Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1025
The 4th Century Art that Died Out Across the World and the Ethiopian Scribes Trying to Preserve it
- Inter Press Service
DEBRE LIBANOS, Ethiopia, May 08 (IPS) - Misganew Andeurgay changes his bamboo-made pen for another, dips it in a tiny pot of viscous liquid and, on a parchment page filled with black script, begins to trace in scarlet-red ink the Amharic word for god.
Major Report Urges Reform of U.S. Capital Punishment System
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 07 (IPS) - Innocent people will be executed in the United States if the country's capital punishment system is not reformed, warns a new report.
U.N. Treaty on Corporate Rights Abuse Sees New Momentum
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 07 (IPS) - Some 500 global groups are calling for action by governments next month to jumpstart the process of drafting an international treaty to address rights abuses by multinational corporations, following on a related proposal by Ecuador and others.
Divisions over Gender Complicate Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (IPS) - As the U.N. focuses on refining its Post-2015 Development Agenda, divisions surrounding issues of population and development continue to plague consensus on a universal way forward.
HIV/AIDS Highlights Gender Inequalities in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, May 07 (IPS) - All illusions of love, trust and dedication to a relationship flew out the window for Mayda Torres in 1992, when she found out she was HIV-positive while undergoing routine exams to start a new job.
ARVs a Bitter Pill to Swallow for Ugandan Children
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, May 07 (IPS) - Every morning at six a.m. before he goes to school, and every night at six p.m. after he gets home from school, Emmanuel, 11, knows what he must do: take his antiretroviral pills.
Vaccinating Against Their Will
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, May 07 (IPS) - The growing number of child deaths from diarrhoea in Cameroon has necessitated the introduction of a new vaccine (RotaTeq) designed to protect babies under five against common types of rotaviruses that cause diarrhoea. But growing skepticism over new vaccines, and lack of potable water and proper hygiene could thwart such public health efforts, experts say.
Desperate Gazans Turn Plastic Into Fuel
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, May 07 (IPS) - On the roof of a modest house amidst the alleys of Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, Ibrahim Sobeh and his sons spent more than 200 days working on a primitive device that converts waste plastic into fuel.
OP-ED: We Must Stand Up in Defence of Nigeria's Abducted Schoolgirls
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (IPS) - Today more than 200 schoolgirls will wake up to another day in an unthinkable nightmare. Three weeks ago, they were seized in the night by armed men dressed as soldiers who said they were there to protect them.
U.N.'s Post-2015 Agenda Skips the Right to Water and Sanitation
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 06 (IPS) - A U.N. working group mandated to formulate a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the post-2015 development agenda is being accused of bypassing water and sanitation as a basic human right: a right long affirmed in a General Assembly resolution adopted back in July 2010.
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