Aid must be directed to the world’s poorest, as income gap increases – report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Development aid is failing to improve the lives of the poorest 20 per cent of the world’s population, according to a report published on Thursday that predicted growing global inequality. Poverty rates were halved under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which were adopted in 2000 and replaced in 2015 with 17 […]
Child deaths from preventable causes cut by half since 2000 – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Six million children worldwide died last year from preventable diseases and other complications, which was about half the number of similar deaths in 2000 when nations endorsed goals to end extreme poverty, the United Nations said on Tuesday. World leaders adopted the UN’s Millennium Development Goals in 2000, a year in which […]
ADVOCACY: MICAH AUSTRALIA URGES CHRISTIANS TO RAISE THEIR ‘VOICES FOR JUSTICE’
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Matt Darvas, campaign director for Micah Australia, about the upcoming ‘Voices for Justice’ gathering in Canberra and his own journey to faith through the “door of justice”…
ESSAY: KOFI ANNAN – HIS LEGACY IS NOT PERFECT, BUT HE HELPED IMPROVE MILLIONS OF LIVES
In an article first published on The Conversation, ROSA FREEDMAN, of the University of Reading, and AOIFE O’DONOGHUE, of Durham University, write about the legacy of former UN Secretary General and Nobel Prize winner Kofi Annan, who has died at the age of 80…
ESSAY: WHY AUSTRALIA NEEDS ITS FIRST AMBASSADOR FOR DISABILITY INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
ERIN RYAN, of CBM Australia, sets out why Australia needs to appoint an Ambassador for Disability-Inclusive Development to help ensure people with disabilities in the developing world don’t remain ‘invisible’ when it comes to our aid and foreign policy…
ESSAY: WHAT DOES THE FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL POVERTY LOOK LIKE AFTER THE UN SUMMIT?
MATTHEW DARVAS, of Micah Challenge Australia, takes stock of the situation in the wake of this week’s UN Summit in New York…
ESSAY: AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS VITAL TO WAR ON POVERTY
TIM COSTELLO, chief executive of World Vision Australia, explains why Australian business leaders should pay attention to this week’s UN meeting…
ESSAY: AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS VITAL TO WAR ON POVERTY
TIM COSTELLO, chief executive of World Vision Australia, explains why Australian business leaders should pay attention to this week’s UN meeting…
MICAH’S CHALLENGE: GETTING REAL ABOUT GLOBAL POVERTY
DAVID ADAMS reports on a campaign to help stem the tide of global poverty…