Cobertura total: Exclusión Social

19.03.2008 A prime issue that chokes the political health of troubled Pakistan is that not all of its able citizens are allowed to vote...

17.03.2008 In southern India, Kanavu is a dream school for Wayanad’s tribal children. Started by a writer-turned activist 15 years ago with an idea of tapping the hidden genius of the community, it is now run by the first batch of its students.

17.03.2008 Participation of Indian women in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is an important intervention towards their empowerment. A recent survey of the scheme in western India reveals that single women have been denied its benefits due to conventional definition of male-headed households that treat them as dependents, says journalist Kiran Bhatty.

15.03.2008 Punarbhava, a new interactive website for the disabled, is a one-stop cyber shop for information, aids, appliances, research and employment. The portal was recently launched at the Indian capital, along with the release of a new screen reader software for the blind.

11.03.2008 Mumbai’s Sangini Women's Co-operative Bank is a beacon of hope for the sex workers of Kamathipura. By providing a monetary buffer to its red-light district clients, this small Indian bank seeks to change the lives of these women for the better by making them less vulnerable to debts.

05.03.2008 BOGOTA, Mar 5 (OneWorld) - People who earn their living by sorting through and reselling municipal waste have reasserted their role as garbage recyclers and productive members of the global economy at an unprecedented event here this week.

05.03.2008 Martedì scorso è stata presentata a Bologna la Rete Italiana di Microfinanza (RITMI), Associazione senza fini di lucro che opererà a livello nazionale e sarà la voce degli operatori italiani del microcredito e della microfinanza. Tra i soci fondatori ci sono l'Associazione Micro.bo Bologna, Fondazione don Mario Operti Torino, Fondazione Santa Maria del Soccorso Genova, Mag 2 Milano, Mag Verona, Microfinanza Srl, Microprogress e PerMicro Torino mentre altre sono in via di definizione. In Italia si contano una quarantina di iniziative di microcredito e microfinanza con 8.000 clienti e 75 milioni di euro di portafoglio. Secondo la Banca Mondiale gli esclusi dai servizi finanziari sono in Italia ben il 25% della popolazione adulta a fronte del 9% in Gran Bretagna, del 4% in Francia e solo dell’1% in Finlandia.