Poverty
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Jodie Martin
70 per cent of the world's poor are women. The majority of the 1.5 billion people living on $1 a day or less are women. more...
Getting a Good Wife Shipped to You
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Greg Cruey
From Russia to Ethiopia, Manila to São Paulo, people just looking to make a buck are looking for a way to market women. The mail order bride industry is it. more...
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Greg Cruey
Are you looking for a wife? Someone small and quite and maybe half your age? You can probably order her from the Philippines... more...
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Sandra Williams
Susie Scott Krabacher shares her moving memoirs in the book "Angels of a Lower Flight: One Woman's Mission to Save a Country...One Child at a Time." more...
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Sandra Williams
Government changes have been difficult for many people in Russia. Reduced social assistance has been one of the results of democracy on Russians. more...
Fashion Fights Poverty in D.C.
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Sandra Williams
Fashion Fights Poverty raises money for charities like Bead for Life and encourages others to dress responsibly by supporting organizations that alleviate poverty. more...
Indigenous Education Latin America
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Sandra Williams
Most Indigenous children have a lower quality of education and health care. Poverty and the fact that many of them have to work out of necessity are other disadvantages. more...
Domestic Workers in El Salvador
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Sandra Williams
Unclear age limits, poverty and cost of education all contribute to girls seeking out employment as domestic workers in El Salvador. more...
Children's Defense Fund in America
By:
Sandra Williams
Cradle to Prison Pipeline Initiative helps break the poverty cycle by supporting preventative measures for minorities, poor and disabled children. more...
By:
Sandra Williams
Many of the poor in Brazil are not given equal access to health care, education, employment, land, water or sanitation facilities. more...
By:
Sandra Williams
Poverty has it's own set of issues in the developed world and lack of funds, family stresses, stigma and peer influences can affect children's self-esteem negatively. more...
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Sandra Williams
After a crackdown in the provinces of Shanxi and Henan, child slaves that were overworked and beaten have been rescued in China. more...
Waterloo Region Combats Poverty
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Sandra Williams
Almost 1 child in 5 lives in poverty and 47,450 people in the Waterloo Region live in poverty. Opportunities is a community organization for poverty initiatives. more...
Friends Make Afghans for Sick Kids
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Sandra Williams
Carol and Barb are an inspiration because they are both on disability and put aside their own health problems to help children and parents who are suffering. more...
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