News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”
How UNDP & Global Partners are Tackling Root Causes of Violent Extremism in Ghana’s Borderlands
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, March 3 (IPS) - Across the world’s fragile borderlands where insecurity, climate stress, and marginalization intersect, communities often find themselves on the frontlines of violent extremism. Yet these same communities also hold the greatest potential for peace, when given the confidence, tools, and opportunities to shape their own future.
How Child Labour Persists Along Zanzibar’s Blue Economy
- Inter Press Service
KIWENGWA, Tanzania, March 2 (IPS) - As the tide falls on Zanzibar’s western coast, 13-year-old Asha* moves across the reef, her gown flapping in knee-deep water. She carries a plastic basin and a knife. Since dawn, Asha has been prying octopus and scaling fish for drying and selling.
‘AI Kid of India’ urges young people to embrace technology
- UN News
16-year-old Raul John Aju – dubbed the “AI Kid of India” at home – is a business prodigy who advises government and industry and has created several innovative AI tools.
Climate Change Is Coming for Your Morning Coffee
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, February 27 (IPS) - Your morning cup of coffee could soon cost more, thanks to climate change, which is raising the heat on the production of the world’s most loved beverage.
Maison des Talibés Confronts Abuse of ‘Talibé’ children in Senegal
- Inter Press Service
SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal, February 27 (IPS) - When you walk through the streets of Senegal’s cities, you notice them almost immediately: young boys in worn clothes, clutching plastic cans or tin bowls, weaving between cars and pedestrians to ask for spare change or food. They are often barefoot, alone and hungry. These children are known as talibés.
Massive US War Spending Hike Raises Debt, Taxes, Doubts
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, February 27 (IPS) - As US President Donald Trump pushes the world to war, arms spending has been rising worldwide. Wars secure more budgetary allocations, mainly benefiting the US-dominated military-industrial complex.
Why Ugandan Male Sexual Violence Survivors Suffer In Silence
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, February 26 (IPS) - When people ordinarily think about sexual violence, it’s of the rape of women by men. In Uganda, as in other countries, activists say men are also victims of sexual violence perpetrated by women, though males remain silent.
Trachoma: What It Takes to Eliminate a Disease in the Pacific Islands
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Australia, February 25 (IPS) - Two Pacific Island nations have been applauded for their successes in the global health campaign to eliminate the infectious eye disease, Trachoma.
Generative AI Could Deepen Inequality, Revenue Losses in Creative Industries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, February 25 (IPS) - As generative artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly expands across nearly every sector of society, those that work in cultural and creative industries are expected to bear some of the greatest losses. With AI-generated content projected to dominate global markets in the coming years, combined with a lack of strong regulatory frameworks to protect intellectual property and AI’s ability to produce content quickly at a low cost, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warns that generative AI may become a major driver of inequality, threatening the livelihoods of millions of cultural workers around the world.
Over a billion fear losing land and homes within five years
- UN News
Despite global progress in strengthening land tenure and governance, more than a billion people worldwide – nearly one in four adults – fear they could lose the rights to some or all of their land and housing within the next five years.
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