A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
Demanding justice beyond rhetoric
Report / 30th September 2021The latest Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021 report argues that it’s time to overcome contradictions and hypocrisy in the COVID-19 crisis. Published by Social Watch et al.
Wealthy nations must share more resources or risk crisis for billions, warns UN chief
News / 29th September 2021The head of the UN has called on rich countries to step up efforts to protect workers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic with an additional $1tn injection of funds to avoid a twin-track recovery that widens the gap with the world’s poorest nations.
Small farmers have the answer to feeding the world. Why isn’t the UN listening?
Blog / 24th September 2021The UN food summit was hijacked early on by powerful corporate interests – but people are resisting, write Elizabeth Mpofu and Henk Hobbelink.
More than 100 countries face spending cuts as Covid worsens debt crisis, report warns
Report / 24th September 2021More than 100 countries face cuts to public spending on health, education and social protection as the Covid-19 pandemic compounds already high levels of debt, a new report says.
New report shows leading Covid-19 vaccine pharma companies fuelling unprecedented human rights crisis
Report / 24th September 2021Six companies at the helm of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out are fuelling an unprecedented human rights crisis through their refusal to waive intellectual property rights and share vaccine technology.