The weekly media scan, which is updated every Monday, has been prepared as a series where you can see the news published on online media channels about poverty and human rights violations caused by poverty.
DEEP POVERTY SOLIDARITY AND RESEARCH NETWORK
07.12.2021, The Guardian
Global inequality ‘as marked as it was at peak of western imperialism’
Although the World Inequality report found inequalities between nations had declined since the end of the cold war, it said inequality had increased within most countries and had become more pronounced as a result of the global pandemic of the past two years. The research showed the richest 10% of the global population currently taking 52% of global income.
10.12.2021, The Economic Times
Cry over inequality, harder over poverty
Political empowerment is the first key ingredient of poverty removal. People with political agency will demand and obtain education and healthcare. It will also erode the structural inequality and sectarian divides in society. Social cohesion and individual agency together make for broad-based growth that emancipates.
10.12.2021, THE WORLD BANK
How Kenya is Making Home Ownership Possible for Low-Income Households
The Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company (KMRC), which was granted a license to conduct mortgage refinance business in 2020, is yielding a positive impact on potential borrowers and the supply of long-term finance from Kenya’s financial cooperatives.
12.12.2021, THE HINDU
U.S. sanctions 2 Sri Lankan military officers over human rights violations
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on two Sri Lankan military officers, including a murder convict pardoned by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, for human rights violations, banning them and their immediate family members from entering America.
11.12.2021, BBC
US inflation hits highest level for nearly 40 years
American shoppers, especially those on low incomes have felt the pinch of higher prices, with annual inflation at rates not seen for 40 years. The latest figures show prices rose 6.8% in the year to November.
11.12.2021, abc News
More than 15,000 Australians in outer suburbs struggling during pandemic, report finds
One in five Australians in the outer suburbs has been living in "financial survival mode" during the pandemic and is more likely to feel stressed, frustrated and anxious than the national average.
12.12.2021, Firstpost.
Falling Turkish lira adds to northern Syria's misery; 97% of population living in ‘extreme poverty’, says UN WORLD
Falling Turkish lira adds to northern Syria's misery; 97% of population living in ‘extreme poverty’, says UN Inflation is soaring just as fast as it is in neighbouring Turkey, with basic food items such as bread selling at record prices and purchasing power at its lowest ever." My salary in 2017 was worth 160 dollars, but today it is worth 50 dollars, a fraction of its value," the 33-year-old told AFP outside the washed-out yellow walls of his school. "It's barely enough to pay the rent."