A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
Amid soaring poverty and hunger, Amnesty demands ‘universal social protection’ worldwide
Report / 12th May 2023As poverty rises amid intertwining crises, Amnesty International have issued an urgent call for governments worldwide to implement universal social protections to ensure that basic necessities are available to all.
In famine, ‘f’ is for failure
Blog / 27th April 2023A person dies of hunger every 30 seconds in East Africa, where famine is looming for the third time in little more than a decade. It does not have to be this way, write Fati N’zi Hassane and Reena Ghelani.
Africa now squeezed to the bones
Blog / 27th April 2023As many as 45 African countries have been further squeezed to their bones as funding shrinks to lowest ever levels, and as a portion of the so-called aid goes back to the pockets of rich donor countries.
War costs us the Earth: Global Days of Action on Military Spending
Blog / 22nd April 2023STWR joins the call for governments to change course and focus on rapid, deep cuts to military spending that are driving an arms race and fueling war. ‘War costs the earth’, says the Global Campaign on Military Spending.
Research shows poverty is 4th leading cause of death in US
Blog / 21st April 2023New research estimates that poverty was linked to at least 183,000 deaths in the US in 2019, making inadequate income the nation’s fourth-leading mortality driver that year behind heart disease, cancer, and smoking.