In recent years, remittances have become one of the primary economic contributors in recipient countries. Remittances are money transfers that international migrants send to their families in their home countries. In 2022, these money transfers to low- and middle-income countries were $647 billion. Remittance to Bangladesh has become a vital economic pillar, for a country […]
Despite recent reductions in transmission rates of HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone, the lack of knowledge and stigmatism surrounding the condition, particularly among the younger population, could prevent the country from further minimizing the spread of the disease. The Prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone According to UNAIDS, there were 77,000 adults and children living with […]
With a series of economic and political crises throughout the past decade, Venezuela has become increasingly vulnerable to the rampant spread of HIV with little public accessibility to safe-sex materials and practices. The nation has faced extreme shortages of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in both pharmaceutical and clinical settings, leading to inflated treatment rates. Although there […]
The latest updates showed that the unadjusted gender wage gap between male and female full-time employees aged 25 to 54 in Singapore has been narrowed down from 16.3% in 2018 to 14.3% in 2023, according to the released infographic figures from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). According to United Nations data, Singapore ranks as “the second-most […]
Yemen has one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises due to prolonged instability after Houthi insurgents took control of Yemen’s capital and largest city in 2014. Now, out of the 35.2 million Yemeni citizens, at least 18.2 million live in severe poverty and rely on foreign aid. The United States government actively provides humanitarian aid […]
Mauritius is an island country in East Africa with a current population of approximately 1.3 million. Most of the population resides in the capital, Port Louis. In 2020, the World Bank projected the poverty rate in Mauritius to be around 15.8%. Though the economy of Mauritius suffered as the country gained independence, diversifying its economic […]
Peru struggles with high national poverty rates and an economy that inflation and political and financial uncertainty further hinder. While Peru was one of the most prominent performers in Latin America in the last 25 years, COVID-19 hit the nation especially hard. Its economy contracted by 11% in 2020, accompanied by a 10 point rise […]
Child marriage, a human rights violation disproportionally affecting girls, is deeply ingrained within Ghanaian life. Despite the 1992 constitution unequivocally outlawing the practice, 5% of girls in Ghana are married before their 15th birthday and 20% before the age of 18. A Multifaceted Issue Child marriage is difficult to eradicate in Ghana because it is […]
Despite having a stock of gold, timber and bauxite, Guyana has struggled to overcome poverty and attract investments to improve its economy. According to UNICEF, Guyana’s teen and youth poverty rates in 2019 were 33.7% and 47.5% for those under 16. There have been no recent reports on the child poverty rates, but the COVID-19 […]
Elderly poverty in Malawi is a growing issue that requires attention. With more than half of the population (52.4%) in Malawi living in poverty, UNDP found that 17.2% of 50-year-olds and older in Malawi were living in poverty showing that elderly poverty is an issue that is facing the population. The problem is multifaceted and […]
