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The Crippling Thing About Growing Up Poor That Stays With You Forever

Poverty has a way of rearing its ugly head, slipping into the cracks in people's lives when they're young and then re-emerging later in life. Sometimes it happens in ways t...

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Human Rights

The Faces Of Child Poverty

Child poverty is about more than just money — it’s multidimensional. For children, poverty means being deprived of major aspects of life like nutrition, hea...

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Human Rights

What Data Can Do to Fight Poverty

IF social scientists and policy makers have learned anything about how to help the world’s poorest people, it’s not to trust our intuitions or anecdotal evidenc...

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Health

Family Planning Is 'Critical Link' In Eradicating Poverty

Giving people access to family planning is crucial to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, reproductive health experts said this week. Speaking at an...

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Human Rights

Is This The Generation That Eradicates Extreme Poverty?

The year 2015 was a once in a generation event for the world’s citizens and for the planet. In one year, a new blueprint was created to tackle the world’s thorn...

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Opinion: Bill Gates: Here Are My Three Goals For 2016

DAVOS, Switzerland (Project Syndicate) — We live in extraordinary times. Each day seems to bring fresh headlines about an unfolding crisis — whether it is migra...

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Royalty Join Forces With Shakira, Messi To Promote U.N. Global Goals

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations on Tuesday enlisted a high-profile roster of royalty, entertainers and business leaders to promote its glob...

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Hollywood

Viola Davis Helps Pack Healing Kits For Families In Need

Emmy-winning actress, Viola Davis, in partnership with The Vaseline Healing Project and top NGO, Direct Relief, recently joined volunteers to pack Relief Kits for those in ...

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Gender

Owning Property Empowers Women In Unique Ways”: An Interview With Bina Agarwal

Bina Agarwal is a Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to this, she was the Director and Professor of Economics at ...

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Hollywood

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, And Beyoncé Top Dosomething.Org’s 2015 Celebs Gone Good List

DoSomething.org, the largest not-for-profit organization for young people and social change announces its eighth annual Celebs Gone Good list. Celebs Gone Good recognizes t...

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