News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 278
Youth Key to the Success of the Sdgs in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 12 (IPS) - Consider this: in 1956 Sweden and Kenya's population was roughly at 7 million. Today Sweden has about 9.8 million, while there are about 44 million Kenyans.
Fertility levels are declining gradually and Kenyans are living longer. It is estimated that there will be 85 million people in Kenya by 2050, with three quarters of these being below 35 years. While Kenya's median age is 19, Sweden's is 42.
Youth Employment: Turning Workplace Partnerships into Opportunity
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 12 (IPS) - Many of us can remember the difficulties of getting our first job – the searching, the frustration of rejection, the nervous wait for an interview or the first day of work. Today's staggering unemployment rates in many countries make it an especially difficult time for young job-seekers.
War on Climate Terror (II): Fleeing Disasters, Escaping Drought, Migrating
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 11 (IPS) - "No one can deny the terrible similarities between those running from the threat of guns and those fleeing creeping desertification, water shortages, floods and hurricanes."
The Un Steps up Efforts to End Child Marriage
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (IPS) - Barely 17 years old and from the Gajapati district in Odisha, India, Susmita has never gone to school. She rears the few animals her family owns, and this is her primary duty besides attending to household chores.
War on Climate Terror (I): Deserts Bury Two Thirds of African Lands
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 09 (IPS) - Two-thirds of the African continent is already desert or dry-lands. But while this vast extension of the second largest continent on Earth after Asia is "vital" for agriculture and food production, nearly three-fourths of it is estimated to be degraded to varying degrees.
Team Refugees: Pivotal Moment in Olympic History
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 08 (IPS) - For the first time ever, a team of displaced athletes will have their chance to demonstrate their relentless determination and integrity in a bid to leave their own distinct mark on Olympic history.
African Farmers Can Feed the World, If Only…
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 08 (IPS) - Can African farmers feed the world?. Apparently the answer is "yes." Bold as it may sound, this statement is based on specific facts: Africa is home to 60-65 per cent of the world's uncultivated arable land and 10 per cent of renewable freshwater resources, and it has registered a 160 per cent increase in agricultural output over the past 30 years.
“Non-lethal" Pellet Guns Maim Hundreds in Kashmiri Protests
- Inter Press Service
SRINAGAR, Aug 05 (IPS) - Hospitals in Kashmir's summer capital are packed to capacity these days, their wards overflowing with pellet gun victims injured during violent clashes with government forces.
Climate-Smart Agriculture for Drought-Stricken Madagascar
- Inter Press Service
AMBOASARY, Madagascar, Aug 04 (IPS) - Mirantsoa Faniry Rakotomalala is different from most farmers in the Greater South of Madagascar, who are devastated after losing an estimated 80 percent of their crops during the recent May/June harvesting season to the ongoing drought here, said to be the most severe in 35 years.
Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Protection
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 04 (IPS) - According to the World Bank, the MDG target of halving the share of the poor was achieved by 2008, well in advance of 2015, the target year. However, increased unemployment and lower incomes in recent times remind us that poverty is not an unchanging attribute of a shrinking group, but rather, a condition that billions of vulnerable persons risk experiencing.
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