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Food Security in Argentina

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) defines food security as the right of all people to be free from hunger and to have access to safe and nutritious food. Poverty is a major cause of food insecurity, and achieving sustained progress towards eradicating poverty is key to improving access to food.

Rags to Riches

By IPS Correspondents

From waste, to wealth, to world class - all this achieved in Payatas, the site for one of the Philippines' largest dumpsites that is also home to thousands of families. Before, the women simple wanted to put food on the table, so they made rugs out of scrap cloth, unearthed from the garbage. Now, through Rags2Riches Inc, a social business enterprise that has brought together fashion designers, marketers and entrepreneurs, thee women are creating high-end designer fashion masterpieces and home accessories that are ethical and eco-friendly. This is produced by Probe Media Foundation together with IPS Asia-Pacific'

Food security in Colombia

By IPS Correspondents

53 million people in Latin America facing hunger, Colombia's problem is considered moderate by the Global Hunger Index's findings of 2009. However, 12 of every 100 families are not in a position to feed their children and 17 percent of children in rural Colombian suffer malnutrition, according to Colombia's Social Welfare Ministry

Mexico: Food Emergency

By IPS Correspondents

As of the entry into force of NAFTA, in 1994, Mexico's northern border has concentrated more than 30 percent of the country's workforce, employed in the manufacture of electronic components, vehicles and auto parts. Combined exports by Canada and Mexico to the United States increased from 150 billion dollars to 500 billion dollars during this period. But not all that was promised has been met. Mexico has become the leading importer of beef, rice, apples, beans and corn-based sweeteners. It is also the second largest importer of U.S. corn, and while U.S. producers and Mexico's large food companies have clearly benefited, the experience of Mexico's farmers and consumers is not that favourable.

Gender equality and indigenous people in Colombia

By IPS Correspondents

Colombia ‘s 102 indigenous nations –composed of nearly a million and a half people -- face their own quest for gender equality tied into their 518-year struggle for land and indigenous rights. In Colombia, the natives are one of the populations most victimized by the ongoing armed conflict. Their reality is seldom reflected in polls and index measures for gender equality.

A Revolution with a Woman’s Face

By IPS Correspondents

In Bolivia, a land-locked South American country of 10 million people, a silent revolution is brewing, and it has a woman's face. Women are now focusing their efforts on winning half of the 156 seats in the new Congress, which is called the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.

Gender relations and work in Uruguay

By IPS Correspondents

Uruguay has the second largest gender pay gap in Latin America, topped only by Brazil. Uruguayan men earn in average 26.3 percent more than their female counterparts of the same age and with the same level of education. These findings are part of an October 2009 study by the Inter-American Development Bank that reveals great ethnic and gender wage differences in Latin America.