News headlines for “Human Population”, page 95
Battle for Palestine: & the Day When David Felled Goliath with a Stone
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26 (IPS) - When Israeli Ambassador Gilat Erdan made an unusual presentation before the Security Council last week displaying a large rock, which he claimed, was hurled at Israeli vehicles in the Occupied Territories, a reporter at a UN press conference asked whether Palestinians will be given the right of reply--- by displaying in the Security Council chamber an Uzi sub- machine gun or a bulldozer deployed by Israeli armed forces against civilian demonstrations.
Community Organization and Solidarity in Peru Tackle Hunger in Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jan 24 (IPS) - It's nine o'clock in the morning and Mauricia Rodríguez is already peeling garlic to season the day's lunch at the Network of Organized Women of Villa Torreblanca, one of more than 2,400 solidarity-based soup kitchens that have emerged in the Peruvian capital in response to the worsening poverty caused by the partial or total halt of economic activities in the country due to COVID-19.
Human Rights Violations and Culture of Impunity in South Asia
- Inter Press Service
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IPS) - As countries across South Asia continue to battle the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, causing serious public health and economic crisis, this region, which is home to almost 2 billion people, is also grappling with the erosion of democratic norms, growing authoritarianism, the crackdown on freedom of press, speech and dissent.
Mali must not Be a New Site for Clashes Between Global Powers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (IPS) - Last week, I was delighted to speak to the United Nations Security Council. In the ten years that my country has been experiencing conflict, violence, and instability, dozens of conferences and other international summits have been held without ever really making room for those who are mobilized on a daily basis for more social justice, the defense of human rights and achieving Malian peace.
Human Trafficking, Rape, Extortion Behind 'Forced Conversions', say Experts
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Jan 19 (IPS) - Two years after Michelle, 15, was kidnapped, sold, forced to convert to Islam and married to a stranger, relatives still ostracise her.
Key Pillars Mostly in Place to Speed up Africa's Free Trade in 2022
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 (IPS) - The official start of free trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in January 2021 moved a major continental aspiration closer to reality.
Adolescents Left Behind Global AIDS Response - Experts Experts
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 18 (IPS) - The ominous warning came in 2019 through an anonymous message on her mobile phone to stay away from a man she met on social media.
Kenyan Domestic Workers’ Doomed Voyage to the Gulf
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 14 (IPS) - Distress calls from vulnerable Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia experiencing mistreatment and torture at the hands of their employers went from 88 in 2019/2020 to 1,025 just one year later.
Climate Action Incomplete Without Women's Contribution
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 12 (IPS) - Judy Wangari is one of an estimated 800,000 smallholder potato farmers who, according to the National Potato Council of Kenya, contribute at least 83 percent of the total potato production.
Clean Water, Decent Toilets, Hygiene Challenge for Southern African Community
- Inter Press Service
Blantyre, Malawi, Jan 10 (IPS) - The toilets in the maternity wing of Namatapa Health Centre in the populous Bangwe Township in Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial city, fell into disrepair a few years ago. So, pregnant women who come to deliver their babies and their guardians use two pit latrines.
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