Essay: Rebuilding Gaza was seen as a ‘Herculean’ task before 7th October; six months of bombing has led to crises that will long outlive the war
In an article first published on The Conversation, scholar and systems engineer DIMA NAZAL looks at the cost of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza…
Essay: Turkey earthquakes one year on – the devastation has exposed deep societal scars and women are bearing the brunt
In an article first published on The Conversation, UFUK GUNES BEBEK, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Birmingham in the UK, looks at how Turkey’s south-eastern region has fared a year after a devastating earthquake…
Essay: The latest US Census figures show the harm done by letting poverty programs expire
DAVID BECKMANN, coordinator of US church and ministry advocacy coalition Circle of Protection, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that he success of COVID-era programs followed by an immediate reversal after they ended makes clear that the persistence of poverty is a political choice…
Hard-hit Argentina workers ask saints, not politicians, for jobs
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentines, who have seen jobs and wages hit by economic malaise and rampant inflation, lined up at churches on Monday to ask St Cayetano, the patron saint of bread and labour, for employment, with some critical of politicians for not doing enough to help. The South American country, which saw unemployment tick […]
Where are the jobs?: India’s world-beating growth falls short
IRA DUGAL, of Reuters, reports on the struggle for employment among job-seekers, especially the young…
India’s migrant millions: Caught between jobless villages and city hazards
KRISHN KAUSHIK and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, of Reuters, report…
UK food banks “prepare for the worst” as COVID-19 aid comes to an end
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Charity food banks in Britain are “preparing for the worst” as the government starts winding up emergency aid measures put in place to cushion the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on millions of workers and low-income households. An extra weekly payment of £20 to support the country’s poorest families will be cut next […]
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil; churches appeal for it to stop
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or burned shopping malls in South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens reported killed as grievances unleashed by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years. Protests that followed Zuma’s arrest last week have widened into looting and an outpouring […]
The real threat to Chad’s military rulers: unemployed youth
N’djamena, ChadReuters When Neldjibaye Madjissem graduated with a mathematics degree in 2015, he began searching for work as a school teacher. Six years on, he is still looking – and is angry. The 31-year-old blames Chad’s government for lack of work, mismanagement of oil revenues and corruption. No wonder people are protesting on the streets […]
Essay: Fear, shame and losing sleep – why young adults are struggling during the pandemic
EMMA JACKSON, director for Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Scotland, says more work is needed to address the stigma and shame that still exists around debt, especially for young adults during the “exceptionally hard” situation in which they now live…