Poverty
- Arthur Bassas
- • October 3, 2023
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Although people across the world maintain faith in democracy, “that faith is running on fumes” for younger generations, a new survey found, published by the Open Society Foundations, which focuses on justice, human rights and democratic governance. Launched in September, …
- Categories: Governance, Human Rights, International Justice, Poverty
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • June 12, 2023
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Mother’s Day weekend in the United States, families across Buffalo were commemorating a mass shooting of exactly one year ago. Occurring at the only supermarket in the city’s Masten District, the massacre killed 10 people and …
- Categories: Cities, Human Rights, Poverty, SDGs, Women
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- Opinion by Antonio Tajani
- • May 24, 2023
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If there is an indisputable priority in Italy’s foreign policy, it is undoubtedly Africa. I have had the opportunity to reiterate our priority in many multilateral forums and bilateral meetings. Africa is central in our vision of future international relations, …
- Categories: Africa, Climate Change, Development, Humanitarian Aid, OPINIONS, Poverty
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- Damilola Banjo
- • July 18, 2022
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When Kimba Abdou went to a local store a year ago to buy a 100-kilogram bag of millet, a staple grain for Nigeriens, he parted with 20,000 West African francs, known as CFA, or about $31. The last time he …
- Categories: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, Peace and Security, Poverty
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- Susanne Courtney
- • July 12, 2022
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With the world facing an unprecedented food crisis, the smallest of the three Rome-based agencies of the United Nations — the International Fund for Agricultural Development — has a new president. Álvaro Lario, its chief financial officer and a Spaniard, …
- Categories: Development, Poverty, SDGs, UN Agencies
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- Fiona Harvey
- • June 28, 2022
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Food, fossil fuel and pharmaceutical companies that have enjoyed bumper profits in the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath should be hit with a swingeing windfall tax on their excess income, the global head of Oxfam has said. A windfall tax …
- Categories: Climate Change, Health and Population, Poverty
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- Maurizio Guerrero
- • November 9, 2021
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as Amlo for his initials, called on the United Nations to “wake up from its slumber” and support the creation of a mechanism to end poverty for 750 million people worldwide. In his …
- Categories: General Assembly, Latin America, Poverty, Secretary-General, Security Council
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- Ivana Ramirez
- • July 12, 2021
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In times of extreme adversity, hope and light can come from unexpected places. In South Sudan — haunted by a war for independence, followed by a civil war and continued unrest in its short history — people can point to …
- Categories: Africa, Child Soldiers, Gender Violence, Poverty, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • July 23, 2019
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The Sustainable Development Goals are in trouble. United Nations officials are concerned and say so publicly. Secretary-General António Guterres joined in raising an alarm in mid-July when he introduced the most recent official UN report. “It is abundantly clear that …
- Categories: Climate Change, Development, Poverty, SDGs
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- Opinion by Eleanor Nwadinobi and Meera Khanna
- • June 17, 2019
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For many women around the world, the death of a spouse is magnified by many losses — of their social status, marital home, land, property, social security, dignity and, sometimes, their children. But men, on the other hand, lose none …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Poverty
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- Opinion by Prakirti Nangia
- • April 3, 2019
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Social policy in developing countries provides crucial assistance to women, but evidence shows that it is increasingly being limited to women who are mothers. India is a vivid case in point. Associating women with children and families is hardly new …
- Categories: Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Poverty
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- Kacie Candela
- • December 24, 2018
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By one measure — the chances of surviving to young adulthood — sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have the highest rates of child deaths at every stage of childhood. By contrast, the best place to be born this year was …
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Health and Population, Poverty
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- Maria Luisa Gambale
- • June 28, 2018
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When Philip Alston decided to focus a report on the United States, in his role as the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, the goal was to spur a larger discussion. However, in the past week …
- Categories: Human Rights, Nikki Haley Watch, Poverty, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Rhona Scullion
- • May 1, 2018
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NOTTINGHAM, England — Prisoner rights are not a popular topic either in the hallowed halls of the British Parliament or in the public domain in Britain. Aside from the standard “tough on crime” approach that most governments adopt as a …
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS, Poverty
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 11, 2018
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International organizations, governments and a vast army of nongovernmental organizations justifiably welcome the sharp reductions that have been achieved in global poverty in recent decades. Data researchers show, however, that when it comes to defining who are the poorest, poverty …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Poverty, Take a Look
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