Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Poverty'
Breaking Social Boundaries: Innovative Transport for the Poor in Colombia
by Jemma Williams -Australia- The gondola glides smoothly up into the Andean hills on the outskirts of Medellín, Colombia, as I peer through its clean glass windows in fascination at the world below. Slums sprawl over rugged green hills, with...
Kenya: Poverty, Alcoholism Blamed for Rising Domestic Violence Against Men
by Rachel Muthoni -Kenya- Cases of domestic violence are on the rise in Kenya. While in the past women were known to receive beatings from their husbands, it seems in recent years that women too are inflicting violence on their...
Borei Keila Evictions Highlights Economic Hierarchy Among Poor in Cambodia
by Michelle Tolson -Cambodia- On January 12th, 2012 I traveled 45 km outside of Phnom Penh with a group of human rights workers and journalists to a relocation site for the evictees of the Borei Keila slum, which had been...
With No Money, Kenyan Farmers Find Way to Feed Hungry
by Rachel Muthoni -Kenya- When they hear cries of their fellow countrymen hit by acute food shortage, Kenyan peasant farmers in more productive areas have no money to donate. While they may feel the need and the wish to feed...
Resurgence of Kidney Tourism in Pakistan
by Zubeida Mustafa -Pakistan- A version of the following article was originally published August 12, 2009. In light of recent reports of illegal kidney transplants in Pakistan, the author has updated the article. – Ed. Several years ago Pakistan’s newspapers...
The World's Best and Worst Places to Be a Mother
Where in the world are the best and worst places to be a mother? Watch this Link TV/Save the Children documentary – The Mothers Index – and learn about how you can get involved in supporting mothers and children around...
Reproductive Health Bill Sparks Controversy between Catholics and the Church in the Philippines
by Katie Palmer -Philippines- What happens to a country where there is a tight marriage between the State and the Catholic Church as well as an absence of a national population policy and nationwide inaccessibility to contraceptives, particularly among the...
Half the Sky: Why You Must Join the Global Movement to Emancipate Women
by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP - USA - For me and my colleagues, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s new book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide is exhilarating. Already in its 17th printing, Half...
Colombia’s War: “He’s giving our country away”
by Moira Birss - Colombia - The sparse media coverage of Colombia tends only to give vague descriptions of a violent country with a thriving drug trade. But I’ve come to understand in my 15 months living and working here...
Fighting Kidney Tourism in Pakistan
by Zubeida Mustafa - Pakistan - A few years ago, Pakistan’s newspapers and magazines were awash with pictures of shirtless men displaying scars on their torsos indicating they were organ donors. There were villages where practically every male adult claimed...
Cambodia: Defining Peace in Order to Build Peace
by Pushpa Iyer - USA - At the entrance to the eerily preserved torture rooms in Tuol Sleng (the genocide museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia), there is a sign bearing the face of a distinctly Cambodian man who is laughing....
E-waste: America's Electronics Feed the Global Digital Dump
by Michelle Chen - USA - The landscape of Guiyu, a remote town in China’s Guangdong province, embodies a collision between past and future. Amid acidic plumes of smoke and vast mountains of trash, migrants scour for valuable scraps using...
“Promoting self-help, not sympathy”: Kashmir’s She Hope Disability Centre Provides Support for a New Life
by Nusrat Ara - Indian-administered Kashmir - “Keep Guns Outside, Please.” The brightly-colored sign on the gates of She Hope Disability Centre is a reminder of Kashmir’s ongoing conflict. Sami Wani, the young manager, smiles when asked about the instruction....
Empowerment through Microfinance: Pro Mujer Gives Women in Peru “the confidence to keep moving forward”
by Jenna Mulhall-Brereton - USA - Elsa Gómez Mamani sits on the ruins of a stone wall on a cold but sunny morning in a field high on the Andean altiplano. We are in southern Peru, on the shores of...
Empathy and Peace: Lessons Learned in Cambodia
by Pushpa Iyer - USA - It was close to 8pm on a Saturday two months ago. I was walking down a big, busy street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with a colleague, returning to our hotel after having dinner. As...
Living “One Day at a Time” in the Economic Crisis:
The New Face of America’s Middle Class
by Rose-Anne Clermont - Germany - The irony of Pierrette’s troubles could be seen, from one viewpoint, as tragic: She’s a pediatrician but got lost within the maze of the medical system once her son became ill; she once treated...
East Kolkata Wetlands: Eco-Tourism Helps Preserve the Word's Largest Resource Recovery System
by Lesley D. Biswas - India - Commuting along the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass that runs parallel to the Indian city of Kolkata, the huge expanse of the East Kolkata Wetlands is a daily sight for city dwellers, and yet most...
HIV/AIDS in India: New Theories Versus the AIDS Lobby
by Rupa Chinai - India - During the course of the past decade, women diagnosed as HIV/AIDS patients in Mumbai have been trying to say something important that deserves close attention. These widows, whose husbands died from AIDS, claim their...
HIV/AIDS in India: Rampant Misdiagnosis & the Burden of Disease
by Rupa Chinai - India - Monday, December 1st marked World AIDS Day. As experts continue to search for a cure, we are honored to present Rupa's informative 3-part series on AIDS in India, a compelling look at the gaps...
HIV/AIDS in India: Narrow Focus, Inflated Projections & Poverty
by Rupa Chinai - India - On August 5, 2008 a young “HIV-positive” couple in Mumbai - Babu Ishwar Thevar, 39, his wife Amothi, 33 - committed suicide after killing their three children, sons Venkatesh and Mani, ages 10 and...
Students in India Take Social Change into Their Own Hands
by Zakeer Fehmida - India - Not long ago, a young man named Srinivas and his friends had just planted saplings along one of Chennai's busy thoroughfares and stood wondering how they could ensure the plants' survival amidst the sidewalk...
Saving Sex Workers in Malawi
by Pilirani Semu-Banda - Malawi - Twenty-seven year-old Lima Wochi from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, looks dejected. She ventured into prostitution at the tender age of 12. She says she is tired of sex work and is looking for a way...
Reproductive Tourism Soars in India: Adoption and Surrogacy Laws Have Yet to Catch Up
by Priti Sehgal - India - Across India, the tale of baby Manhji has made headlines and gripped the nation’s attention. Born to a Japanese father and surrogate Indian mother, the two month old is caught in legal limbo. In...
The Harsh Economics of the Global Water Crisis: “water is the oil of this century”
by Julie Chowdhury - Sweden - Every morning when you wake up and perform what you may perceive as insignificant chores, you might not realize that for 2.6 billion people around the world, your morning shower or just one flush...
Poor Kenyans Still Grapple with Jigger Infestation
by Joyce J. Wangui - Kenya - Young Kamau carries a heavy bucket of water on his head. Clad in tattered clothes that barely conceal his ill-nourished body, the young boy is aware that the cameras are focused not on...
Niger Delta Crisis: Women and Children of the Creeks Pay High Price for Nigeria's Oil
by Remi Adeoye - Nigeria - There is stiff opposition to the proposed Niger Delta Summit slated to be held in Abuja, Nigeria. The Delta’s most prominent militant group, known as The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta...
Poverty and Food Crisis: from the Philippines to Haiti
by Imelda V. Abaño - Philippines - Hunger is the most crucial manifestation of poverty. In many parts of the world, the soaring prices of food, fuel and other basic goods have triggered social unrest and a growing sense of...
A Current between Shores: On Education
by Rose-Anne Clermont - Germany - Before we had our own children, my husband and I began sponsoring a child in Senegal named Absa, a pretty little girl with clever eyes. • Absa in Senegal. Photo courtesy of World Vision...
Poor Romas Sell Human Organs on the Black Market: Trading Kidneys for Firewood
by Natasha Dokovska - Macedonia - “I have seven children, I don't work, neither does my wife. For many years I thought about selling my kidney so I could give my children a better life, but just recently I found...
A Current between Shores: From Scarcity to Excess
by Rose-Anne Clermont - Germany - As a child, my parents told me almost every day to be grateful for the food on my plate. When I occasionally grimaced at the offerings, my father would say, “No problem, we can...
Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Crisis: Their Stories from the UN Conference in Bali
by Imelda V. Abaño - Philippines - At the December UN conference in Bali, Indonesia, experts and concerned people alike discussed how poor women in developing countries bear the brunt of climate change in a wide range of ways. They...
Obstetric Fistula: A Medical Nightmare for Malawian Women
by Pilirani Semu-Banda - Malawi - Veronica Yakobe has been living a nightmare for more than two decades. Twenty-three years ago, during a prolonged labor when giving birth to her fifth child, the unborn baby was pressed so tightly in...
Corruption Reduces the Basic Need for Water and Adequate Sanitation to an Elusive Dream for Billions
by Tess Raposas - Philippines - In coastal communities all over the Philippines, it is ironic that seawater is abundant everywhere but effectively, there’s not a drop of clean water to drink. But the problem exists throughout the country, and...
In Ongoing War in Muslim Mindanao, Women Are Peacemakers and Breadwinners
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines In times of war and during the peace process, women have played key roles, particularly in the protection of their rights and those of their children. • Cultures clash in the Philippines as US military...
Threatening Tides: Extinguishing Ecosystems and Communities in the Name of Hydroelectric Power
by Michelle Chen USA "Rich men dam the water Flooding the hill rice field, causing problems for Mother Rich men dam the river Flooding the roof and making Mother homeless" • The lives of the Karen are threatened by Burma's...
Philippine Fertility Rate Is One of the Highest in Asia: Santa Clara, Segundina and Other Stories
by Tess Raposas Philippines • Thousands flock to Obando Bulacan for its annual fertility festival. Photograph by Darwin Go. •In this predominantly Catholic country, people often pray for divine intervention from Santa Clara (Saint Claire), the patron saint of the...
The Right to Food on World Food Day
by Imelda V. Abano Philippines When I visited a dumpsite last week to do a story about scavengers, I saw a group of children sifting through mountains of trash and asked: "What do you do when you're hungry?" They stared...
Women in the Philippines Demand a Solution: Lack of Clean Water and Sanitation Facilities Threatens Their Children and Their Lives
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • Women like this 70-year old landfill dweller in Baguio City must find water wherever they can. Photograph by Imelda V. Abaño. •For Edna Dela Cruz, water is life, but it's also backbreaking work. As...
Climate Change: An Urgent Issue for Poor Countries Like the Philippines
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • A child living in poverty on the island of Boracay, Philippines. Photograph by Jenny Webber •Nowhere will the impact of climate change be felt more than in the world's poorest nations where people live...
TechnoServe Transforms Lives by Investing in Rural Guatemalan Entrepreneurs
by Marianne Taflinger Intern, The WIP USA • A woman and her children on the banks of Lake Atitlán in the highlands of Guatemala. Photograph courtesy of Bruno Girin •To people born in the highlands of Guatemala, life choices look...
AIDS Crisis in Zambia Weighs Heavily on Women
by Delphine Zulu - Zambia - The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Zambia among adults aged 15-49 is currently at 16%. For every infected man, three women are infected with the virus....
Medicine Tops Science in Mumbai
By Lara Vogel USA Though meant as a break from the hectic pace of my eight-month trip around the world, it had been an intense few weeks. Leaving Europe and Northern Africa behind, I spent July in Mumbai exploring its...
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