Korchi a village of 3,256 people, most of whom are small and marginal farmers belonging to Gondi and Kawar indigenous communities, lies about 750 kilometres east of Mumbai, India. Here, women like Jam Bai, a 53-year-old indigenous farmer, have been leading a ground movement for years to own land.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
News and Views from the Global South
Poverty & SDGs
A Key Role for 1.8 Billion Youth in UN’s 2030 Development Agenda
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is convinced that the world’s 1.8 billion adolescents and youth-- a quarter of the global population—have a key role to play in helping implement the UN’s 2030 Development Agenda.
Forests, Food & Farming Next Frontier in Climate Emergency
The special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on climate and land, launched last week, makes it clear that without drastic changes in land use, agriculture and human diets, we will fall significantly short of targets to hold global temperature rise below 1.5°C.
Mexican Women Use Sunlight Instead of Firewood or Gas to Cook Meals
Reyna Díaz cooks beans, chicken, pork and desserts in her solar cooker, which she sets up in the open courtyard of her home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of this town in southwestern Mexico.
The Missing Women in Finance
Women comprise a very small proportion of the financial industry workforce, and this has implications on the way female clients use and benefit from financial services.
Promoting Women’s Safety in Latin America
Every year, over 12,000 women are killed in Latin America. The region is plagued by extremely high levels of violence, and a vacuum of state power persists. Public face of this violence is caused by paramilitary, guerrilla, gangs and armed groups.
Towards a Sustainable Future: Case of China’s Economic Transformation
The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads. The traditional export-oriented, manufacturing-driven growth is facing headwinds from sluggish external demand and rising protectionist trade measures.
To Uplift a Woman is to Uplift a Village
Khadija Zuberi, 23, from Ruaha Mbuyuni village in Tanzania’s central highlands, is a single mother to her four-year-old son, Hashim.
The World Bank Needs to Understand Poverty and What it Actually Costs a Family to Live on
The World Bank claims poverty is decreasing around the world but UN research shows it depends on what you measure. If we are serious about reducing poverty, we need to start by properly identifying it.
Boom or Bust -Education Will Determine Africa’s Transformation
August 12, marks International Youth Day, and the theme for this year is ‘making education more relevant, equitable and inclusive’, is particularly apt for Africa. Consider this. Every 24 hours around 35,000 African youth are looking for work.
Extreme Weather Events are Just the Tip of Rapidly Melting Icebergs
First August. It is the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere. We are witnessing not only record global warming but global political tensions are also heating up.
A Rural Sanitation Model That Works
Research and experience across more than two decades in rural Odisha, India, show that an effective rural sanitation model requires both financial assistance and an integrated water supply.
Businesses Crucial to the Success of SDGs
We all know that the UN Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious and will take huge collaborative and international effort to achieve. Government action alone is not enough. So how can the private sector actively contribute – and what can be done to ramp up the participation of businesses around the world?
Bangladesh and the fight to end torture
On June 26, the world comme-morated the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture—an opportunity to uphold the dignity of life, access to justice, and freedom from torture, which is a right of all people, to be enjoyed without discrimination, regardless of their civil, cultural, economic, political or social position or status.
Using Renewable Energy and the Circular Economy to Fight Poverty in Argentina
On the outer edges of Buenos Aires proper, where the paved streets end and the narrow alleyways of one of Argentina’s largest shantytowns begin, visitors can find the En Haccore soup kitchen.
Women, Power, & Changing Face of Political Representation in Latin America & the Caribbean
Gender inequality is about power asymmetries. In the late 1970s, Robert Putnam reflected on the status of women in policy decisions in his comparative study on political elites. Quoting Elizabeth Vallance, he concluded that, “where power is, women aren’t.”.
How Widespread is Human Trafficking in the US?
The United States is no exception to the practice of modern day slavery—a crime for which it is rarely held accountable at the United Nations.
Nigeria Finally Throws its Weight Behind African Continental Free Trade Area
On 7 July 2019, Nigeria finally threw its weight behind the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the treaty at a summit of African heads of state in Niamey. In normal circumstances, that shouldn’t have been big news.
As SDGs Falter, the UN Turns to the Rich and Famous
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 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.
Switzerland announces support to UN Resident Coordinator function in Kenya to advance UN Reforms and contribution to national development priorities
The Government of Switzerland is pleased to announce support for the ongoing UN reforms implementation in Kenya through a two-year cost-sharing arrangement that will strengthen the capacity of the Resident Coordinator’s Office, with focus on coordination of the integrated cross-border initiative and the SDG Partnership Platform, expanding partnerships and diversifying financial modalities for realising the SDGs.
Malnutrition in Humanitarian Settings
As the rain hammers down, Aparo Dorin sits on the damp floor of her one-room hut in zone 12, block 5A, of the Palabek refugee camp in northern Uganda.Next Page »
As world leaders look towards a global development agenda beyond 2015, they are faced with unfinished business in poverty eradication, education, gender equality and health. While some countries have made strides towards the Millennium Development Goals and managed to foster equitable growth, a trend of rising inequality within countries continues to accompany economic development. IPS reporting highlights progress and exposes setbacks of the MDGs while focusing on the launching of a new post-2015 development agenda.
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