News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 764
How a Spring Revival Scheme in India’s Sikkim Is Defeating Droughts
- Inter Press Service
GANGTOK, India, Feb 01 (IPS) - Bina Sharma, a member of the Melli Dhara Gram Panchayat Unit in the southern part of India's northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, is a relieved woman.
The Trump Presidency: The First Week
- Inter Press Service
ALICANTE, Spain, Feb 01 (IPS) - Attacking the Affordable Care Act; the "global gag rule" against abortion; the federal regulation and hiring freeze; canceling the TPP; restarting the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipeline; limiting entry with the Mexican Wall; the 90-day travel ban on seven countries; more undocumented people prioritized for deportation; no federal funding for cities refusing to cooperate; communications blackout from federal agencies; Guantánamo torture continued–What does it add up to?
Why Kenya Must Create a Million New Jobs Annually
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 01 (IPS) - It is estimated that 3000 Kenyans are born every day, a million a year. With a median age of 18 years, Kenya is witnessing a massive youth bulge, which could either be a demographic dividend, or a disaster.
Seeds Are Key to Improving Bean Production in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Feb 01 (IPS) - "You have to have good and varied seeds to test which one adapts best to each kind of soil," says 71-year-old farmer Rubén Torres, who on his farm in central Cuba harvests 1.6 tons of organic beans every year, among other crops.
‘World Must Implement Pledges on Women’s Human Rights’
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jan 31 (IPS) - "Women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work" will provide concrete, practical and action-oriented recommendations that will cover significant new ground, on overcoming structural barriers to gender equality, gender-based discrimination and violence against women at work, a senior United Nations official stressed.
Kenyans Turn to Wild Fruits and Insects as Drought Looms
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 31 (IPS) - Too hungry to play, hundreds of starving children in Tiaty Constituency of Baringo County instead sit by the fire, watching the pot boil, in the hope that it is only a matter of minutes before their next meal.
Insecurity Fuelling Food Shortages in Lake Chad Basin: UN Coordinator
- Inter Press Service
Jan 30 (IPS) - Children under five years of age are not surviving due to severe food shortages in some parts of the Lake Chad region, says Toby Lanzer, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel.
Demonstrating the Power of Partnerships: The Potential for Universal Health Care in Kenya
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jan 30 (IPS) - Even as the global community set out the 17 Sustainable Development Goals last year, a realization that stood out is that no single unit has the wherewithal to achieve such lofty goals – they will only be achieved through partnerships.
Riverbank Populations Displaced by Dams in Brazil Miss Old Way of Life
- Inter Press Service
SENTO SE, Brazil, Jan 29 (IPS) - "Now we have internet and TV. Before, we didn't even have electricity, but it was better," said Lourival de Barros, one of the people displaced by the hydropower plants which have mushroomed aorund Brazil, mainly since the 1970s.
Farmer Field Schools Help Women Lead on Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, Jan 27 (IPS) - Discussions around climate change have largely ignored how men and women are affected by climate change differently, instead choosing to highlight the extreme and unpredictable weather patterns or decreases in agricultural productivity.
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