News headlines for “Human Population”, page 571
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.
Humanity Hitting the Resource Ceiling
- Inter Press Service
Better living through using far fewer material resources is the only possible future, experts agree. Humanity is pressing up against the limits of a finite planet to provide resources like water, oil, metals and food, according to a new report released Thursday.
DEVELOPMENT: Market Forces Rise Above Declarations
- Inter Press Service
Upstairs in halls where the conference of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is being held, all the right things were being said about the misery of poverty and the virtue of opportunity and development. Several floors below, what are called ‘market forces’ were at work.
NAMIBIA: Feature Film Faces Realities of Safer Sex
- Inter Press Service
A film just released explores the real complexities of relationships for young people in Namibia, and the effects of gender inequality and culture on the choices people make about their sexual lives.
BENIN: Skills Upgrade for Midwives Saves Lives
- Inter Press Service
Training of midwives in the active management of the third stage of labour targets one of the most common causes of maternal deaths: bleeding after delivery.
SRI LANKA: For Women, War for Survival Continues in Peacetime
- Inter Press Service
The civil war ended two years ago this month, but for war-affected women—widows, mothers, daughters, and former rebels— the struggle to survive rages on.
INDIA: Unnecessary C-Sections Violate Women’s Rights
- Inter Press Service
It was smooth sailing for 30-year-old Susan George throughout her pregnancy, until the day she went to give birth at the government hospital. Doctors told her they had to do a caesarean section because they could not wait for a normal delivery.
DEVELOPMENT: Women Demand Access to Water and Energy
- Inter Press Service
'Women in LDCs bear the brunt of economic and social hardships,' said Wubitu Hailu, managing director of an Ethiopian NGO, Kulich Youth Reproductive Health and Development Organisation. The failure to provide access to basic services like clean water and electricity is a major factor preventing women from realising their full potential.
SOUTH AFRICA: Do More Women Politicians Mean Better Politics?
- Inter Press Service
The Democratic Alliance (DA) election posters, which feature party leader Helen Zille, Cape Town mayoral candidate Patricia de Lille and party spokeswoman Lindiwe Mazibuko, does not necessarily mean that a vote for the party is a vote for women, analysts say.
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