News headlines for “Human Population”, page 579
Women in Garment Factories Help Cambodia Out of Poverty
- Inter Press Service
Cambodia’s rise out of poverty continues to depend on the nimble fingers of young women like Khiev Chren.
KENYA: Women Hold the Key to Rural Prosperity
- Inter Press Service
John Kyalo Mulwa couldn't support his family from his six hectare farm, so he quit farming to open a bar. But he turned the land - and decision-making on it - over to his wife. Turns out she's a better farmer than he ever was.
UGANDA: Bicycles At the Heart of Empowerment Scheme for Rural Women
- Inter Press Service
The bicycle has become a symbol of hope for hundreds of women who have been trained in repairing one of life’s favorite transport modes.
MEDIA: It's Still a Man's World, Especially at the Top
- Inter Press Service
Long known as a 'boy's club', the worldwide media industry continues to struggle with gender equality, with new research showing women are still underrepresented in the majority of newsrooms across the globe.
PAKISTAN: Citizens and NGOs Step Forward to End Illiteracy
- Inter Press Service
The man known as ‘Master Ayub’ holds classes for free, between three and seven o’clock. His classroom is a public park, and his students are street children six to 16 years of age who otherwise would be picking trash, begging, or slowly becoming petty thieves.
Q&A: 'Microfinance Is Much More Than Just Credit'
- Inter Press Service
A day after U.S. assistant secretary of state for south and central Asian affairs Robert Blake appealed to the Bangladeshi government to reconsider its dismissal of 70-year-old microfinance guru Muhammad Yunus from the Grameen Bank, IPS spoke with the president and CEO of Women's World Banking (WWB), currently the most comprehensive network of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the world.
MOZAMBIQUE: Linette Olofsson - A Life Spent in Politics
- Inter Press Service
There is no way one can have a conversation with Linette Olofsson without being dragged into her collection of images about her community agricultural project in central Mozambican Province of Zambezia.
SRI LANKA: Parliamentarian Breaks Silence on Domestic Violence
- Inter Press Service
She became famous playing the role of ‘Pabha’, a poor young girl in love with a rich man in a long running hit television series here. But these days, Upeksha Suwarnamali is better known for her real-life role: A victim of domestic violence turned champion of abused women.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Managing Mental Illness on a Few Pesos a Month
- Inter Press Service
Cristina, 41, was able to support the last two of her five children despite the fact that she could neither read nor write. Raised by a step-grandfather, she started working as a house cleaner when she was 14 and had the misfortune to have children by two alcoholic and abusive men.
JAPAN: Vulnerability and Uncertainty Prevail In Wake of Nuclear Disaster
- Inter Press Service
Accidents at four nuclear power reactors hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima have left thousands of residents in the vicinity facing an uncertain future as they prepare for evacuation orders to protect them from dangerous radiation contamination.
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