Global IssuesNews headlines for “World Hunger and Poverty”, page 13
ZAMBIA: No Longer 'Waiting for the Mangoes to Ripen'
- Inter Press Service
Eight years ago when Mary Sitali’s husband divorced her, by sending a traditional letter to her parents saying that he no longer wanted her and they could 'marry her to any man of your choice - be he a tall or a short man, the choice being entirely yours,' she returned to her village in rural Zambia with their two children and no way of supporting them.
DR CONGO: Farmers' Organisations Slam New Agriculture Law
- Inter Press Service
Farmers' organisations in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the country's new Agriculture Law — enacted last December — could lead to many smallholder farmers losing their land.
Rural Women Are Leading the Way - Will the World Follow - Part 2
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations’ 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) opened Monday in New York, with the empowerment of rural women high on a list of priorities for this year.
Airwaves Cut Distances in Rural Peru
- Inter Press Service
The Onda Rural communication for development initiative in Peru has come up with a range of strategies to get information out to remote villages, to help them with decision-making on questions like climate change adaptation or disaster preparedness.
PARAGUAY: Land Conflicts Threaten to Boil Over
- Inter Press Service
A group of landless families occupying rural property claimed by large landowners in eastern Paraguay agreed to move to the Ñacunday National Park, defusing a tense situation.
Rural Women Are Leading the Way — Will the World Follow? — Part
- Inter Press Service
Agriculture currently provides a livelihood for roughly 1.3 billion smallholder farmers and landless workers, of which nearly half — close to 560 million — are women.
Rural Women in Latin America Face Myriad Hurdles
- Inter Press Service
'Sometimes I think of giving it all up,' Aura Canache, a small farmer in Venezuela, told IPS. 'My neighbours get loans and aid, but I never have. The farm assistance plans are for men, although there are many women living off the countryside too.'
Wanted: Climate-Smart Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
As the links between food security and climate change become increasingly inextricable, the necessity for sustainable agriculture is now a universal concern.
Women, Victims of War, Have No Seat at Negotiating Table
- Inter Press Service
When the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held its inaugural meeting in London back in 1946, the U.S. delegate, Eleanor Roosevelt, read an open letter to 'the women of the world' calling on governments to encourage women everywhere to participate in national and international affairs.
ECONOMY: Sri Lankan Poor Hit by Triple Whammy
- Inter Press Service
First the government devalued the Sri Lankan rupee by three percent in November. Then interest rates were hiked. And to cap that U.S. sanctions hit Iran, which meets 90 percent of this country’s oil needs.
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