Palestine minors still face specter of death, detention
Hanafi cited figures from the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) which put the poverty rate among Palestinians in Lebanese refugee …
Turkey
Turkey: Sustainable development indicators released
"Poverty rate for young population representing the 15-24 age group was 18.5 percent in 2010 and decreased to 15.8 percent in 2017," it said.
1 in 5 children live in extreme poverty: Report
One in five children live in extreme poverty, subsisting on less than $1.90 a day, UNICEF and the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a joint …
Poverty, disability and stigma depress Ethiopian lepers
Poverty, disability and stigma depress Ethiopian lepers … bank states that 24 percent of the population lives below the “national poverty line in 2016”.
36M children lack access to basic services in Ethiopia
A joint press release said the report studied child poverty in nine dimensions — development/stunting, nutrition, health, water, sanitation, and housing.
Over one million Israeli children live in poverty: NGO
An NGO has found that more than one million Israeli children, or 35.6 percent of all kids in the occupied territories, are living in poverty. The food …
‘S. Africa should do more to address apartheid legacy’
“We know that for those who are still afflicted by poverty, by the legacy of dispossession and by underdevelopment, our progress has not been fast …
Nigeria: Tackling malnutrition could cut poverty
At least 33 percent of Nigerians will escape extreme poverty if the country successfully tackles malnutrition, nutrition experts have said, arguing that …
Fighting poverty in South Sudan should be SPLM’s top priority: Salva Kiir
"From my perspective, the greatest enemy of the people of South Sudan is poverty, which is the mother of illiteracy, poor health, fighting, corruption …
Global Citizens pledge $7.3B to end poverty in Africa
The Global Citizen Festival is an annual music festival organized by the Global Poverty Project to end extreme poverty by 2030, one of the UN’s …
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