Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1108
Q&A: The Eleventh Hour for Climate Justice
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - Climate justice – the nexus between human rights and climate change – must be a pillar of the post-2015 development agenda, says former Irish president Mary Robinson.
For the Disabled, Progress Unearths More Questions
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (IPS) - When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a recent high-level meeting on disability and development that promised a place for the issue in the post-2015 agenda, he cited three examples of incapacity.
Less Hunger, But Not Good Enough
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Oct 02 (IPS) - Every year, we take a snapshot of world progress in the fight against chronic hunger. This year, the picture is looking better, but it's still not good enough.
Ugandan Women Put On Their Boxing Gloves
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA?, Oct 02 (IPS) - Helen Baleke took up boxing at 16, after she was attacked by a man in Kampala's Katanga slum. But the beating turned her into what she is today – one of only several female Ugandan amateur boxers.
Relief Brings Its Own Disasters
- Inter Press Service
DEHRADUN, India, Oct 02 (IPS) - In Uttarakhand, the small Indian state in the Himalayan foothills that was a victim of flash floods that killed at least a thousand people in June this year and uprooted thousands of families, the story is told of a child who went every day to the helipad, believing his father will return when, in fact, the father died in the floods.
100-Dollar Dream Teases Bangladesh Workers
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Oct 02 (IPS) - On the industrial outskirts of Dhaka, which is dotted with big and small clothes factories, thousands of workers took to the streets demanding a minimum wage rise.
U.S. Government Shutdown Could Hit Foreign Aid
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 01 (IPS) - A deadlocked U.S. Congress proved unable to settle budgetary differences late Monday evening, leading to a federal government shutdown that could soon be felt by foreign aid programmes and their recipients.
U.S.-Africa Trade Mostly Benefits Oil, Textiles
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 01 (IPS) - With a key U.S.-Africa trade agreement up for renewal in 2015, advocates on all sides of the issue say current policies are rife with shortcomings that leave many African businesses out in the cold.
Q&A: "This Is Not Huntington’s World"
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 01 (IPS) - While a fine wine might get better with age, the same is not true for flawed political theories.
WTO: Stingy with the Poor, Generous with the Rich
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Oct 01 (IPS) - A fight taking place in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations towards the Bali Ministerial Conference shows how the rules on agriculture allow developed countries to continue to shell out huge subsidies while penalising farmers in developing countries.
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