News headlines for “Human Population”, page 567
G8: ‘Arab Spring Could Lead to African Drought’
- Inter Press Service
Stressing that there is only so much money to go around, development experts worry that the aid package the Group of Eight (G8) has announced for North Africa may mean fewer funds for the rest of the continent.
PAKISTAN: Women Lose Livelihood Centres to Militants
- Inter Press Service
Housewife Shahida Jabeen was devastated when she heard the news that she could no longer take sewing and embroidery classes at the local training centre in her hometown in South Waziristan in north-west Pakistan.
LIBYA: Water Emerges as a Hidden Weapon
- Inter Press Service
Libya’s enormous aquatic reserves could potentially become a new weapon of choice if government forces opt to starve coastal cities that heavily rely on free flowing freshwater.
ZAMBIA: Hope for Women Politicians
- Inter Press Service
Mirriam Kauseni is on a quest to become her town’s first ever female parliamentarian. She has yet to be elected to run for the post by her party, the Patriotic Front (PF), but Kauseni has already been conducting door-to-door campaigns, telling people to vote for her in the country’s national elections.
Queer Film Fest Breaks India’s Social Glass Ceiling
- Inter Press Service
More than a decade ago, when India’s first lesbian-themed film - ‘Fire’ by Deepa Mehta - was released, it was booed and met with protest and vandalism, forcing many fear-stricken theatre owners to take the film off their screens.
INDIA: Supreme Court Verdict Revives Euthanasia Debate
- Inter Press Service
In a secluded hospital bed in this bustling Indian metropolis, a woman who has lain brain dead for 37 years after a brutal sexual assault is at the centre of a national debate on mercy killing.
ZIMBABWE: Rural Women Voting With Their Feet
- Inter Press Service
At independence in 1980 Loyce Tshuma (55), a villager in rural Tsholotsho in Matebeleland North, was a loyal believer in politics as a powerful vehicle to change and better lives. Since then she never missed an opportunity to cast her vote.
NEPAL: Women Battle for New Constitution
- Inter Press Service
With the May 28 target for a new constitution approaching and Nepal’s coalition government admitting it would not make the deadline, women are pushing for rights they want enshrined in the document.
Push for Girls’ Education Ahead of G8
- Inter Press Service
Amid a flurry of meetings in Europe, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will help to launch a 'global partnership for girls’ and women’s education' here Thursday at the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
ZIMBABWE: Cross-Border Traders Don’t Trust Banks With Their Money
- Inter Press Service
A newly available electronic banking service has received a lukewarm reception from cross-border traders in Zimbabwe’s second largest city Bulawayo, despite it alleviating the need to move around with large sums of cash.
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