DAJA 2006 Winners - Poverty Issues Category

Winner

Deepa A., India

Discrimination in the Name of Inclusion

Twenty-five percent of seats in Delhi’s private schools are reserved for poor students and are meant to be provided free. But this provision is dodged in numerous ways with schools claiming ignorance of the law, that they can’t find poor students and that poor students have to be educated separately.

India Together*

1st Runner-up

Lourdes Estella Simbulan, Philippines

Substandard Nursing Schools Sell Dreams of a Life Abroad

Throughout the Philippines, nursing education is being retrofitted to meet the demands of the global market. A surge in demand for nurses among health institutions overseas is fuelling a boom in nursing schools. But quality has suffered as the numbers increase, largely due to skewed priorities.

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism*

2nd Runner-up

Shahid Husain, Pakistan

Crimes of Poverty

Rising prices, falling incomes and rampant unemployment appear to be pushing Pakistan’s poor over the edge.

The Herald*