Report says Britain is slipping back to social divide of Victorian era
Dec 12, 2023, at 02:57 pm
The UK is in danger of sliding back into the “Two Nations” of the Victorian era marked by a widening gulf between mainstream society and a depressed and poverty-stricken underclass, according to a report released by a leading think-tank into the state of the nation.
Dec 06, 2023, at 02:38 pm
A sharp rise in child poverty was registered across 40 of the world’s richest countries between 2014 and 2021, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN Children's Fund's global research centre, Innocenti.
500 million heading into extreme poverty, says UN
Oct 18, 2023, at 03:40 am
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed to the world to renew its commitment to a poverty-free world.
Annual cost for reaching the SDGs? More than $5 trillion
Sep 20, 2023, at 06:03 pm
The cost of achieving ambitious sustainable development targets is estimated at between $5.4 and $6.4 trillion per year between now and 2030, UN economists said on Tuesday.
Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others
Jul 12, 2023, at 10:35 pm
New York: Twenty five countries, including some of the world’s biggest economies, have halved their poverty indices, but lack of post-COVID-19 pandemic data obscures the situation facing almost a billion people globally, a new United Nations-University of Oxford study has found.
1 in 5 single Canadian adults live in poverty, many face food insecurity: Reports
Jun 21, 2023, at 04:57 am
Toronto/IBNS: A poverty rate of one in five single Canadian adults seen among working-age has been unveiled by a newly published national report by Community Food Centers Canada (CFCC).
Poverty and violence push 378,000 Central Americans north each year
Nov 24, 2021, at 11:48 pm
New York: For the past five years, poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence have pushed, on average, some 378,000 Central Americans a year into the United States, according to a new report launched on Tuesday by the UN food relief agency.
Afghan people may face extreme poverty by mid-2022: UN body
Nov 19, 2021, at 01:27 am
New Delhi/UNI: People in Afghanistan may become victims of extreme poverty by mid-2022, International Organisation for Migration- UN Migration (IOM) said in a statement.
Rising poverty a ‘moral indictment of our times’: Guterres
Oct 16, 2021, at 11:06 pm
New York: For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is on the rise, the UN chief said in his message released on Friday, marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on 17 October.
EU must place social justice ‘at its core’ to lift people out of poverty
Jan 30, 2021, at 04:30 pm
New York: The European Union’s failure to lift 20 million people out of poverty by 2020, is “a defeat for social rights”, an independent UN human rights expert said on Friday, urging the bloc to boldly rethink its whole socio-economic approach.
China using ‘dibao’ social safety net to silence dissent: Researcher
Dec 21, 2020, at 03:24 am
Washington; A US-based social scientist has claimed that the role of China’s social safety net programme, known as dibao, has shifted over time from providing support to the poor and vulnerable to being used partly as a tool to repress dissent.
One in six children living in extreme poverty, with figure set to rise during pandemic
Oct 21, 2020, at 11:26 pm
New York: An estimated one in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis released on Tuesday.
Women bear the brunt, as COVID erodes progress on eradicating extreme poverty
Sep 04, 2020, at 03:35 pm
New York: The coronavirus pandemic and its fallout will likely push 47 million more women into poverty, reversing decades of progress to eradicate extreme poverty, new data released on Wednesday by the UN has revealed.
UN report sends ‘sobering message’ of deeply entrenched hunger globally
Jul 14, 2020, at 02:48 pm
New York: In much of the world, “hunger remains deeply entrenched and is rising”, the UN chief said on Monday, launching this year’s major UN food security update, highlighting that over the past five years, tens of millions of people have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished.
Independent rights expert speaks of 'anguish, stress and disempowerment' of poverty
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:27 am
New York: More than 70 million people are expected to fall into extreme poverty because of COVID-19, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Tuesday, as a leading rights expert slammed “greatly exaggerated” claims of global poverty eradication between 1990 and 2015.
Support measures helped prevent poverty increase in Russia amid COVID-19 - World Bank
Jul 06, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The government's support measures helped Russia avoid a sudden increase in poverty amid the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank's Country Director for Russia Renaud Seligmann told Sputnik.
‘Spectre of poverty’ hangs over tribes and indigenous groups: UN labour agency
Feb 04, 2020, at 10:20 am
New York/IBNS: Indigenous and tribal communities are around three times more likely to face extreme poverty than others with women “consistently at the bottom of all social and economic indicators”, UN labour experts said on Monday.
Ending extreme poverty crucial to sustainable future for all: UN chief
Oct 18, 2019, at 08:39 am
New York: A sustainable future for all is unlikely unless globalization benefits all children, their families and communities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on Thursday.
Ending extreme poverty crucial to sustainable future for all: UN chief
Oct 17, 2019, at 06:00 pm
New York: A sustainable future for all is unlikely unless globalization benefits all children, their families and communities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on Friday.
Global response to poverty and environmental goals 'not ambitious enough’
Jul 10, 2019, at 09:54 am
New York, July 10 (IBNS): The global response to realizing poverty and environmental goals agreed by world leaders in 2015 has not been “ambitious enough” according to the UN Secretary-General.
China determined to end poverty by 2020
Apr 20, 2019, at 11:47 am
Beijing, Apr 20 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping is determined to end all of the poverty in China by 2020.
Apr 05, 2019, at 08:43 am
New York, Apr 5 (IBNS): A major new UN-led report, involving more than 60 international organizations, warns that a comprehensive overhaul of the world’s financial system is necessary, if governments are to honour commitments to tackle critical issues, such as combatting climate change and eradicating poverty by 2030.
Link between conflict and hunger worldwide, ‘all too persistent and deadly’, says new UN report
Jan 29, 2019, at 05:14 am
New York, Jan 29 (IBNS): Conflict-driven hunger is getting worse, according to a snapshot of the eight places in the world with the highest number of people in need of emergency food support, and the link between them is “all too persistent and deadly” according to a new report delivered to the UN Security Council on Monday.
Nov 22, 2018, at 08:53 am
New York, Nov 22 (IBNS): For the first time in a decade, the number of people falling into poverty in rural Latin America and the Caribbean has increased by two million, according to a new United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report, which called the worrying trend a “historical reversal.”
Food safety critical to development and ending poverty: FAO deputy chief
Jul 03, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, July 3 (IBNS): Ensuring that people everywhere can trust the safety and quality of the food they eat is the focus of a UN meeting taking place this week in Rome.
UN agency sets ambitious target to reduce hunger and poverty for millions worldwide
Feb 14, 2018, at 02:29 pm
New York, Feb 14 (JEN): Amid a global rise in hunger and poverty on back of the impacts of climate change and conflict, the United Nations rural development agency today announced an ambitious target to generate resources to fund loans and grants to enable millions in developing countries strengthen their food security and livelihoods.
Poverty eradication, inclusive growth focus of UN Social Development Commission’s 2018 session
Jan 30, 2018, at 02:31 pm
New York, Jan 30 (JEN): Countries must accelerate inclusive and equitable economic growth and sustainable development that will not leave behind vulnerable populations, such as women and youth, the United Nations deputy chief told the Commission for Social Development, which opened its annual session on Monday.
Progress against hunger, poverty hinges on empowering indigenous women – UN agriculture chief
Jan 16, 2018, at 01:40 pm
New York, Jan 16 (JEN): Empowering indigenous women – who have higher malnutrition rates than any other social group and typically earn far less than men – is key to successfully fighting hunger and extreme poverty, the United Nations agriculture chief has said.
Tackling ‘curse of poverty’ tops Indian Government’s agenda, UN General Assembly told
Sep 24, 2017, at 03:33 pm
New York, Sept 24(Just Earth News): The complete eradication of poverty is the most important priority for the Government of India, its Minister for External Affairs told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, as she outlined some of the measures taken to advance this goal.
Millions could escape poverty by finishing secondary education, says UN cultural agency
Jun 23, 2017, at 09:54 pm
New York, June 23 (JEN): While a new United Nations study shows that the global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school, data show high out-of-school rates in many countries, making it likely that education completion levels will remain well below that target for generations.