End Poverty Blog Newsbook

Ethiopia: Minister Highlights Need of...

Biruk Girma, Addis Ababa East African integration is crucial to successfully attain the UN-set...

Mar 25th

Zambia: Adult Education Lacking Policy...

Nebert Mulenga THE absence of appropriate infrastructure and educational materials for adult...

Mar 24th

Food costs soaring, so poor hurt

By BAN KI-MOON The price of food is soaring. The threat of hunger and malnutrition is growing....

Mar 24th

progress report on the MDGs in Ethiopia

ISLAMABAD, March 22 (Xinhua) — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday Pakistan is...

Mar 24th

DEVELOPMENT: Climate Change Deepening...

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) - When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the World Economic...

Mar 20th

Kazakhstan - Improving water supply and...

Improving water supply and sanitation in poor countries is essential to achieving the Millennium...

Mar 20th

India lags behind in meeting UN...

NEW DELHI: India is lagging behind in meeting the United Nation’s Millennium Development...

Mar 10th

RIGHTS: U.N. Confident of New Agency...

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 (IPS) - As the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) concluded its two-week...

Mar 10th

WOMEN'S DAY-KENYA: Equal Pay in Theory,...

NAIROBI, Mar 7 (IPS) - On Mar. 8, a century ago, thousands took to the streets of New York in...

Mar 10th

RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: Women Push For...

PESHAWAR, Mar 7 (IPS) - Saeeda Anwar is a 38-year-old Pakistani schoolteacher. She works in a school...

Mar 10th

World Development Report Launched

Agriculture is a vital development tool for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that...

Mar 10th

RIGHTS: Fund to Fight Gender Violence...

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 6 (IPS) - The U.N. “Trust Fund to End Violence against Women” has...

Mar 10th

RIGHTS: Global Poll Shows Strong...

WASHINGTON, Mar 6 (IPS) - Large majorities of people around the world agree that women should enjoy...

Mar 10th

Nigeria: 'Maternal, Infant Health...

Wife of Kwara State governor, Mrs Oluwatoyin Saraki, has said Nigeria’s seriousness towards...

Mar 10th

Millennium Development Goals on track -...

Calamba City, Laguna (3 March) — The Philippines is right on track to achieve the Millennium...

Mar 4th

MPs issue maternal deaths warning

Up to one million pregnant women worldwide die each year from largely avoidable causes, MPs have...

Mar 4th

Integrate Culture Into MDG To Facilitate...

 The chairman of the National Commission on Culture, Professor George Hagan, has stressed the need...

Mar 4th

It can't wait

On Monday last, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a multi-year global campaign bringing...

Mar 4th