Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 945
Integrated Farming: The Only Way to Survive a Rising Sea
- Inter Press Service
SUNDARBANS, India, Jan 08 (IPS) - When the gentle clucking grows louder, 50-year-old Sukomal Mandal calls out to his wife, who is busy grinding ingredients for a fish curry. She gets up to thrust leafy green stalks through the netting of a coop and two-dozen shiny hens rush forward for lunch.
Organic Farming in India Points the Way to Sustainable Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
NAGAPATNAM, India, Jan 07 (IPS) - Standing amidst his lush green paddy fields in Nagapatnam, a coastal district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a farmer named Ramajayam remembers how a single wave changed his entire life.
The Rise and Fall of the World's Poorest Nations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 07 (IPS) - The world's 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) - a special category of developing nations created by the General Assembly in 1971 but refused recognition by the World Bank - have long been described as "poorest of the poor" in need of special international assistance for their economic survival.
OPINION: Political Islam and U.S. Policy in 2015
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 06 (IPS) - This year, Arab political Islam will be greatly influenced by U.S. regional policy, as it has been since the Obama administration came into office six years ago. Indeed, as the U.S. standing in the region rose with Obama's presidency beginning in January 2009, so did the fortunes of Arab political Islam.
Spectre of Violence Hangs Over Sri Lanka Polls
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jan 06 (IPS) - As 14.5 million Sri Lankans prepare to select their next leader, there is growing fear that violence could mar the Jan. 8 elections, billed as the closet electoral contest in the island's history.
India’s ‘Manual Scavengers’ Rise Up Against Caste Discrimination
- Inter Press Service
MUMBAI, Jan 06 (IPS) - Watching Bittal Devi deftly weave threads of different colours into a vibrant patchwork quilt, it's hard to imagine that this 46-year-old's hands have spent the better part of their life cleaning toilets.
OPINION: Sabotaging U.S.-Cuba Détente in the Kennedy Era
- Inter Press Service
WHITE PLAINS, New York, Jan 06 (IPS) - I grew up in Hickory Hill, my family's home in Virginia which was often filled with veterans of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
OPINION: Doubling Down on Dictatorship in the Middle East
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 05 (IPS) - For a moment, four years ago, it seemed that dictators in the Middle East would soon be a thing of the past.
Child Sex Crimes: Uruguay’s Ugly Hidden Face
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Jan 05 (IPS) - Karina Núñez Rodríguez was only 12 when she was forced into prostitution. Now age 50 and a mother of six, she is an outspoken fighter against sexual exploitation of children and teenagers in Uruguay, a country reluctant to recognise this growing scourge.
OPINION: Tensions Rise as Sri Lankans Prepare for Historic Polls
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jan 05 (IPS) - These days, the national greeting in Sri Lanka is a simple question: "So, what do you think?"
Everyone from van drivers waiting to pick kids up from school, to mechanics repairing vehicles, to barbers cutting your hair have only this question on their lips.
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