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World Day of Social Justice – 20th February
15 hours ago
by Ray Harris
“Social justice is more than an ethical imperative, it is a foundation for national stability and global prosperity. Equal opportunity, solidarity and respect for human rights — these are essential to unlocking the full productive potential of nations and peoples..” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The ...
Capacity Building for ... - rayharris57.wordpress.com · 2 references
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Center for Long-Term Care Reform Co-Director Martha Holstein Writes about ...
16 hours ago
by Health & Medicine HMPRG
HMPRG's Center for Long-Term Care Reform Co-Director Martha Holstein has written an op-ed, "A Troubled Old Age: Women and Retirement Insecurity,” for the Center’s January, 2012, Elder Economic Security Newsletter. “Many years ago, Tish Sommers, the savvy co-founder of the Older Women’s League (now O ...
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Community Speak Out
16 hours ago
by Mark
Utica Phoenix News A “Community Speak-Out” was held Wednesday, February 8 at the Parkway Senior Center on the Memorial Parkway in Utica. It was set up as a way to bring individuals and organizations together to speak on the importance of anti-poverty programs and their positive impact in the communi ...
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“Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other ...
18 hours ago
by tris
Today, the Bank of England announced that it would be injecting £50 billion into the economy by...er.... printing it... Ooooops. It seems that, in the words of Mr Osborne himself, we have a desperate government which has run out of resorts. That is a shame for the rest of us, as the consequences of ...
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Better OAS reforms are possible
19 hours ago
by Erich Jacoby-Hawkins
SincePrime Minister Harper’s surprise announcement at the billionaire’s conferencein Davos , Switzerland , reforms to Old Age Security (OAS) have been hotly debated. Oftenmentioned is that by 2030 we will have a peak level of seniors, and theirbenefits will cost about 50% more of our GDP than now. S ...
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New data on District’s child poverty…David Robertson to leave Council of ...
20 hours ago
by christian clansky
YOUTH/POVERTY | D.C. Action for Children has released data snapshots of the District’s eight wards and concludes that the city’s child poverty rate has barely changed in the last few years – it remains at 30 percent on average, and nearly 50 percent in Ward 8. - Press Release - Ward data snapshots H ...
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Pverty is Poverty; Yet..!
20 hours ago
by Adil Abdalla
However, there are lots of doubts on the true victim's role in hindring both poverty reduction initiatives and schemes..!!
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