by Beth | Jun 4, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
MELBOURNE, June 3, 2004 (theage.com.au): This (Australian) Government does not want to hear criticism – especially from the poor, writes Kenneth Davidson in The Age …. When the poor speak, who listens? …. The ability of groups to provide...
by Beth | Jun 3, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
National Hunger Awareness Day, being observed Thursday by a coalition of anti-hunger organizations, raises the issue of why more Americans are not aware that hunger is a serious problem facing children and families across the United States. While America doesn’t...
by Beth | May 17, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Handicapped by a lack of donations, the U.N.-backed Roll Back Malaria campaign will likely fall far short of its goal of halving the number of malaria deaths worldwide by 2010, Agence France-Presse reports today.http://www.unwire.org/News/328_426_23904.asp...
by Beth | May 14, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, May 12, 2004 (coss.net.au): The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) today responded in detail to the tax cuts announced in the federal Budget warning that they would weaken Australia and divide Australians. “The $4 billion a year tax cuts...
by Beth | May 11, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“There is another killer disease besides AIDS, but it receives far less attention in the wealthy nations of the North—malaria. “Malaria has been almost completely eliminated in the United States and other developed countries. It is often included among the...
by Beth | May 10, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Some of the world’s poorest people are suffering as a result of the war on terror, a leading UK charity has said. Christian Aid says the UK Government must halt a “dangerous drift” towards linking aid to fighting terror. The report cites Iraq,...