by Beth | Dec 31, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
How do you celebrate Christmas when you are faced with abject poverty and widespread illness, crowned by the devastating toll of HIV/AIDS? Joe Komakoma writes in the National Cathnolic Reporter… LUSAKA, Zambia — For the millions of Zambians, there is very...
by Beth | Dec 11, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to the Indepentent News of Britain… A new generation of consumer activists is emerging in Britain, with more than one in two people boycotting the products of companies that they regard as unethical, according to a study. Independent Home | News |...
by Beth | Dec 11, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
With this and other stories Deborah Payne documents how the Voice of the Poor is being heard around the world.She writes…. Dear Friends, VOP is alive and well in Ireland as seen by news releases that can be found on the voice of the poor website at...
by Beth | Nov 23, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CANBERRA, November 21, 2003 (coss.net.au): A major independent study commissioned by the Government and released under Freedom of Information by The Australian newspaper indicates that the ‘Work for the Dole’ program actually reduces the job prospects of unemployed...
by Beth | Nov 12, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
On October 4th, the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride rally attracted close to 100,000 people from all over the USA to Flushing Meadows Park in New York to protest the current treatment of many groups of immigrants to our country. Religious (Cardinal Egan, Bp. DiMarzio),...
