Topic: Inequality
New fundraiser: Please help support our billboard campaign
Blog / 16th August 2021STWR have initiated a new crowdfunder to raise money for advertising our campaign across central London, UK.
Thank you to all supporters of our Billboard Project
Blog / 16th August 2021STWR would like to thank everyone who contributed to our Billboard Project to advertise the campaign for Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Global austerity alert: Looming budget cuts in 2021-25 and alternative pathways
Report / 9th August 2021A new global study sounds an alert of an emerging austerity shock: most governments are imposing budget cuts, precisely at a time when their citizens and economies are in greater need of public support. By the Initiative for Policy Dialogue et al.
Almost one in three globally go hungry during pandemic
Report / 13th July 2021The number of people who did not have enough food to eat rose steeply during the Covid-19 pandemic to include almost a third of the world, according to a new UN report.
Six-fold increase in people suffering famine-like conditions since pandemic began
Report / 12th July 202111 people are likely dying every minute from hunger, now outpacing COVID-19 fatalities, warns Oxfam.
Billions of people will lack access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene in 2030 unless progress quadruples
News / 2nd July 2021Billions of people around the world will be unable to access safely managed household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services in 2030 unless the rate of progress quadruples, according to a new report from WHO and UNICEF.
Global south-led vaccine summit eyes new tech-sharing platform
News / 23rd June 2021Global South states commit to share Covid-19 vaccine technology and production at a four-day 'Summit for Vaccine Internationalism'.
G7 rejects pleas to fund Covid jabs for poor countries, despite Boris Johnson's 'vaccinate the world' pledge
News / 15th June 2021G7 leaders have rejected pleas to find billions of pounds to end Covid jab shortages in poor countries, despite Boris Johnson making a plan to "vaccinate the world" his aim for the Cornwall summit.
Real change won’t come from the G7
Blog / 14th June 2021How the G7 continues to stand in the way of a more democratic international order - by Nick Dearden for the New Internationalist.
The big question about British foreign aid is always missed: what is it supporting?
Blog / 9th June 2021If aid is to meaningfully tackle poverty, it can’t just be about charity. Instead, it should be about redistributing the world’s resources and dismantling the power structures that maintain global inequality, writes Aisha Dodwell.