In 2025, Australia is introducing new legislation to address the volatile housing market in Australia, which is affecting the country’s growing unhoused population. Australia is focusing on enforcing a new bill, which the Australian Capital Territory Greens leader, Shane Rattenbury, introduced. Now that Australian law has deemed the housing crisis inhumane, sufficient action to resolve […]
When Dorothy, a young woman from Hopley, a suburb of Harare, dropped out of school, she believed her chances at a stable future had ended. Jobs were scarce and her family struggled to make ends meet. But through a short vocational course offered under the USAID-GOAL Uplift II program, she learned baking, catering and entrepreneurship […]
Recent data from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) indicates a steady increase in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) enrollment from 2020 to 2024. Over the last five years, from 2020 to 2024, the TVET Sector in the Philippines has shown a “consistent upward trend” in both enrollment and graduation outcomes. […]
For a substantial portion (approximately 21.7% or 1.5 million in 2024) of Bulgaria’s population, poverty is an inescapable reality. Vulnerable citizens, especially Romani people, are born into families with little access to basic needs, such as education, housing and employment, further maintaining the cycle of systemic inequality. Recently, however, the nation’s government and nonprofits have […]
Elderly poverty in Togo is a serious and often overlooked issue. Public discussions usually center on youth employment or general health, leaving out many older citizens, especially those who worked in informal jobs without retirement benefits. This article looks at the institutional and social factors behind elderly poverty in Togo and shows how reforms and […]
The Republic of Congo, also referred to as Congo-Brazzaville, is a mineral-rich country in Central Africa. Despite its abundance in valuable natural resources, the country continues to face increasing rates of poverty. Petroleum and gas currently dominate exports in the region, however, the nation struggles to translate its economic gains into extensive social development. Extreme […]
In the villages and rural communities of Guinea-Bissau, elderly citizens, who occupy about 3.1% of the population, struggle each day to survive on limited resources, resulting in poverty and neglect overshadowing their years of experience. Guinea-Bissau is a small country located in West Africa with a population of more than two million people. Its economy […]
According to official figures, Taiwan has a low poverty rate. With a 2025 GDP per capita of $37,000, Taiwan is a high-income, advanced economy. Taiwan measures the poverty rate officially by classifying only those with an income below 60% of the median income as “in poverty,” which is around 2.6% of the population. Moreover, Taiwan […]
Child marriage disproportionately affects the lives of young girls in Eritrea, as an estimated 41% of girls are married before the age of 18 compared to 2% of boys, according to the most recent government data from 2010. Many recognize child marriage as a violation of human rights, with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights […]
Libya is facing an unemployment crisis. In 2023, a United Nations report found that more than half (51.4%) of Libya’s 1.1 million youth, aged 15 to 24, were unemployed. One of the main barriers to employment noted in the report was inadequate skills, highlighting the poor state of higher education in Libya. Fortunately, higher education […]
