News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 446
A Healthy Indian Ocean Feeds, Protects, and Connects all South Asians
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 06 (IPS) - It is the oceans that engendered life. The lives of humans remain connected to the seas, making the good health of the seas and the efficient management of sea-based activity essential elements for the wellbeing of people and nations.
Women and Girls to the Front
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Apr 06 (IPS) - Women hold up half the sky.
Some years ago, Sarah al-Amiri, a young Emirati engineer, had a fixed gaze beyond the sky and towards our galaxy. “Space was a sector that we never dared to dream growing up,” she noted.
Disability Discrimination at the World Bank: Is it Immunity or Impunity?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 06 (IPS) - The 15,900-strong World Bank, which has funded over 12,000 development projects worldwide since 1947, is an international institution with a superlative reputation for its sustained efforts to end poverty in the developing world—with loans, interest-free credit and outright grants.
IMF, World Bank Must Support Developing Countries Recovery
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 06 (IPS) - The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take an unprecedented human and economic toll, wiping away years of modest and uneven progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Developing countries now need much more support as progress towards the SDGs was ‘not on track’ even before the pandemic.
Guterres highlights power of sport for inclusive, sustainable future
- UN News
The United Nations Secretary-General on Tuesday urged everyone involved in the sport sector to help advance climate action, combat discrimination and prejudice, and ensure that global sporting events leave a positive legacy.
Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 05 (IPS) - In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing dishes and clothes, and cooking, by means of rainwater harvesting systems (RHS).
Pandemic Accentuates Need for Caribbean Countries to Improve Food and Nutrition Security
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 02 (IPS) - Last year, Jaxine Scott was off work as a caregiver at a primary school as a result of the pandemic. One day, she noticed a green shoot emerging from some garlic in her fridge. She decided to plant it, and to her surprise, it thrived. “I thought ‘It looks like I have a green thumb, let me plant something else,’” Scott says.
She now has a backyard garden, including cucumber, pumpkin, melon, callaloo, cantaloupe, pak choy and tomatoes. “It makes me feel good,” she says. “I can help my family members and neighbours. It has saved me money. I’m not going to stop, I’m going to continue,” she says.
Many countries spending more on debt than education, health and social protection combined
- UN News
Around one in eight nations spends more on debt than on social services, according to a new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched on Thursday, calling for debt service relief and restructuring to enable countries to bounce back from the pandemic.
UN Leadership Necessary for Fairer Tax Cooperation
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 01 (IPS) - Illicit financial flows (IFFs) hurt all countries, both developed and developing. But poor countries suffer relatively more, accounting for nearly half the loss of world tax revenue.
Generation Equality: Womens Leadership as a Catalyst for Change, Say 49 UN Women Envoys
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 01 (IPS) - March, women’s history month, closes with the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico and against the background of significant setbacks on the empowerment of women caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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