News headlines for “Human Population”, page 585
No Quiet Old Age for South Africa's Grannies
- Inter Press Service
Grannies are indispensable in South Africa. They may have been hoping for a restful old age, but the AIDS epidemic has seen them taking on motherhood for a second time, caring for grandchildren whose parents have died of the disease.
BRAZIL: Women in 'Pacified' Favelas Claim Their Rights
- Inter Press Service
The peace imposed on the more than 200,000 people living in the Complexo do Alemão group of favelas in Rio de Janeiro by Brazil's military police is helping to pave the way for the recognition of basic human rights.
PAKISTAN: New Fears Over Malnutrition
- Inter Press Service
'She was just skin and bones, even crying seemed a huge effort,' Hajiani says of one-year-old Samreen Tauqir, when she saw her for the first time two months ago.
Kurd Issue to the Fore Ahead of Elections
- Inter Press Service
Sultan Quyun, 58, longs for the day when the decades-long conflict between the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces will come to an end. For her, the end of violence does not just hold the promise of a possible resolution of the Kurdish issue in the country, but would bring about, she hopes, a much-awaited reunion with her son.
MEXICO: Eco-Friendly Livelihoods for Women in the Sierra Madre
- Inter Press Service
They live in a town with an apt name, Soledad (Solitude) de Guadalupe, of just 50 houses, most of which are inhabited by women on their own, in the Sierra Madre mountains in the small state of Querétaro in central Mexico.
Q&A: ‘Doing Good and Doing Good Business Are Not Incompatible’
- Inter Press Service
It is short sighted to dismiss the benefits or potential of engaging the private sector in human rights matters, says Sara Lulo, director of the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice.
Q&A: Ordinary Women Have Extraordinary Stories to Tell
- Inter Press Service
Ordinary women's voices are too often ignored when it comes to solving their own problems, admonishes Loga Virahsawmy, Director of the Southern African NGO Gender Links, Mauritius and Francophone Office.
Arab Uprising Bypasses Domestic Slaves
- Inter Press Service
The uprisings sweeping the Arab world have been provoked by long injustice, low income, police brutality, and lack of social security. While the world looks at this, the suffering of up to three million maids across the Arab world remains wrapped in silence.
Vietnamese Struggle for a Place in Poland
- Inter Press Service
Thuan has had little luck. In his youth he joined the 'boat people' fleeing Vietnam to Indonesia. Deported back after six years, carrying the stigma of an anti-communist, he could not find a job.
OP-ED: Zambian TV Ads Threaten Women's Gains
- Inter Press Service
Five years since Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected president in Liberia, it appears there is a systematic campaign to remind African women that their place is still in the kitchen. And advertisers of detergent powders and other cleaning products appear to be the main culprits.
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