News headlines for “Human Population”, page 83
Not a World for Young People
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Jul 28 (IPS) - Many of us assume that an identification with a certain gender, race, nation or even age makes us particularly knowledgeable. When it comes to age, it is in most cultures of the world assumed that age and experience favour wisdom. I am not entirely sure about that, though I am convinced that as we grow older we tend to overestimate our own knowledge and importance. An arrogance that might burden and even marginalize the youth.
Gender Sensitization, Not 'Romeo' Policing Needed, say Activists
- Inter Press Service
Lucknow, Jul 27 (IPS) - Romeo is a bad word in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India's largest province with nearly 25 million people.
U.S.-Latin America Immigration Agreement Raises more Questions than Answers
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Jul 19 (IPS) - The immigration agreement reached in Los Angeles, California at the end of the Summit of the Americas, hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, raises more questions than answers and the likelihood that once again there will be more noise than actual benefits for migrants, especially Central Americans.
Abortion in Canada - Legal for Decades But Hindered by Stigma
- Inter Press Service
Ottawa, Jul 19 (IPS) - Toronto resident Miranda Knight describes her abortion experience as relatively simple. After finding out she was pregnant on a Wednesday in 2017, she booked an appointment at an available clinic and got one for the following Monday. She had the procedure that day and left the clinic by noon.
Abortion Decision Felt Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Jul 18 (IPS) - The 24 June decision of United States Supreme Court to overturn the country’s nearly 50-year constitutional right of a woman to an abortion is being felt worldwide.
A Future Horror and the Hope of the Present
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 12 (IPS) - This is an alert message: if nothing stops the wave of violence in Mexico, by the end of 2024 the country could exceed the figure of 150,000 missing persons.
Recalling Shinzo Abe with Respect
- Inter Press Service
TOKYO, Jul 11 (IPS) - Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan, has died. It was a murder caused by a personal grudge rather than political terrorism. And it was not a direct grudge against Mr. Abe. A religious group had supported Mr. Abe, and a murderer with a grudge against the religious group killed him. Murders targeting politicians are often related to political messages or claims. This is a very unique case in that the murder was committed out of a personal grudge, not against the individual for what he did, but against the organization that supported the individual.
What Future for a World of 8 Billion?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) - What does a young girl from Juba, in South Sudan, an 8-year-old boy living in the slums of Mumbai, in India, a young mother from the south of Lima, in Peru, and an 83-year-old man enjoying retirement in the suburbs of Stockholm, in Sweden, have in common?
India & China Continue to Lead -- as World Population Projected to Reach 8.0 Billion
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 11 (IPS) - India and China, two Asian nuclear powers who are also longstanding rivals embroiled in the geo-politics of the Indian Ocean region, have remained two of the world’s most populous nations accounting for over a billion people each.
But as the world’s population reaches the 8.0 billion mark, come November, India is projected to surpass China.
A World of 8 Billion, Yes, But (II): The Unseen, Untold Story of the 50%
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jul 08 (IPS) - While women and girls have been so far enjoying some of their due rights in Western high-income countries, the overwhelming majority of teenagers and adult women in the impoverished regions of the current world’s population of 8 billions continue to suffer all kinds of inequalities.
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