News headlines for “Human Population”, page 96
Population Ageing: An Inescapable Future
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Jan 05 (IPS) - The ageing of human populations is an inescapable demographic future. That evolving and universal future is increasingly challenging governments and the public, who are by and large ill prepared for that certain future.
Discriminatory Sexual Violence Laws in Latin America Stigmatize Adolescent Victims of Abuse
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 05 (IPS) - Across Latin America and the Caribbean there is a culture of impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence. Crimes against women and girls often go unpunished and under-reported due to societal misconceptions about victimhood and the nature of sex crimes.
Once Tossed and Abused, Human Trafficking Survivor Finds Solace
- Inter Press Service
Goa, India, Jan 03 (IPS) - For over two decades, Nina tossed around like a leaf in a storm. While a teenager, she was lured into the sex trade, and pimps kept a huge chunk of the money that she earned as a sex slave. Nina was often bruised. Once, she refused sex with a man who did not want to use a condom. He beat her so severely that she had found it difficult to breathe.
Severe Water Stress, Absolute Scarcity for 2 to 4 Billion Humans by 2025
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Dec 23 (IPS) - Now it comes to the scary water crises, as it is estimated that, globally, over two billion people live in countries that experience high water stress.
Extraordinary Lives of Indian Muslim Women Documented
- Inter Press Service
Lucknow, India, Dec 23 (IPS) - It’s time the achievements of Indian Muslim women were documented to make their contribution to society visible, says international health and gender expert Dr Farah Usmani.
America Faces a Fateful Crossroad in 2022
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Dec 23 (IPS) - When my assistant handed me copy expressing my greetings and good wishes for 2022 for approval, I paused, thinking, “is that all I can say, just hope for a better, brighter new year?”
Women’s Rights Groups Welcome New Legal Protections Against Sexual Violence in the Maldives, including Marital Rape
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 (IPS) - Marital rape has now been criminalized without exception in the Maldives, as part of a raft of significant amendments to the Sexual Offences Act (2014). The First Amendment to the Sexual Offences Act was ratified on 6 December 2021 by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
Rural Women in Peru Seed Water Today to Harvest It Tomorrow
- Inter Press Service
CUZCO, Peru, Dec 22 (IPS) - "When I was a little girl we didn't suffer from water shortages like we do now. Today we are experiencing more droughts, our water sources are drying up and we cannot sit idly by," Kely Quispe, a small farmer from the community of Huasao, located half an hour from Cuzco, the capital of Peru's ancient Inca empire, told IPS.
Getting Beyond Body-Shaming
- Inter Press Service
New York, Dec 21 (IPS) - This is an age where pandemics are raging, millions live in war-torn strife, yet women are judged on their skin tones and height, says matchmaker Hirion Shah.
Liberal Facade Hides Lebanon's Patriarchy
- Inter Press Service
Beirut, Lebanon, Dec 21 (IPS) - Despite its apparent liberalism, Lebanon scores low in gender equality, especially in politics.
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