Topic: Poverty and hunger
Stop austerity!
Article / 7th July 2023It is far more useful to fight wealth and inequality than to try and reduce poverty, writes Francine Mestrum.
Global South reeling from high cost of basic goods amid Russian invasion of Ukraine: Survey
Report / 29th June 2023"The most vulnerable people around the world are bearing the brunt of skyrocketing food, fuel, and fertilizer prices, with women and girls the hardest hit."
If current trends continue, the world’s poor may not achieve a single development goal by 2030
Blog / 22nd June 2023Eight years after the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world’s low-income countries have struggled to achieve even a single goal.
The Poor People’s Campaign continues to do the vital political work
Blog / 22nd June 2023In the wealthiest country on the planet, there’s no excuse for failing to meet basic needs and ensuring we can all survive and thrive.
110 million now forcibly displaced as war, climate crisis wreak global havoc
Blog / 16th June 2023'The 46 least developed countries account for less than 1.3% of global gross domestic product, yet they hosted more than 20% of all refugees,' a new report by the United Nations shows.
Top five arms exporters hit yearly sales of $85 billion as 9,000 people die from conflict-driven hunger every day
Blog / 9th June 2023Global military spending reached $2.2 trillion last year, enough to cover the UN appeal for global humanitarian needs more than 42 times.
Acute hunger an ‘immediate threat’ to over a quarter of a billion people
Article / 19th May 2023The global fight against hunger is going backwards as the world faces a food crisis of unprecendented proportions, the largest in modern history.
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.
Rich countries increasingly the recipients of their own aid, according to OECD DAC data
Blog / 21st April 2023Rich countries continue to be the recipients of large amounts of their own aid, according to new statistics released today by the OECD Development Assistance Committee.