Tag Archives: Poverty

Hyolim Lee and Eunseol Cho, interview Sharon Park at the Songdo Grace Church, Incheon, South Korea. Opinion by Hyolim Kelly Lee – Eunseol Rachel Cho (bangkok & seoul) Thursday, October 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK & SEOUL, Oct 05 (IPS) – Four acrylic panels stood like soldiers around the perimeter …

Actress Iyabo Ojo says the first time she experienced poverty was when she got married to her now ex-husband. While speaking with Toke Makinwa, Iyabo said she was raised in affluence and that it was when she got married to her ex-husband that she knew people experienced power outage and …

BRAC International recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bihar Government’s Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society to launch Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana Shahari, the first government-led urban Graduation programme in Asia. Credit: BRAC by Rina Mukherji (pune, india) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service PUNE, INDIA, Aug 30 (IPS) – In …

Beauty salons used to be one of the few places where Afghan women could gather without male control. Credit: Learning Together Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Inter Press Service Aug 23 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is …

A South Sudanese soldier carries a machine gun. Credit: punghi/ Shutterstock Opinion by Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah, Christoph Lakner (washington dc) Thursday, August 17, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 17 (IPS) – In 1990, about half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and two-thirds in East …

An African Twitter user has said that his girlfriend is cheating on him but he can neither confront or break up with her because he lost his phone and is currently using her computer to study for an exam.    “Last month I lost my phone that I was  using …

Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) season seven housemate, Deji has tendered an apology to Chichi following a derogatory statement he made on day 3 of the reunion show held on Wednesday night. Recall, Deji, who joined the housemates via video call, taunted Chichi after she alleged he persuaded her into spending …

Period poverty, or the inability to afford menstrual products, is a serious issue especially in developing countries, an issue menstruating girls and women grapple with monthly and a spotlight topic on Menstrual Hygiene Day, observed annually on 28 May. “I’m happy to come work here because I meet and work …

Controversial Nigerian media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, better known as Daddy Freeze, has come under heavy criticism after he asserted that Nigerians with less than N500,000 in their accounts are living below poverty line. The media personality made this known in a recent video where he stressed that only those who …

Daddy Freeze has been a significant figure in sparking conversations and debates in Nigeria Nigerian media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze, boldly claims that Nigerians who have less than N500,000 in their bank accounts are experiencing poverty.