It definitely is not good that because of gender pay discrimination women in the United States are at higher risk of poverty than men, especially in retirement.

这绝不是个好时代，因为美国受到性别薪酬歧视的女性比男性经受更大的贫困风险，特别是在退休的时候。

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Poverty and climate change is enough of a challenge: an El Niño will only make things harder, " said Steve Jennings, Oxfam's disaster risk reduction manager.

贫穷和气候变化已经够难对付了，而厄尔尼诺现象只会使形势更加严峻。” 乐施会减少灾害风险部主任史蒂夫·詹宁斯说。

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By being willing to take a risk on entrepreneurial sorts who lack any other way to start a business, microcredit may help reduce poverty in the long run, even if its short-run effects are negligible.

虽然短期影响微乎其微，但如果缺乏创业途径的人们愿意在商业上冒风险，这从长期来看可能有助于消除贫困。

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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the world's goals for peace,security, and sustainable development are at risk until women and girls are freed from poverty and injustice.

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He says poverty may put African children especially at risk.

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The U.N.refugee agency says Somalis desperate to flee war, drought and poverty in their country continue to risk their lives by taking the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden.

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The educational prospects for large numbers of U.S. children are put at risk by poverty and other factors associated with low achievement and dropping out.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

Yet two-thirds, or more than 190 million Americans, are overweight or obese, with women and children living below the poverty level particularly at risk.

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This is the one way we can not only release children from abuse but break the cycle of poverty which is at risk of being transmitted from generation to generation.

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