Population

Women’s Rights are Key in Slowing Down Population

By Sivananthi Thanenthiran
The increase in world population by 2 billion in the next 30 years will present a serious global challenge especially if we do not find new paradigms of development thought and renewed global political leadership.

Partnering for Youth in Central Asia

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
Young people around the world are facing increasingly insurmountable, persistent barriers as they try to achieve their full potential and secure a prosperous future. However, Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific have already begun working to ensure that no one is left behind.

World’s Poorest Nations Weighed Down by Fastest Growing Populations

By Thalif Deen
With a new report projecting a rise in population, specifically in Asia and Africa, the United Nations has warned that continued rapid population growth presents enormous challenges for sustainable development in the world’s 134 developing nations.

Low-Income Countries Pay Over 20 Times More for Generic Drugs

By Caley Pigliucci
A recently-released report by the Washington-based Center for Global Development (CGD) shows that generic drugs, like omeprazole (used to treat heartburn), can cost 20-30 times more in low and middle-income countries than in high-income countries.

Patriotism versus Hope: Eritreans Wrestle with Leaving Home or Remaining

By Milena Belloni and James Jeffrey
Most media narratives about Eritrea suggest an endless stream of young people fleeing the country, who couldn’t wait to escape. But the reality is far different and more nuanced—both when it comes to those who have left, and those who chose to remain.

Poor Outlook for HIV-positive Children in Pakistan

By Charlotte Munns
Over 785 people have been diagnosed with HIV in Larkana, Pakistan. 82% of those individuals are children, and only half are receiving the treatment they need.

SDGs, Currently Off-Track, Need Bold Decisive Action

By Tariq Ahmad
It has been four years since governments agreed on the most ambitious set of international commitments to fight poverty and inequality to date. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are ‘a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.’ The goals ambitiously aim to “Leave No One Behind.”

Rising Population Trends Threaten UN’s Development Goals in Asia & Africa

By Thalif Deen
The world’s developing nations, currently fighting an uphill battle in their attempts to implement the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are facing another stark demographic reality: a rise in world population by 2.0 billion people in the next 30 years: from 7.7 billion to 9.7 billion in 2050.

Desertification ‘More Dangerous and More Insidious than Wars’

By Desmond Brown
Businesses are being encouraged to follow the lead of the youth to halt desertification, reduce degradation, improve agricultural sustainability and restore damaged lands.

UN’s Development Goals Remain Largely Elusive

By Thalif Deen
The United Nations, in a new report to be released next month, has warned “there is no escaping the fact that the global landscape for the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has generally deteriorated since 2015, hindering the efforts of governments and other partners”

‘What it Takes to Feed 7.5 Billion People’

By Desmond Brown
Events marking the 25th anniversary of the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the World Day to Combat Desertification opened here Monday, Jun. 17 with a call for urgent action to protect and restore degrading land.

The Forgotten Migrants of Central America

By Caley Pigliucci
Rural and indigenous populations in countries like Guatemala and Honduras are increasingly on the move – either migrating internally or to neighbouring countries.

Championing Social Changes: A Tale of Two Women

By Karessa Ramos
This is the story of two women who are positively transforming social norms in their respective societies, as part of the global movement towards gender equality.

A Journey from a Small-Scale Farm to International Stage

By Chinasa Asonye
As a wife and mother in Nigeria who wanted to support my family and my community, I began my own farm in 2006. When I began, I never could have dreamed that just cultivating the earth would someday lead to my meeting government leaders, and traveling to meet other women from around the world doing their part to make a difference in their own communities.

Mothers in the US Are Dying: What Are We Doing to Save Them?

By Juan Pablo Segura
The maternal mortality rate in the United States is the highest of any developed country – and the rate is rising. The US is currently the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world.

We Must do More to Speed up Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies

By Niklas Hagelberg
Fossil fuels—oil, gas, coal and their derivatives—pollute the atmosphere and emit the greenhouse gases that are ramping up global heating to dangerous levels. But did you know that governments around the world are subsidizing this pollution?

We Won’t Achieve Gender Equality Until We Address the Lack of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

By Mercy Masoo
Giving birth is a life changing moment for women. It can be - when women have a safe and caring environment, positive and empowering - a moment to find a previously untapped inner strength.

Modi Cruises with Ease as Prime Minister of India for a Second Term

By Siva Sivapragasam
The boy who sold tea at railway platforms for a living has become the Prime Minister of world’s largest democracy for the second time. Narendra Dhamodaradas Modi, incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the BJP secured a second chance to be the Prime Minister at Indian elections which took place recently. The election was perhaps the largest held in any part of the world with 39 days of polling and involving as many as 900 million voters.

The New Face of Activism: Youth

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
Rather than waiting for adults to act, more young girls and boys are standing up and speaking out on the world’s pressing issues.

Modernity Triumphs over Feudalism in India

By Ranjit Devraj
“We worked for the poor and they voted us back to power,” was the explanation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made to newly-elected legislators on Saturday, May 25, on the spectacular win scored by his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s just concluded general elections.

Report Reveals Mounting Pressure on Zambia’s Environmental Resources

By Irene Lungu Chipili
There is a strong link between provision of basic social services and the use of natural resources in a country. Thus, with increased population comes additional pressure on natural resources. This is a key finding in the latest Zambia Environment Outlook (ZEO) Report 4, published by the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA).
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