Tag: Poverty
Caritas: India’s migrants, poor farmers most affected by pandemic
Caritas research focused on people's basic needs, livelihood, their rights and entitlements, discrimination, and exploitation of migrants
Pope Francis calls for protection of minors, end to child labor
It’s estimated there are about 152 million children caught up child labor, 72 million of whom are in hazardous work
Spotlight: Joblessness forces Manila’s poor workers back to provinces
It was not a happy homecoming — there were no family members to meet the workers who were turned over to officials of their respective villages
Calls to suicide helpline show Thais’ stress in downturn
Health experts say suicides often fall during a crisis, only to rise afterwards
Health workers, slum dwellers face housing bias as lockdowns lift
About a third of the world's urban population lives in informal settlements, according to the UN
Poor city workers in Manila troop back home to bet on...
Displaced workers are not able to access govt financial aid during pandemic because they have no papers proving they are city residents
‘New normal’ under pandemic’s shadow cements Philippine inequities
There have been warnings that about 10 million workers could be jobless by yearend
Pope Francis calls on Catholic charismatic groups to work for justice
Church needs to be alongside the poor as the world is about to face a post-pandemic era, pope says
More Filipinos going hungry due to pandemic crisis
One of five Metro Manila residents experienced involuntary hunger from February to April
Churches in Philippines struggle to help those battered by pandemic
The upending of work and social patterns has sparked a mental health crisis in a country that lags badly in health care metrics
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