BEIRUT (AP) : Shops closing, companies going bankrupt and pharmacies with shelves emptying — in Lebanon these days, fistfights erupt … More
Tag: Poverty
The impossible dream: How and why Mahathir’s Vision 2020 failed
30 years ago, Malaysia’s then PM articulated a grand plan which never happened. EDWARD GOMEZ finds out why. COMMENT | … More
Xi Jinping declares extreme poverty has been wiped out in China
President says 850 million people have been lifted out of destitution in an ‘unprecedented accomplishment’ Beijing’s success in fighting poverty … More
Indonesian wedding organiser stirs anger for promoting marriages for girls as young as 12
JAKARTA : Indonesian police are investigating a wedding organiser that has promoted controversial child marriage as well as unregistered marriages. … More
Indonesia’s ‘silver people’ perform to make ends meet
DEPOK, Indonesia (Reuters) : Indonesian single mother Puryanti bows stiffly like a robot, as she and her five-year-old son, their … More
Tackling the problem of homelessness
Homelessness might appear to be a complicated issue but people will suffer if nothing is done. The pandemic has exposed … More
After losing jobs in Singapore, some Malaysians look for their next meal in streets of Johor Baru
JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The streets of Johor Baru city centre, once abuzz with business activities and … More
Malaysia’s 2020, told in 17 ‘Malay Mail’ charts and infographics
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 : If you could sum up some of the biggest moments in your life in 2020 … More
Iraq faces economic shock after currency devaluation
As politicians debate austerity proposals, ordinary Iraqis fear for the future News of Iraq’s currency devaluation spread quickly last week … More
The New Poor: ASEAN Tackles the Challenge of Rising Inequalities
The pandemic worsened an already precarious situation for many largely due to gaps in social protection systems. In May 2020, … More
Starving in a pandemic
One of the 17 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include Zero Hunger, which is Goal 2 after Goal … More
Lao’s Art Of Weaving
In the olden days, women across Lao inherited their weaving skills from their mothers, mostly for their own use. Weaving … More
The lost COVID-19 generation
The long term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are only just being felt. In the past 10-11 months we have … More
Pandemic draws more Latin American poor into banking system
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) : Sonia Fierro has lived her entire adult life selling children’s books on the streets of Colombia’s … More
Disgraceful levels of urban poverty must be addressed
Petra Group pledges RM1 million for sustainable solutions in Klang as situation is ‘beyond a farce’ KLANG – The Petra … More
In Spain, coronavirus puts the poor at the back of the line
MADRID (AP) : Erika Oliva spends at least three hours a week standing in line at a soup kitchen. She … More
Chrysanthemum industry lifts locals out of poverty in Guizhou
Source: Xinhua
Inspired by Thai peers, Laotian netizens demand democratic reforms
Defying bans, they flood social media with hundreds of thousands of posts criticizing the communist regime in Vientiane. They ask … More
From ‘role models’ to sex workers: Kenya’s child labor rises
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) : The teenage girls cannot remember how many men they have had to sleep with in the … More
Pandemic driving children back to work, jeopardizing gains
JOTOLCHEN, Mexico (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is threatening the future of a generation of the world’s children, depriving them … More
Can the poor in Malaysia cope with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic?
About 1.5 to 2.4 million more Malaysians could fall into poverty by one estimate. The programme Insight takes a look … More
Like Uyghurs, Tibetans are locked up in re-education camps (III)
In Tibet, more than 500,000 “surplus” rural workers are indoctrinated in facilities similar to the Xinjiang internment centres. Buddhist farmers … More
How Chinese fried noodles by a Muslim hawker became a hit in India’s biggest slum
Dharavi may be one of the world’s most infamous slums but it is also a surprising melting pot of cultures, … More
Coronavirus is wrecking havoc in poor nations
Not only is COVID-19 killing the elderly, it is proving cataclysmic for the kids too A pandemic of disease, illiteracy … More
