News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 227
Wood Smoke Continues to Make Women Sick in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador, Jul 04 (IPS) - Using a few dry sticks as fuel, Margarita Ramos of El Salvador lit the fire in her wood stove and set about frying two fish, occasionally fanning the flame, aware that the smoke she inhaled could affect her health.
Transformative Change of our Relationship with Nature: Key to Saving Global Biodiversity
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Germany, Jul 04 (IPS) - The writers are Co-Chairs of the IPBES Transformative Change AssessmentTo most people, ‘transformative change’ is an abstract academic catchphrase. But transformative change is far more than that. It is the foundational response necessary to address the global crisis of biodiversity loss that threatens the wellbeing of every person in every community – and every species in every region.
Quest for Safe Water in One of Indias Most Isolated Villages
- Inter Press Service
Champad, India, Jul 04 (IPS) - Simita Devi spent over ten days in a government-run hospital a year ago anxiously watching her critically ill nine-year-old daughter, Gudiya, who was diagnosed with typhoid.
Climate Change and Development
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Jul 04 (IPS) - There is little doubt that human activity is accelerating climate change. Our activities are causing global warming and potentially disastrous climate change.
Activating ‘citizen mode’ to support democracy from the ground up
- UN News
Against a backdrop of growing misinformation, political polarization, and a breakdown in trust between citizens and those who govern them, the UN is promoting the direct participation of citizens in decisions that affect them and their communities to rebuild trust in democracy.
Women in Peru's Poor Urban Areas Combat the Crisis at the Cost of Their Wellbeing
- Inter Press Service
CALLAO, Peru, Jul 03 (IPS) - At five in the morning, when fog covers the streets and the cold pinches hard, Mercedes Marcahuachi is already on her feet ready to go to work in Pachacútec, the most populated area of the municipality of Ventanilla, in the province of Callao, known for being home to Peru's largest seaport.
Tuberculosis: A Disease of the Poor Begs For Rich Funding
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Jul 03 (IPS) - The United Nations General Assembly is convening a high-level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) to get a political commitment for increased funding for programmes and research to end an old disease that today kills more people than AIDS and COVID.
At Caribbean Summit, UN chief calls for climate action, debt relief, and urgent aid for Haiti
- UN News
The UN chief advocated for climate crisis solutions, debt relief mechanisms, and urgent assistance to Haiti, addressing world leaders on Monday at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
From seeds to solar power in Madagascar: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
- UN News
Over one million people in drought-stricken southern Madagascar are benefitting from a range of complementary UN development initiatives which are being coordinated in order to have a greater impact as the UN Resident Coordinator in Madagascar Issa Sanogo explains.
Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil's Semiarid Northeast
- Inter Press Service
"The rainwater tanks are the best invention in the world for us," said Maria de Lourdes Feitosa, 46, who recalls the deadly droughts of the past in Brazil's semiarid Northeast region.
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