Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1011
Argentina Once More on the Map, Invited by BRICS
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 18 (IPS) - As Argentina starts to mend fences with the international financial markets, the emerging powers that make up the BRICS bloc invited it to their next summit. This could be a step towards this country's reinsertion in the global map, after its ostracism from the credit markets since the late 2001 debt default.
Women Breeders Bring Change
- Inter Press Service
KUTCH, India, Jun 18 (IPS) - When Sangan Bhai, a humble man in the Kutch region of India's western state of Gujarat, was offered a position as an executive member of the local camel breeder's association, he made a decision that surprised his community: instead of accepting the prestigious post he offered his wife's name instead.
Saving Tanzania’s Underground Hip Hop Scene
- Inter Press Service
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Jun 18 (IPS) - Inside a dark, cramped, music studio on Arusha's hillside slum of Kijenge Juu, a thumping hip hop beat rattles the window-less room.
Picture the World as a Desert
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 17 (IPS) - Try to imagine an expanse of barren land, stretching for miles, with no trace of greenery, not a single bough to cast a sliver of shade, or a trickle of water to moisten the parched earth. Now imagine that desert expanding by 12 million hectares a year. Why? Because it's already happening.
Op-Ed: Overcoming the Twin Hurdles of Inequality and Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 17 (IPS) - Two major injustices – inequality and climate change – are threatening to undermine the efforts of millions of people to escape poverty and hunger.
Obstetric Fistula Haunts Pakistani Women
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Jun 17 (IPS) - The word on the street was that if there were one place on earth that could treat Mohammad Lalu's wife, it would be the Koohi Goth Women's Hospital in Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
South Sudan’s Wildlife Become Casualties Of War and Are Killed to Feed Soldiers and Rebels
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 17 (IPS) - While South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar agreed last week to end the country's devastating six-month conflict by forming a transitional government within the next two months, it may come too late for this country's wildlife as conservation officials accuse fighters on both sides of engaging in killing wild animals to feed their forces.
U.S. Supreme Court “Validates” Vulture Fund Activities
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 17 (IPS) - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject an appeal by the Argentine government will embolden aggressive "holdout" creditors, anti-poverty groups say, and make it far more difficult to arrive at debt-relief agreements for poor countries.
Pacific Disability Theatre Group Inspires and Educates
- Inter Press Service
PORT VILA, Jun 16 (IPS) - In the Pacific Island state of Vanuatu, 23 actors with disabilities, from youth to senior citizens, who have battled physical and social barriers all their lives, are now empowering themselves and others through socially engaged theatre.
Natural Gas - Both Crisis and Solution in Chile
- Inter Press Service
MEJILLONES, Chile, Jun 16 (IPS) - In April 2004, Argentina began to steadily cut natural gas exports to neighbouring Chile, triggering a major energy crisis and revealing structural problems in this vital sector.
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