News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 416
Code Red for Humanity and the Planet
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 11 (IPS) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is absolutely right to call the latest UN climate report a “Code Red for Humanity.” Without immediate and serious action, we are condemning future generations to a dismal future.
Trouble in the Land of Smiles?
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Aug 11 (IPS) - Could the rise of the youth-led 'Ratsadon' movement lead to changes in Thai politics?
Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha now faces an ongoing threat as the movement continues to mobilize many, especially young people, against the government. They have broken traditional taboos by opening new conversations about the monarchy and shaping public discourse to question many conservative views in Thai society.
Q&A: Why the World ‘Can’t Afford to Wait’ for Transparent, Equitable Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
Roseau, Dominica, Aug 10 (IPS) - The world has been put on notice that there is no time to waste in achieving the goal of food systems transformation.
How to Sustainably Finance Universal Health Care
- Inter Press Service
PENANG and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (IPS) - To achieve universal health coverage, a country needs a healthcare system that provides equitable access to high quality health care requiring sustainable financing over the long term. Publicly provided healthcare should be on the basis of need, a citizen’s entitlement for all regardless of means.
Child Protection Schemes Are Failing Children Orphaned by COVID-19 in India
- Inter Press Service
Aug 09 (IPS) - The second wave of COVID-19 brought with it unimaginable grief, agony, and frustration. India saw a sharp increase in the number of deaths, especially among younger people, which meant that many children lost one or both parents. Reports of people seeking help for orphaned children as well as requests to ‘adopt’ these children emerged on social media.
We Were Born to Do This!
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 09 (IPS) - The first time I visited South Sudan in 2004 - prior to its independence - I travelled across the entire the country which was then a region devastated by man’s inhumanity to man. Although South Sudan is slightly larger than France, I could find only one concrete school building in Rumbek.
UN Preaches Transparency to the Outside World but Fails to Practice it in its Own Backyard
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 (IPS) - The United Nations has long preached the wisdom of transparency and accountability to the outside world, but has failed to practice the same principles in its own backyard – or even on the 39th floor of the Secretary-General’s office in the UN Secretariat.
Global warming ‘unequivocally’ human driven, at unprecedented rate: IPCC
- UN News
Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.
For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’
- UN News
Entrepreneurship can mean more freedom for women according to the first Latin-American advocate of eTrade for All, an initiative developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to expand and promote the digital economy, especially in low and middle-income countries.
Between Horror and Hope in the Villages of Ituri
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 06 (IPS) - “We have buried twenty-eight people. I have seen them with my own eyes. We also found three bodies in the fields and buried them too. I can show them to you. It’s not far from here. We buried them there.” The man points to the hills. He doesn’t want to show his face or say his name, but he agrees that his voice can be recorded, so that his words don’t get lost. The camera can’t shoot him; it can only look at the tall grass or at the forest towards the countryside where it is no longer possible to cultivate food. The man talks while music from Lengabo’s catholic church marks the time of truce and hope.
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