News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 869
Prospects for Peace in South Sudan Fading Fast
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Aug 18 (IPS) - Dismissing efforts, including those of U.S. President Barack Obama, to sign off on a peace agreement and end the 20-month-long civil war in the world's newest nation, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir declined to sign, saying he needed more time for consultations.
Latin America Should Lead in Protecting the Planet’s Oceans
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 17 (IPS) - Latin America should assume a position of global leadership by adopting effective measures to protect the oceans, which are threatened by illegal fishing, the impacts of climate change, and pollution caused by acidification and plastic waste.
Kashmir: Where a Pilgrimage Threatens a Delicate Ecosystem
- Inter Press Service
PAHALGAM, India, Aug 17 (IPS) - As he struggled to find a section of the stream clean enough to rinse off his muddy shoes, Mohan Kumar, a Hindu pilgrim on his way to the holy Amarnath shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir, gazed with despair over the filth that lay thick on the landscape.
The U.N. at 70: Leading the Global Agenda on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality - Part Two
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (IPS) - The efforts of the United Nations and the global women's movement to promote the women's rights agenda and make it a top international priority saw its culmination in the creation of U.N. Women, by the General Assembly in 2010.
Designed to Fail: Gaza’s Reconstruction Plan
- Inter Press Service
BETHLEHEM, Palestine, Aug 15 (IPS) - The rubble of twisted concrete and metal bakes in the hot Mediterranean sun of a regional heat wave.
U.N. Chief, Seeking Accountability, Shatters Myth of Lifetime Jobs
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (IPS) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stopped short of telling one his high-ranking Special Representatives: "You're fired."
Clan Wars Increase Displacement, Hinder Development in Papua New Guinea
- Inter Press Service
, Aug 14 (IPS) - The charred foundations are all that is left of the homes that made up Kenemote village in the mountainous Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Islands.
The U.N. at 70: Leading the Global Agenda on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality - Part One
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (IPS) - If there is any idea and cause for which the United Nations has been an indispensable engine of progress globally it is the cause of ending all forms of "discrimination and violence against women and girls, ensuring the realization of their equal rights and advancing their political, economic and social empowerment.
Zimbabwe's Forest Carbon Programme Not All It Seems
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 14 (IPS) - The efficacy of attempts to sustainably manage forests and conserve and enhance forest carbon stocks in Zimbabwe is increasingly coming under scrutiny as new research warns that the politics of access and control over forests and their carbon is challenging conventional understanding.
New Label Defends Family Farming in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 13 (IPS) - It's pouring rain in the capital of Argentina, but customers haven't stayed away from the Bonpland Solidarity Economy Market, where family farmers sell their produce. The government has now decided to give them a label to identify and strengthen this important segment of the economy: small farmers.
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