News headlines for “Human Population”, page 570
INDIA: Women Hold Their Own in Provinces
- Inter Press Service
Provincial elections in four major Indian states have produced two female chief ministers, proving women capable of holding their own in the rough and tumble of politics in this deeply patriarchal country.
PAKISTAN: Rape Victims Left Feeling Hopeless
- Inter Press Service
A recent verdict by Pakistan’s Supreme Court has left rape victims feeling dejected and helpless, as lawyers warned it could set a bad precedent for other such cases in the future.
DEVELOPMENT: Women Leading Bangladesh Away from the LDC Tag
- Inter Press Service
Women entrepreneurs and workers will soon help Bangladesh shake off the Least Developed Country (LDC) label, business leaders say.
DEVELOPMENT: Chinese Step In, Efficiently
- Inter Press Service
For Jany Chen from Shanghai, concern often-raised in Europe and North America about the Chinese invasion of Africa is a lot of wasteful talk that deserves to be flushed down the toilet. Efficiently.
SOUTH AFRICA : Women’s Issues Missing from Election Manifestoes
- Inter Press Service
Come rain or shine, single mother of five, Sylvia Mathebula,* can be found selling fruit and cigarettes at the roadside because it is the only way her family can survive.
'Since the government is not helping us with jobs, rather than work as a maid for a white person I decided to start this little business by myself,' she says lamenting the lack of opportunities for unskilled women.
GREECE: Athens Plunges Deeper Into Crisis
- Inter Press Service
The murder of Manolis Kantaris, 44, last week has initiated a vicious circle of violence in the Greek capital that deepens the existing wounds of the country and makes many wonder what the future holds for Athenians.
Q&A: 'Clergy Sexual Abuse of Women Is a Violent Abuse of Power'
- Inter Press Service
Ninety to 95 percent of victims of clergy sexual exploitation are women, according to recent estimates by the Columbia Theological Seminary's Rev. Pamela Cooper White, and yet very few studies have been conducted on this issue.
HEALTH: Rich and Poor Suffer Both Infectious and Noncommunicable Diseases
- Inter Press Service
The world is experiencing a change in the geographic distribution of diseases. Traditionally, infectious diseases, which claim the lives of so many children, affected poor countries, and noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, cardiac ailments and cancer plagued rich countries.
SIERRA LEONE: Promise of More Space for Women in Decision-making
- Inter Press Service
In Sierra Leone’s highly patriarchal society, where institutionalised gender inequalities are exacerbated by discriminatory customs, one group is singing it’s way towards changing this.
U.S.: Gay, Grey and Groundbreaking
- Inter Press Service
People in the U.S. are becoming more and more open towards homosexuality, in part due to the trendy Hollywood culture that conveys the image of young, hip and good looking gay men and women. But the situation changes when it comes to the elderly.
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