Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water, and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050

1 Billion people will have to forcefully migrate: New report predicts humanitarian crisis

The coronavirus pandemic may have driven as many as 47 million women and girls into extreme poverty by 2021 in South Asia. The report, "From Insights to Action: Gender Equality in the wake of COVID-19", said that the gender poverty gap will worsen further still in South Asia.

Female poverty rate in South Asia projected to rise due to covid-19: UN 

Venezuelans tame economic crisis with creative solutions

Martha Kahari was already struggling to make ends meet after Zimbabwe's coronavirus lockdown forced her to stop selling second-hand clothes and tomatoes at the side of the road in the capital Harare.

'Dying of hunger': Zimbabwe street vendors hit by coronavirus clampdown

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that developing countries like Pakistan face the dilemma of whether to protect their people from COVID-19 or hunger as he defended his decision to ease the nationwide lockdown to save millions of people who would have starved to death due to the coronavirus-related restrictions.

Millions would have starved if COVID-19 lockdown was not eased: Pak PM

More than half a billion people across the world can be pushed below the poverty line due to the coronavirus pandemic, Oxfam has warned. A report was presented by it before virtual meetings of finance ministers of the G20 group of leading developed and developing nations, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to give suggestions on how the dire situation can be avoided.

How COVID-19 can push half a billion people into poverty?

With seven new cases, the number of infections in Sri Lanka has spiked to 19. As a precautionary measure, Srilankan airlines have asked passengers to carry their own blankets and headphones.

Coronavirus cases on the rise in South Asia

The #THINKPINK CAMPAIGN: Single mothers turn into taxi drivers to escape poverty.

The #THINKPINK CAMPAIGN in Srilanka

The #THINKPINK CAMPAIGN

These are no ordinary taxis. They're bright pink tuk tuks taxis driven by single mums in Sri Lanka's southern province and they only take fares from women and children.

Sri Lankan single mums turn taxi drivers to escape poverty

Chants demanding complete regime change have echoed across Iraq for weeks, but what first brought demonstrators onto the street was the profound poverty of one of the world's most oil-rich countries.

Iraq: Protests still ongoing, people say poverty is problem

Despite producing more food than it can consume, humanity risks a menacing mix of "food crises" brought on by social inequalities, environmental degradation, climate change and wars, a UN report warned Friday.

Despite having enough food, humanity risks hunger 'crises': Report

Christmas may still be a long way off, but Frankeiber Hernandez can barely wait for his parents to return from Peru in December. They are among 3.6 million migrants who have fled Venezuela's economic meltdown since 2016, according to the UN.

Left behind: Venezuela's kids growing up without parents

Around 55 per cent or 305 million of the world`s children living in poverty (on less than 1.90 dollars per day) will be in Africa by 2030, claimed an August 2019 report by British think tank Overseas Development Institute (ODI).

305 million African children will be living in acute poverty by 2030: Report

A UN human rights expert on Friday disputed Malaysia's assertion that it has nearly eliminated poverty, saying that official figures were vastly inaccurate and do not reflect realities on the ground.

Malaysia's poverty levels far higher than reported: UN expert

China has continued its poverty reduction efforts in its quest to become a more prosperous society, lifting over 82.39 million rural poor out of poverty over the past six years as the government implements targeted poverty alleviation programs in the areas most in need of help

China's targeted poverty alleviation program turns villagers' lives around

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu Tuesday promised a slew of measures in its election manifesto, including a national poverty eradication initiative that will be named after the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

Lok Sabha polls: AIADMK manifesto promises national poverty eradication scheme

A United Nations report, on Wednesday, revealed that around 43 per cent of North Korea's population is "food insecure", with one out of five children facing "chronic malnutrition".

43% of North Korea's population is food insecure: United Nations

In UBI a basic sum of money is provided to individuals regardless of their income, resources or employment status with a purpose to reduce poverty and increase equality among citizens.

What is Universal basic Income and why it is in news?

This decade has seen massive movements of people fleeing war, poverty and persecution. Here are some key cases. Since 2011: Syria The Syrian war has killed more than 360,000 people since it began in March 2011 and it has led to a massive exodus of people, mostly to camps in neighbouring countries.

Major migration flows in the last decade

By Deirdre McCann The visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights in the UK is crystallising an unease about the state of working life.

We need to combat in-work poverty – Brazil and India offer some lessons

Rural people often migrate seasonally with their herds, or to join the harvest in other districts. They frequently travel to towns and cities to trade, do temporary jobs, or advance their education.

Rethinking modern mobility

Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organisations said in a report on Sunday

Nearly half Afghan children out of school, rising for first time since 2002

A total of 1.50 lakh people were pulled out of poverty last year, bringing the impoverished population in the region from 5.90 lakh in 2015 to 3.30 lakh

3.30 lakh people live in dire poverty in Tibet: Report

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