Lawmakers’ Vital Roles in Ensuring Dignity for Aging Populations — Global Issues

Lawmakers’ Vital Roles in Ensuring Dignity for Aging Populations — Global Issues

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Dr Rintaro Mori, Regional Adviser, Population Ageing and Sustainable Development at UNFPA, told the conference it was crucial to invest to improve social security, health, and well-being. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (bangkok & johannesburg) Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK & JOHANNESBURG, Jul 19 (IPS) – Countries with…

The Race Question in Americas Population Census — Global Issues

The Race Question in Americas Population Census — Global Issues

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Monday, July 17, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Jul 17 (IPS) – With preparations for America’s 2030 population census underway and the Census Bureau encouraging additional public input, it’s time to seriously evaluate the continued inclusion of the race question…

Women in Peru’s Poor Urban Areas Combat the Crisis at the Cost of Their Wellbeing — Global Issues

Women in Peru’s Poor Urban Areas Combat the Crisis at the Cost of Their Wellbeing — Global Issues

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While cooking on one side of her wooden tin-roofed house, Mercedes Marcahuachi describes her long day’s work to meet the needs of her household and of the soup kitchen where she serves 150 daily rations at the low price of 80 cents of a dollar, in one of the settlements…

Addressing the Scandal of Invisibility in Asia & the Pacific — Global Issues

Addressing the Scandal of Invisibility in Asia & the Pacific — Global Issues

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Opinion by Tanja Sejersen – Nicola Richards – Victoria Fan (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jun 20 (IPS) – Each year, the births of 64 million children under the age of five and deaths of 8.4 million people are invisible to governments in Asia and…

Menstrual Health and Hygiene Is Unaffordable for Poor Girls and Women in Latin America — Global Issues

Menstrual Health and Hygiene Is Unaffordable for Poor Girls and Women in Latin America — Global Issues

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Young women from the Brazilian state of Bahia attend an informational campaign which also hands out menstrual hygiene products. Poverty and the lack of adequate information on this subject affect millions of girls, adolescents and adult women. CREDIT: Government of Bahia by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Friday, May 26, 2023 Inter Press…

Population Denialism is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism — Global Issues

Population Denialism is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism — Global Issues

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Opinion by Kirsten Stade (st paul, minnesota, usa) Thursday, May 25, 2023 Inter Press Service ST PAUL, Minnesota, USA, May 25 (IPS) – A new study estimates that global heating will push billions of people outside the comfortable range of temperature and weather in which we have evolved. While coverage of…

Population Growth is Not Good for People or the Planet — Global Issues

Population Growth is Not Good for People or the Planet — Global Issues

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According to the United Nations, the world’s population is more than three times larger than it was in the mid-twentieth century. The global human population reached 8.0 billion in mid-November 2022 from an estimated 2.5 billion people in 1950, adding 1 billion people since 2010 and 2 billion since 1998….