A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
Food insecurity soaring across 20 hunger hotspots
Report / 25th February 2022According to the Hunger Hotspots Report from the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen remain the countries of highest concern.
Global youth demand EU, UK ‘unconditionally’ back vaccine patent waiver
Blog / 21st February 2022Dozens of youth-led advocacy groups from around the world have published an open letter urging the European Union, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Switzerland to immediately end their opposition to a proposed patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines.
World spends $1.8tn a year on subsidies that harm environment, study finds
Report / 21st February 2022The world is spending at least $1.8tn every year on subsidies driving the annihilation of wildlife and a rise in global heating, according to a new study, prompting warnings that humanity is financing its own extinction.
Pharmaceutical companies’ failure on equal vaccine access contributed to human rights catastrophe in 2021
Report / 14th February 2022Despite urgent calls to ensure the equal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, pharmaceutical companies tragically failed to rise to the challenge of a once-in-a-century global health and human rights crisis.
Delivering a Right to Food for the UK
Article / 11th February 2022The UK currently lacks a legal mechanism for enforcing the right to food. British MPs and activists are fighting for this basic right to be enshrined into law – making the government legally responsible to help anyone who is going hungry.