Global IssuesDevelopment: Hunger Summit’s Failure Exposes Grim Reality
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
There are two main ways the flop of this week’s United Nations World Food Security Summit in Rome - which has been snubbed by the world’s top leaders, has failed to deliver binding aid commitments, or to set a target date for the eradication of hunger - is being read.
D.R. Congo: Urban Water Supply Needs Attention
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Kinshasa's population needs an estimated 700,000 cubic metres of water per day. The Régie de distribution des eaux (REGIDESO) produces only 425,000 cubic metres - vast neighbourhoods like Kitokimosi and Mpasa receive almost none of this water.
Cuba: Fewer Storks Visiting Shiny Maternity Clinics
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Women in Cuba cite a variety of reasons to explain their decision to have only one child, ranging from the housing shortage to the rising cost of living and the many work responsibilities they have to shoulder. But many say that if things were different they would have a bigger family.
U.S.: Nearly One in Six Citizens Went Hungry in 2008
Monday, November 16, 2009
As the World Food Security Summit got under way in Rome Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disclosed that nearly one in six U.S. households went hungry at some time during 2008, the highest level since it began monitoring food security levels in 1995.
Rights-Turkey: Transforming Men from Culprits to Allies
Monday, November 16, 2009
Success in fighting violence against women may well hinge on partnership with an often overlooked but still a critically vital party - men themselves.
Health-Africa: On ART Since Birth
Monday, November 16, 2009
Seven-year-old Ntombi* frowns after swallowing the tablets her grandmother has given her. The HIV positive child has contracted multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB.
U.S.: Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group
Monday, November 16, 2009
According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are 'definitely' too low.
Development: Farmers Not Invited to Food Summit?
Monday, November 16, 2009
World farmers are not part of the official delegations at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food summit on food security that opened here Monday. But they came anyhow to express their views, since, they say, it is their communities that are most impacted by the food crisis.
Africa: Water Summit Ends
Friday, November 13, 2009
As the Second Africa Water Week ends, participants have reiterated that lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation has a direct bearing on public health and the economy in Africa.
Rights: State of India's Children: An Unsettling Reality
Friday, November 13, 2009
Here is a sobering thought on the eve of Children’s Day celebrated across India on Nov. 14. Despite the country’s impressive economic growth trajectory and growing geopolitical heft, the benefits of that prosperity are not percolating down to its children who constitute a sizeable 30 percent of the country’s 1.2 billion population.
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