(24) The Latest Global Extreme Poverty Numbers from World Bank
Despite the progress made in reducing poverty, the number of people living in extreme poverty globally remains unacceptably high. And given global growth forecasts, poverty reduction may not be fast enough to reach the target of ending extreme poverty by 2030.
(23) Fifth of UK population now in poverty amid worst decline for children and pensioners in decades.
The report, by the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), shows that a total of 16 million people in the UK currently live in poverty – more than one in five of the population. More than a fifth of the population live on incomes below the poverty line after housing costs are taken into account, even […]
(22) Kenya: women and girls forced to engage in sex to survive near-famine
Women and girls in Turkana County, northern Kenya, are being exploited in exchange for money to buy food, the International Rescue Committee said today. The IRC is seeing an increase in gender-based violence, early and forced marriage, and women and girls engaging in transactional sex as a direct consequence of food insecurity caused by drought […]
(21) Hunger, disease has killed 85,000 young children in Yemen War.
An estimated 85,000 children under age five may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of war in Yemen three years ago, an international aid group said Wednesday. Save the Children based its figures on mortality rates for untreated cases of severe malnutrition in young children. The United Nations says more than 1.3 […]
(20) Having a period is unaffordable in Kenya, yet no one wants to talk about it.
ZanaAfrica is fighting to get menstruation on the national curriculum as it’s revealed two thirds of Kenyan women and girls cannot afford sanitary pads. In Kenya, 65% of women and girls are unable to afford sanitary pads. “When people earn less than two bucks a day, is a family going to [get] bread, milk and […]
(19) KNOW YOUR WORLD: FACTS ABOUT WORLD HUNGER
Today there are 821 million people who do not have enough to eat. This is more than the 795 million in 2016, although still down from about 900 million in 2010. Nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to under-nutrition. This translates into the unnecessary loss of about 3 million young […]
(18) U.S. CEOs now earn 312 times the average worker’s wage, figures show
The chief executives of America’s top 350 companies earned 312 times more than their workers on average last year, according to a new report published Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute. The rise came after the bosses of America’s largest companies got an average pay rise of 17.6% in 2017, taking home an average of […]
(17) Half the world’s schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing.
Nearly half the world’s schools lack clean drinking water, toilets and handwashing facilities, putting millions of children at risk of disease, experts warned. Almost 900 million children have to contend with a lack of basic hygiene facilities during their education, putting their health at risk and meaning some have to miss school. A lack of […]
(16) Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter. However, poverty is more, much more than just not having enough money.
The World Bank Organisation describes poverty in this way:“Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day […]
(15) Shocking Aerial Photos Highlight Wealth Inequality in Cities Worldwide.
Johnny Miller’s Unequal Scenes, the photographer was using aerial photography to highlight wealth disparity in South Africa. Now, he’s branched out to countries around the globe, using a drone to call attention to the income differential that often sees new tennis courts adjacent to abandoned lots. “The images that I find the most powerful are […]