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Society & Culture News tagged with poverty

Tajikistan: Child Brides, Polygamy and Poverty Contributing to Rampant Domestic Violence
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, violence, Child brides, polygamy, poverty, domestic violence, Amnesty International )

Kelli
- 21 hours ago - amnesty.org.uk
'Women in Tajikistan are beaten, abused, and raped in the family but the authorities tend to reflect the societal attitude of blaming the woman for domestic violence. They see their primary role as mediator, to preserve the family rather than protect the
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Behind the Scenes: Still Wounded
Society & Culture  (tags: poverty, Native Americans, humans, americans, children, family )

Lone
- 36 days ago - lens.blogs.nytimes.com
Correction Appended | Aaron Huey arrived on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota at the start of a self-assigned photographic road trip to document poverty in America
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Tell Your Senators: Support The Afghan Women Empowerment Act ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, women, afghanistan, repression, poverty, freedoms, rights, violence, environment )

Cher
- 80 days ago - change.org
If there is a hell on earth for women and girls, it surely must be found in Afghanistan. Desperate poverty persists and gender-based violence is increasing. Nearly 200 schools have been bombed or set on fire and school girls have had acid thrown in their
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A Childhood Spent Scavenging (Burma)
Society & Culture  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Child Labor, Poverty )

Ben
- 82 days ago - irrawaddy.org
Twelve-year-old Maung Chan Thar has only known poverty despite having a name that means "master of wealth." His parents gave him the name in the belief that it would bring good fortune to their eldest son...
5 comments
Support Our Economic Human Rights ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, rights, economy, poverty, social structures )

Cher
- 98 days ago - change.org
The economic human rights framework allows activists to simultaneously confront the social structures that drive people into poverty and keep them there AND our individual and collective needs for and responsibilities to provide a good education, a safe
7 comments
Sign Petition: Help The Disabled People of America
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, obama, government, disabled, ssi, social security, poverty, americans, health, food, children, family, rights, society, culture, economy, money )

Tom
- 187 days ago - change.org
There are a lot of disabled people out here who are tired of living on a shoestring. We want to be heard. While you sit there, waiting to receive your lifelong pension of over $100,000 a year, with full medical benefits, etc., we are starving.
33 comments
Sign Petition: Education Is the Pathway Out of Global Poverty
Society & Culture  (tags: world, society, culture, children, rights, education, poverty, families, literacy, hope )

Tom
- 201 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Target: President Obama. ONE and the Global Campaign for Education's The Big Read book is a volume of stories intended to foster literacy and inspire action on behalf of the 75 million children worldwide who are currently not in school.
24 comments
Sign Petition: Support Safe, Loving Homes for Orphans Around the World
Society & Culture  (tags: children, orphans, aids, war, disasters, poverty, homes, familiy, care )

Tom
- 280 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
SOS Children's Villages provides stable homes to children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to HIV/AIDS, civil war, natural disasters and extreme poverty. Please sign to support family-based care for orphaned and abandoned children everywhere.
25 comments
Help The Sioux Have Thanksgiving Dinner
Society & Culture  (tags: sioux, indians, nativeamericans, poverty, donate, philanthropy, elders, hunger, americans, children, family, culture, humans, interesting, society, ethics )

Kat
- 371 days ago - nrcprograms.org
For many Americans, Thanksgiving is a time of celebration, family gatherings, and big traditional dinners. However, for many Native Americans there simply isn't much to celebrate.
27 comments
Supai Hurting After Floods Close Village to Tourism
Society & Culture  (tags: supai, arizona, indians, nativeamericans, floods, poverty, tourism, culture, americans, interesting, news, sadness )

Kat
- 392 days ago - azcentral.com
For the past 28 years, Charlie Chamberlain has delivered mail on a mule to the people of Supai, a village at the bottom of Havasu Canyon. But there isn't much to deliver now that Supai, home to the Havasupai Tribe, is closed to visitors after severe
18 comments
Some of the Hardest Hit: The Elderly
Society & Culture  (tags: elderly, sernior citizens, retirement, pensions, investments, poverty )

RC
- 429 days ago - nytimes.com
Read some stories of American seniors and retirees and how they're being affected - and will be affected - by the mess of the US economy. Gives one pause...
26 comments
Video: The Girl Effect
Society & Culture  (tags: children, girls, poverty, education, health, culture, society, women )

Tom
- 447 days ago - care.org
The Girl Effect: Powerful social and economic change brought about when adolescent girls in the developing world have an opportunity to participate in their society and be a powerful force of change for themselves, their families, communities and nations.
18 comments
Make Poverty History! Take Action!!
Society & Culture  (tags: children, world, hunger, poverty, Canada, health, sadness )

Cher
- 601 days ago - makepovertyhistory.ca
Take action now to make poverty history. By joining the Make Poverty History campaign you are connecting with millions worldwide who are making a difference.
5 comments
Even When You Can't See Them, the Homeless Are There
Society & Culture  (tags: society, poverty )

Isabel
- 667 days ago - examiner.com
Two years ago, when the state issued its Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, it listed 769 people living in Harford County shelters -- 250 of them children -- and noted that the numbers were growing.
9 comments
Poverty: America's Hidden Shame
Society & Culture  (tags: society, homeless, America, poor, poverty, children, child, family, ethics )


- 680 days ago - opednews.com
The rich get richer while the poor get poorer. That phrase has been said so many times it has become a worn-out cliche. Practically no one talks about it any more, and most people just think nothing can be done about it. So it has just gotten worse and
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