A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
UNCTAD 14: Elites speaking in the name of peasants and the global poor won’t solve anything!
Article / 12th July 2016At the close of UNCTAD’s 14th session, a coalition of civil society organisations call for a new development model that is inclusive and socially just, in which governments uphold their obligations to provide social services and guarantee Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
69m children will die of preventable causes, says Unicef
Article / 28th June 2016UN children’s agency report highlights toll on youngsters by 2030 unless world leaders turn rhetoric into reality on fighting poverty.
Reject dangerous migration response plan, more than 120 NGOs tell EU leaders
News / 24th June 2016A coalition of NGOs strongly condemn the new EU policies to contain migration, calling on member states to shoulder their fair share of responsibility for protecting people who flee their homes.
Pathways of transition to agroecological food systems
Article / 16th June 2016A new report by leading sustainability experts has reaffirmed the case for a paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems – fundamental to which is a call for redistributing power back into the hands of those who feed the world.
Financing Health and Education for All
Article / 31st May 2016An extra $50 billion or so per year could help ensure that children everywhere have access to basic health care and schooling – a sum that could easily be found through redirecting military spending and taxing the global rich, argues Jeffrey Sachs.