News headlines for “Human Population”, page 582
INDIA: 60 Registered Rapes a Day
- Inter Press Service
It was just past 9 p.m. of Feb. 1 when guards of the Ernakulam-Shornur train found 23-year-old Soumya, an accountant, unconscious near the railway tracks at Vettikkattiri in Thrissur district, Kerala state.
Mauritian Women Dreaming of Active Politics
- Inter Press Service
'We have had enough of the training given to us in cooking, sewing and household works… We now have another dream: of participating actively in the development of our island at decision-making level,' says Marie-Anne Laganne, a political trainer at Women In Politics.
Q&A: ‘Women Are Shackled During Childbirth’
- Inter Press Service
Female Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel are often denied legal representation and medical care while being housed in squalid conditions that can include sharing cells with rodents.
MAGHREB: For Migrants, Crisis Worsens Economic Situation At Home
- Inter Press Service
The mass exodus of immigrant workers from Libya is aggravating the social and economic situation in the migrants’ home nations - from Sudan and Chad in sub-Saharan Africa, to Bangladesh in Asia - according to labour and economic experts.
WOMEN'S DAY: Without Grassroots, the Tree Will Not Stand
- Inter Press Service
Women from grassroots organisations all across the globe arrived in New York this week for a five-day summit dedicated to bolstering female and community- based representation at the all levels of political decision making.
The New Egypt: Leaving Women Behind
- Inter Press Service
Marwa Sharaf el-Din, an Egyptian law PhD candidate at Oxford University, spent part of International Women's Day in Tahrir Square this afternoon to perform Zajal, a popular traditional form of Arabic poetry.
WOMEN'S DAY: Comic Strip Tells a Serious Story
- Inter Press Service
Violence against women is not a subject that one would normally associate with comic strip books, but a French publisher thought this would be a 'perfect' medium for raising awareness among both young and old.
WOMEN'S DAY: Pakistan Is Not for Single Women
- Inter Press Service
Sobia Aslam, in her forties and twice divorced, often feels she should get married a third time.
WOMEN'S DAY: DRC Mobile Court Trial a Sign of Hope
- Inter Press Service
Eleven soldiers found culpable in the rape of more than 50 women in the Congolese town of Fizi Centre in January, have begun serving lengthy sentences in the provincial capital, Bukavu. Their speedy trial and sentencing by a mobile court is a welcome sign of a new commitment to ending impunity for sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
WOMEN'S DAY: Reflecting on Struggle for Equality in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
'It is yet another significant day in the life of women across the world in the struggle for gender equality and equity. It is for this reason that women look forward to marking yet another International Women Day,' says Janet Kanene, a gender studies university student.
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