Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 936
Rural Towns in El Salvador Join “War Tourism” Trend
- Inter Press Service
EL PAISNAL, El Salvador, Feb 10 (IPS) - The memory of a priest killed shortly before civil war broke out in El Salvador is so alive in this small town that it is now the main attraction in a community tourist initiative aimed at providing employment and injecting money into the local economy.
Pakistan’s Domestic Workers Long For Low Pay and Overwork to Be a Thing of the Past
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Feb 09 (IPS) - Sumaira Salamat, a mother of three in her mid-40s, works every day from ten in the morning until half-past two in the afternoon. She travels between three homes, and in each one she dusts, sweeps, washes utensils, and does the laundry. For her efforts, she earns about 3,000 rupees (29 dollars) per month.
OPINION: China – The Future, After 4,000 Years of History
- Inter Press Service
Youth Unemployment, Income Inequality Keep Rising
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 06 (IPS) - The world's youth unemployment rate may be "six or seven times" what the International Labor Organisation's (ILO) latest figures state, according to a global youth advocacy group.
Zimbabwe’s Famed Forests Could Soon Be Desert
- Inter Press Service
Local Pollutants Compound Threats to Coral Reefs
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 06 (IPS) - A recent study suggests that one of the multiple threats to coral reefs contains both the problem and solution.
The Soul of Buenos Aires Is Turning Grey
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 05 (IPS) - If cities have souls, the Argentine capital's is turning more and more grey. Real estate speculation, the fencing in and paving of parks, and the installation of private bars and restaurants in public squares have changed the face of the city. Green spaces with carefully tended flower beds? Today they're found mainly in the nostalgia brought on by a classic tango song.
Twiplomacy Gets Its Day in the Sun at U.N.
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 05 (IPS) - Formerly derided as the domain of time-wasting and self-obsession, social media has emerged as an unlikely shining light for international relations and social activism.
Measles Still Kills Thousands of Children Each Year
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 05 (IPS) - Measles remains one of the leading causes of death for young children worldwide, even though a safe and ostensibly affordable vaccine is available.
Taiwanese Activists Push for Citizen-Based Constitution
- Inter Press Service
TAIPEI, Feb 05 (IPS) - "The clock is ticking." Those were the words of Taiwan Democracy Watch Director Yeh Chueh-an on Feb. 4, as scores of civil society organisations in the capital, Taipei, began a countdown for a citizen-based rewriting of Taiwan's constitution aimed at safeguarding human rights and social equity.
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