Full coverage: Poverty

30.04.2007 A report by ActionAid reveals that the business practices of UK supermarkets are forcing women workers in the cashew industry in India to live in acute poverty and work in unhealthy conditions.

26.04.2007 Ammattiyhdistysliikkeen vahvistaminen ja valvonnan tehostaminen on keskeinen osa köyhyyden torjuntaa, todettiin SASKin solidaarisuuspäivillä Jyväskylässä 21-22-4.2007.

25.04.2007 Maailman slummeissa asuu jo miljardi ihmistä. Vailla peruspalveluita ja maanomistusoikeutta köyhälistökortteleiden ihmiset joutuvat usein paikallisten koronkiskureiden hampaisiin. YK suunnittelee lainarahastoa helpottamaan slummiasukkaiden talonrakennusta.

21.04.2007 NEW YORK, Apr 20 (OneWorld) - Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall joined corporate executives this week to launch a new line of "chimp-friendly" coffee, designed to open consumers' eyes to environmental degradation in western Tanzania and the steep toll it's taking on chimpanzees and humans alike.

20.04.2007 The findings of the survey done by WHO in six states of India, distinctly states that health costs are out of the reach of the poor and made them more vulnerable to ill-health. In fact for many, poverty has been exacerbated due to debt and selling of assets for the meeting of health expenses.

18.04.2007 Äärimmäisessä köyhyydessä elävien määrä putosi vuodesta 1990 noin viidenneksellä vuoteen 2004 mennessä, ja alle dollarilla elää nykyisin noin 985 miljoonaa ihmistä. Maailmanpankin raportti muistuttaa kuitenkin, että lähes puolet kehitysmaiden väestöstä - noin 2,6 miljardia ihmistä - eli vuonna 2004 alle kahdella dollarilla päivässä.

17.04.2007 WASHINGTON, Apr 17 (OneWorld) - Dubbing the battle against climate change a moral test for the United States, global anti-poverty and religious leaders called on U.S. politicians Monday to take drastic and immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to minimize the country's contributions to global warming.

17.04.2007 A unique, private media initiative involving joint television programmes may do what political leaders in South Asia have failed to do so far -- bring together the people of this fractious region.

16.04.2007 Balraj Puri from the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) says that terrorism in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has dwarfed the human rights of orphans, widows, handicapped, weaker sections, displaced persons and many others. He says that it is a high time that people took notice of these rights also.

11.04.2007 Prof Prabhat Patnaik provides a simple model of the current pattern of India’s economic growth process, to reckon with the fact that even an accelerating growth rate may leave the unemployment problem completely unresolved, or even accentuated, as labour productivity rises at a faster rate than investment

09.04.2007 A new form of bondage has been found in the south Indian state Tamil Nadu where textile units under the Sumangali Scheme or the Marriage Assistance Scheme are hiring adolescent girls and forcing them in bonded labour.

09.04.2007 Reacting to the IPCC report on climate change, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the impacts of climate change are increasingly noticeable, and likely to become more so in the future as extreme weather events intensify. He also urged countries to work on mitigating the worst effects of climate change.

04.04.2007 Globalization is a buzzword that has gained increasing importance all around the world. A very significant feature of the global economy is the integration of the emerging economies in world markets and the expansion of economic activities across state borders.

04.04.2007 Just before International Roma Day - to be celebrated on 8 April - the Council of Europe and the European Commission will organize a regional arts festival for the Roma, "Art against prejudice " at the International Culture Centre of Tirana, April 5-7.

04.04.2007 eWorld recently chatted up Kris Dev or Gopala Krishnan Devanathan, ICT (information and communication technology) and e-Governance Consultant, and NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) Implementation Activist on his Biometric Smart Card (BSC) device. The device won the 2006 Manthan award for creating India's Best e-Content in the category `e-inclusion & Livelihood' for Biometric Tracking of Payments under NREGA.

04.04.2007 Zimbabwen hallitus tuhosi kaksi vuotta sitten hökkelialueen kodit ja kaupustelijoiden myyntipaikat. Tilalle luvattiin parempia asuntoja ja toreja, mutta hanke on jäänyt jäihin. YK arvioi, että seurauksista on joutunut kärsimään 2,4 miljoonaa ihmistä.

03.04.2007 Suomen World Visionin Nace la Esperanzan kummilapsihankkeen alueella Kolumbiassa ei ole terveyskeskusta. Hankkeen avulla vanhemille on kuitenkin järjestetty terveyskoulutusta, ja alueen lapsille on voitu tarjota terveys-, näön-, ja hammastarkastuksia.

02.04.2007 When Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai shares the table with other SAARC leaders in Delhi this week, India knows it is a crucial development for the regional grouping.