News headlines in October 2015, page 4

SUCRE, Bolivia, Oct 17 (IPS) - The hands of women who have migrated from rural areas carefully tend to their ecological vegetable gardens in the yards of their humble homes on the outskirts of Sucre, the official capital of Bolivia, in an effort to improve their families' diets and incomes.

WASHINGTON DC, Oct 15 (IPS) - It's auniversally acknowledged truth that no nation can sustain open borders. Even the wealthiest, most popular "nations of immigrants" like the US cannot possibly accept everyone who wants to immigrate here or even qualifies to do so.

PLAN GRANDE, Honduras, Oct 14 (IPS) - Four years ago, Cinthia Padilla, who is now 16, learned how to use a computer in order to teach children, adolescents and adults in this isolated fishing village in northern Honduras how to use technology to better their lives.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (IPS) - When the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) adopted a landmark resolution on women, peace and security 15 years ago, that resolution was best known by its numerals: 1325.

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 13 (IPS) - Above and beyond the uncertainty about the direction that Argentina's economy will take after the Oct. 25 presidential elections, the government's main social programmes, which have helped bring down poverty levels in the last decade, are definitely here to stay, no matter who is elected.

Oct 12 (IPS) - With the worldwide numbers of displaced people at all-time highs, migration has become the watchword for humanitarian crises.

NEW YORK, Oct 12 (IPS) - Everyday should be about girls, but yesterday, October 11, was dedicated especially to them. International Day of the Girl is yet another opportunity to put girls at center stage.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 11 (IPS) - "We are extremely happy over the government's initiative to give money to the pregnant women and enable them to seek proper treatment," said Sharif Ahmed at a basic health unit (BHU), near Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.

PRETORIA, Oct 11 (IPS) - Climate change is changing the world we know and love. Our land, homes and food are at risk. With nearly a billion people already living in poverty, it is also the single biggest threat to the fight against hunger.