News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”
India Still Needs to Address Harmful Dark Skin Stereotypes
- Inter Press Service
NEW DEHLI, September 28 (IPS) - As a young girl, Sarada Murlidharan cringed at the thought of going to school. It was not the studies but the taunts of ‘being black’ or having dark skin, where fair skin was considered preferential, that made her unhappy.
Pension Peril Among Populations
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, September 28 (IPS) - Dozens of government-funded pension programs providing benefits to hundreds of millions of men and women face growing fiscal strain and long-term sustainability challenges. These pressures are largely driven by rapid demographic transitions, including ageing populations, declining fertility, rising life expectancy, and shrinking workforces.
Rohingya Camps: Children in Frontline of Food Rationing Crisis
- Inter Press Service
COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, September 28 (IPS) - For Mohammed Dullah, recent cuts in UN food rations for Rohingya and other refugees in Bangladesh are not just spreading hunger but also forcing them to save on basic needs such as schooling and healthcare for his children.
The Global Leaders Network Pushes to Protect Women’s and Children’s Health
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, September 28 (IPS) - In the wake of the largest decline in global health financing on record, the Global Leaders Network (GLN) for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent Health convened a high-level meeting on September 22 to sustain political momentum for women and children’s health financing. The event, Financing for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health in a Time of Austerity, was co-hosted by the Governments of South Africa, Spain, and Tanzania, in addition to the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMMCH).
BRAZIL: ‘Resistance Is Intergenerational, and Art Is How Energy Gets Renewed’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses the role of art in climate and rights struggles in the Brazilian Amazon with Tom Wheeler, executive director and co-founder of Treesistance. Treesistance is a platform operated by the Netherlands-based Sinchi Foundation that partners with Indigenous communities across four Brazilian states on cultural preservation and forest protection.
The Dollar-Gold Standard’s Lingering Demise
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, September 28 (IPS) - The 1944 Bretton Woods (BW) conference accepted the US demand to use the dollar to settle international financial transactions. This arrangement would require a US balance-of-payments deficit to issue enough dollars.
Nepal’s Devastating Floods Have Put Women and Girls at Greater Risk
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal / NEW YORK, United States , September 25 (IPS) - On August 26, 2026, deadly flash floods and landslides ripped through Himalayan towns and villages along Nepal and Tibet’s border, devastating communities. The United Nations estimates that in Nepal’s worst-affected districts of Rasuwa and Nuwakot, 157,050 women and girls are directly or indirectly impacted.
Myanmar: Corporate Complicity in the Spotlight
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, September 25 (IPS) - On 15 September, Norwegian police and security services raided the headquarters of Telenor in Oslo. Authorities accuse the multinational telecoms company, majority owned by the Norwegian state, of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity in Myanmar and breaching sanctions.
Forty Years of the ‘Right to Development’: When Growth Excludes, Is It Still Development?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, September 25 (IPS) - World leaders have warned that the most vulnerable people have been left behind as the right to development has promised more than it has delivered, with development seemingly the preserve of the superrich and powerful.
Africa needs its own AI solutions, not borrowed ones, says expert
- UN News
Africa should focus its use of technology on solving its own real challenges rather than copying the systems and priorities of other parts of the world.
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