News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 792
African Farmers Can Feed the World, If Only…
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 08 (IPS) - Can African farmers feed the world?. Apparently the answer is "yes." Bold as it may sound, this statement is based on specific facts: Africa is home to 60-65 per cent of the world's uncultivated arable land and 10 per cent of renewable freshwater resources, and it has registered a 160 per cent increase in agricultural output over the past 30 years.
Indigenous Communities Risk Lives in Struggle for Self-determination in Education
- Inter Press Service
Oaxaca, MEXICO / UNITED NATIONS, Aug 08 (IPS) - Indigenous peoples around the world continue to struggle for self-determination over their education, as highlighted by recent protests against proposed education reforms in Oaxaca, Mexico, which have left several indigenous teachers dead.
Sustainable Development in Africa Will Not Be Achieved Without Women’s Full Participation
- Inter Press Service
MIGORI COUNTY, Kenya, Aug 08 (IPS) - In some parts of the world, the proverbial "glass ceiling" is shattering. As Theresa May and, most likely, Hillary Clinton join Angela Merkel at the leadership of three major world powers, women's leadership in politics is on the ascent.
Pan African Parliament Endorses Ban on FGM
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 06 (IPS) - After years of wrangling and debates among African leaders, the movement to end female genital mutilation (FGM) is gaining real momentum, with a new action plan signed this week by Pan African Parliament (PAP) representatives and the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) to end FGM as well as underage marriage.
Right to Education Still Elusive for Native People in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 04 (IPS) - Education, the most powerful instrument in the struggle against exclusion and discrimination, is still elusive for indigenous people in Latin America who remain the most disadvantaged segment of the population despite their wide presence in the region.
Climate-Smart Agriculture for Drought-Stricken Madagascar
- Inter Press Service
AMBOASARY, Madagascar, Aug 04 (IPS) - Mirantsoa Faniry Rakotomalala is different from most farmers in the Greater South of Madagascar, who are devastated after losing an estimated 80 percent of their crops during the recent May/June harvesting season to the ongoing drought here, said to be the most severe in 35 years.
Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Protection
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 04 (IPS) - According to the World Bank, the MDG target of halving the share of the poor was achieved by 2008, well in advance of 2015, the target year. However, increased unemployment and lower incomes in recent times remind us that poverty is not an unchanging attribute of a shrinking group, but rather, a condition that billions of vulnerable persons risk experiencing.
The next UN Secretary General should be a woman – and must be a feminist
- Inter Press Service
Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM, Aug 03 (IPS) - The process for arguably the top political job on the planet is well underway. And the time is right for a woman and a feminist to take the helm.
Olympic Games End Decade of Giant Mega-projects in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 03 (IPS) - An era of mega-events and mega-projects is coming to a close in Brazil with the Olympic Games to be hosted Aug. 5-21 by Rio de Janeiro. But the country's taste for massive construction undertakings helped fuel the economic and political crisis that has it in its grip.
UNCTAD’s Roles Reaffirmed, but Only after Significant Wrangling
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Aug 03 (IPS) - The United Nations' leading development organisation UNCTAD recently obtained a renewed mandate for its work, but not without difficulty.
This is because the developed countries are now much more reluctant to give concessions to the developing countries, thus showing up the present shaky state of North-South relations and of development cooperation.
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