News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 4
Disasters cost $228 billion in housing losses every year
- UN News
$228 billion is a staggering amount of money to find, but that’s exactly what communities around the world are faced with every year, to rebuild housing after disaster strikes.
Global action to end violence against children is lagging behind risks: UN expert
- UN News
The UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children has called for stronger global action to protect boys and girls caught up in a growing number of crises, as current efforts fall short.
How Nepal is Learning To Cope With the Psychological Toll of Its Missing
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, October 12 (IPS) - Nearly three decades ago, in the final stretch of Nepal’s civil war, Dr Brandon Kohrt sat with parents whose sons had been conscripted as child soldiers and never returned.
Kazakhstan Has Spent 23 Years Bringing Faiths Together. Now Comes the Harder Part.
- Inter Press Service
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 12 (IPS) - In a world increasingly divided by war, political distrust and competing ideologies, Kazakhstan has spent more than two decades pursuing an unusual diplomatic undertaking: keeping representatives of different religions in conversation.
Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says
- UN News
The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs.
Sustaining livelihoods amid crisis in Gaza
- UN News
Nidaa, Hanaa and Hanin have different stories, but share a common thread: the determination to build something of their own and keep it going despite extraordinary challenges facing them in war-ravaged Gaza.
Giving a dam: Cultivating peace in Côte d’Ivoire
- UN News
Adam Ouattara and Makongo Traoré have four children and a home on the edge of Torla village in Côte d’Ivoire. He herds cattle. She grows vegetables on a small plot nearby. For years, the dry season pitted their two livelihoods against each other.
UNICEF Warns Impending El Niño Threatens Education, Health, and Safety for Millions
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 9 (IPS) - New figures from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) project that the impending 2026-2027 El Niño cycle could be one of the strongest on record. Marked by unusually wet and dry conditions, this cycle is forecast to trigger a host of extreme weather events, threatening the health, security, education, and development of over 347 million children worldwide.
Tanzania’s Biggest City Bets on Elevated Bridge to Dodge Chronic Flooding
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, October 9 (IPS) - Each morning on her way to Kariakoo, Clementina Nyangwine looks out of her commuter bus as it crawls through Jangwani and watches giant foundation piles rising above the muddy Msimbazi valley.
Nearly 50,000 Women and Girls Killed or Severely Injured in Gaza in Three Years of War – One in 21 Gazan Women and Girls
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, October 9 (IPS) - Since October 2023, 50,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed or seriously injured.
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