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Madagascar: Domestic Violence Rises As Incomes Fall
UNIRIN, 6 November 2012
Incomes have slipped to their lowest level in a decade since Madagascar's 2009 coup d'etat, and, in parallel, domestic violence has sharply risen. Read more »
In the wake of political instability following the 2009 coup, not only have average annual incomes been battered, but women are being beaten too - as families have to make do with less, writes IRIN.
More than three quarters of the country's 20 million people now live on less than $1 a day.
In the 1970s Madagascar was a rice exporter but has since become a rice importer, a consequence of outdated farming methods and poor infrastructure. Read more »
A nutrition programme aims to diversify the diet of locals, by equipping them with skills, to help tackle chronic malnutrition on the island nation that is among the worst affected ... Read more »
Legal aid clinics are playing an important role during the the current crisis, especially for poverty-hit rural women who are under-served by the country's ailing judicial system. Read more »
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