Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1009
Higher Food Prices Can Help to End Hunger, Malnutrition and Food Waste
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 25 (IPS) - The choice of foods displayed on supermarket shelves can be quite bewildering. This abundance encourages us to take it for granted that we will always be able to buy the food we want at affordable prices.
Chile Vows to Dispel Lingering Shadow of Dictatorship
- Inter Press Service
EU Aims to Scuttle Treaty on Human Rights Abuses
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 24 (IPS) - When the United Nations began negotiating a Code of Conduct for Transnational Corporations (TNCs) back in the 1970s, the proposal never got off the ground because of vigourous opposition both from the powerful business community and its Western allies.
Tensions between CAR Refugees and Cameroonians Escalate over Depleting Resources
- Inter Press Service
GUIWA, Cameroon, Jun 24 (IPS) - Central African Republic refugees living in Cameroon's East Region are increasingly becoming frustrated about their deteriorating living conditions and their inability to support themselves as conflict between them and and local villagers has escalated over depleting resources.
And Then There Was Sight
- Inter Press Service
MYMENSINGH, Bangladesh, Jun 24 (IPS) - There was a time when four-year-old Taiba, a resident of Makril village in Bangladesh's central Netrokona district, had little to smile about.
Red Card for Exploitation of Children at Brazil’s World Cup
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 24 (IPS) - The FIFA World Cup being played in Brazil has sounded a warning for organisations fighting exploitation of children and adolescents, during an event that has attracted 3.7 million tourists to the 12 host cities.
Companies Urged to Disclose "Plastic Footprint"
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 23 (IPS) - The environmental cost of the plastics used by corporations producing consumer goods likely mounts to more than 75 billion dollars a year, according to a first-time valuation released Monday by the United Nations and others.
Military Offensive Deepens Housing Crisis in Northern Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jun 23 (IPS) - Shaukat Ali, a shopkeeper originally hailing from Miramshah in the Northern Waziristan Agency of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), looks exhausted as he sits outside a makeshift shelter with his family of 10.
With its Own Satellite, Bolivia Hopes to Put Rural Areas on the Grid
- Inter Press Service
EL PALOMAR, Bolivia, Jun 23 (IPS) - Maria Eugenia Calle, a local official in this Andean agricultural community, recently saw the Internet for the first time.
From Genocide to African Catwalks - How Rwandan Women are Building their Lives and the Fashion Industry
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Jun 23 (IPS) - Before Rwanda's 1994 genocide, Salaam Uwamariya's husband, a professor, was the family breadwinner, providing for her and their eight children. Uwamariya sold vegetables at a nearby market to supplement their income.
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