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Cuba’s elderly struggle as economic crisis deepens and migration drains support networks

Havana— Cuba’s elderly population is facing mounting hardship as the island’s deepening economic crisis, shrinking state subsidies and large-scale emigration

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NewsDesk MC April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 2030 Agenda, Ahilan Kadirgamar, austerity, Cooperatives, development policy, Economic crisis, economic reform, FAO, food insecurity, human rights economy, Hunger Map, poverty, Public Healthcare, Right to Food, social protection, Sovereign Debt, Sri Lanka, UN human rights, Universal Education, University of Jaffna, Volker Türk, welfare state, wfp, World Food Programme

From Welfare Model to Food Insecurity: Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis Sparks Call for a Human Rights Economy

“Economic policy cannot remain the realm of experts alone—it must be shaped by the people whose lives it defines.” Once

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NewsDesk MC April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 accountability, afghanistan, aid cuts, civil liberties, corporal punishment, cross border conflict, drought, education ban, gender apartheid, gender equality, human rights violations, humanitarian crisis, ICC, international law, media freedom, Pakistan Afghanistan tensions, poverty, public executions, refugee crisis, taliban, UN human rights, UNHRC, volker turk, women rights

UN Report Flags Worsening Human Rights Conditions in Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule

“Afghanistan is a graveyard for human rights.” A United Nations human rights report has warned that conditions in Afghanistan continue

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NewsDesk MC March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 child exploitation, child labour, child rights, child welfare, economic inequality, education gap, forced labour, global development, hazardous work, human rights, inequality, informal economy, labour laws, migration, NGO reports, policy enforcement, poverty, rural distress, school dropout, social protection, supply chains, urban poverty, vulnerable children, workforce regulation

Child Labour Persists Across Informal Sectors Despite Legal Prohibitions, Field Reports Indicate

Observers said child labour “is not disappearing, but shifting into less visible and more precarious forms of work.” Child labour

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Millichronicle November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 business, Coronavirus (Covid-19), development, People & Profit, poverty, World Bank, world economy

Fight against poverty has ground to a halt, World Bank warns

Kyiv (France24) – The Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have reversed three decades of progress in reducing poverty,

US promises to deliver aid to Haiti and help local police counter armed gangs

Washington (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday said it will boost support for the Haitian police as they battle

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Millichronicle November 11, 2021 iran, iran poverty, iranian regime, khameini, poverty

Iran’s economic bankruptcy and extreme poverty: Achievements of Dictator Mullahs

by Cyrus Yaqubi The severity of poverty in Iran has reached such a level that there are many people with

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Millichronicle April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 iran, khameini, poverty, suicides

Iran suicides on the rise as millions fall into poverty

Report by Cyrus Yaqubi Reports of daily suicides in Iran have almost become commonplace. According to a recent report carried by the

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Millichronicle December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 bread, iran, iranian, khameini, poverty, sanctions

Iranians pay for bread in installments in southern Iran

by Cyrus Yaqubi Some bakers confiscate the customer’s national ID card until the debt is paid Bakeries in Iran are

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Millichronicle November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 digestive system, food shortages, immune system, iran, malnutrition, poverty, world health organization

IRAN: Poverty, Exorbitant Prices and Malnutrition—People face Regime’s Wrath

by Cyrus Yaqubi While talking to any simple worker and wage earner, in the very first sentence of his conversation

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