance Craze Conceals Multiple Problems
- Inter Press Service
The microfinance industry is expanding at breakneck pace, with more banks and private equity firms now entering the fray. Yet there is growing unease about the naive assumptions, and evangelical predictions, of its advocates.
MIDEAST: Time Running Out for Two-State Solution
- Inter Press Service
Time is of the essence if the implementation of a two-state solution to end the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to succeed. Changing demographics both within Israeli and Palestinian society could render this impossible, with a one-state solution the only feasible outcome.
Paradoxes of Iranian Society Spur on Heroic Women
- Inter Press Service
Haleh Sahabi is the latest Iranian woman to die in political violence.
U.S. Takes Action Against 'Gendercide'
- Inter Press Service
Every year on Jun. 1, the People's Republic of China pulls out all the stops — hosting festivals, printing greeting cards and sponsoring public games and parades — in celebration of International Children's Day, a holiday widely acknowledged to have originated with the rise of communism and now observed primarily in communist or former communist countries.
INDIA: Unwed Tribal Mothers Seek Aid
- Inter Press Service
For Janu, walking the streets to beg for alms is the only option for survival. After all, she has a two-year-old daughter to feed, and she herself, at 14 years old, is little more than a child.
ARGENTINA: Power Still Overwhelmingly in Men's Hands
- Inter Press Service
In Argentina the overwhelming majority of decision-making posts in the most diverse areas are occupied by men, with the exception of the presidency, held by Cristina Fernández.
INDIA: Violations May Hit Vaccination Plans
- Inter Press Service
After a government report confirmed major ethical violations in trials of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccines on Indian schoolgirls, senior doctors are calling for transparency in clinical trials conducted under private-public partnerships.
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