Global IssuesNews headlines for “Human Population”, page 10
Chilean Fisherwomen Seek Visibility and Escape from Vulnerability
- Inter Press Service
PAREDONES, Chile, Aug 05 (IPS) - The number of organisations that bring together fisherwomen who seek to be recognised as workers, make their harsh reality visible and escape the vulnerability in which they live is growing in Chile.
UN’s Summit of the Future
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug 5 2024 (IPS) - Preparations are ongoing for the upcoming Summit of the Futureprobably the most consequential initiative of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres so far.
How Women Water Volunteers Help Shape India’s Water Future
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 02 (IPS) - “Daily squabbles at the lone water point in Bhubaneswar’s slums, where hundreds of households depended on this single non-potable water source, have now receded into the past,” says Aparna Khuntia, a member of a large cohort of water volunteers who have played an important enabling role in ensuring households in the eastern India city now have their own on-premises potable running tap water available all 24 hours.
Femicide and Reproductive Violence Harm African Women, Girls
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 31 (IPS) - International African Women’s Day on July 31 recognizes the contribution of African women toward political, social, and economic freedom on the continent. But gender equality is still not a reality for most African women.
The Price Women Pay for Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 31 (IPS) - Global warming, widely believed to be a universal crisis, will actually impact girls and women far more than boys and men. It is already known that we live in a patriarchal world, one in which men are afforded far greater opportunities for success while women generally hold less societal power and have access to fewer resources. This especially pertains to developing countries in which agriculture related work, usually delegated to females, depends on a variety of environmental factors and subsequently, significantly hurts their livelihoods.
Harris Is Best-Positioned to Lead the Way
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 31 (IPS) - Within the Democratic field, no potential candidate for president is better-positioned, at this juncture, to defeat Trump more skillfully and pointedly than Kamala Harris. She is writing a new chapter in American history that will chart a new national course impacting future generations.
Left with Few Options: Afghan Women Turn to Risky Online Jobs Amid Taliban Ban
- Inter Press Service
Jul 30 (IPS) - The Taliban's total ban on women’s employment in Afghanistan leaves few options for earning a living. Nevertheless, Afghan women are carving out niches in online business with sheer determination and perseverance.
Parliamentarians: Active Aging Enhanced By Using Artificial Intelligence
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 29 (IPS) - With projections that by 2060, over 1.2 billion people in Asia will be 65 or older, and by adopting technology, including artificial intelligence technologies, it is possible to plan for active and fulfilled aging, lawmakers attending a regional meeting on Aging Preparedness and Care Economy in Asia heard.
Zimbabwe Needs Awareness, Advanced Tech to Beat Cancer
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jul 29 (IPS) - Earlier this year, then 46-year-old Lydia Musundiwa, based in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, was diagnosed with colon cancer, which, already at an advanced stage, killed her in less than two months.
Life or Energy: The Hydroelectric Dilemma in Amazonian Brazil
- Inter Press Service
BELÉM, Brazil, Jul 28 (IPS) - The decade-and-a-half-long battle for life in the so-called Volta Grande (Big Bend) of the Xingu river, a stretch of the river dewatered by the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant in the Brazilian Amazon, has a possible solution, albeit a partial one.
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