Topic: Poverty and hunger
Five million children worldwide die before fifth birthday, says UN
News / 12th January 2023Five million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday in 2021, with almost half (47%) dying during their first month, according to new UN figures.
Ending the austerity pandemic
Blog / 3rd January 2023Unless austerity is reversed, people in developing countries will lose social protections and public services just when they are most needed. And it doesn't have to be this way, write Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins for Project Syndicate.
One in 23 people will require humanitarian relief in 2023, UN warns
News / 6th December 2022A global relief fund of a record $51.5bn will be needed to assist 339 million people suffering because of 2022’s ‘extreme events’.
IMF urged to unlock $650 billion for poor nations facing crises ‘unprecedented in human history’
Blog / 13th October 2022A coalition of 140 organizations from across the globe urge the International Monetary Fund to provide immediate financial relief to low-income nations reeling from the intertwined emergencies of climate change, Covid-19, war, and soaring costs of living.
85% of the world’s population will live in the grip of stringent austerity measures by next year
Report / 8th October 2022A new report End Austerity: A global report on budget cuts and harmful social reforms shows that 85 per cent of the world’s population will live in the grip of austerity measures by 2023.
Number of ultrarich hits all-time high as someone dies from hunger every 4 seconds
News / 25th September 2022As a new analysis revealed that the global ranks of the superrich soared to a record number, a coalition of charity groups said Tuesday that hundreds of millions of people around the world are hungry—and that someone starves to death every four seconds.
Extreme hunger has more than doubled in the world’s worst climate hotspots, says Oxfam
Report / 22nd September 2022In a new report on the impact of climate on food supply, Oxfam found a 123 per cent rise in acute hunger in the 10 countries with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events.
Annual Report for 2022: Share the World’s Resources
Report / 15th September 2022As the year 2021 began, the need for sharing global resources was unprecedented. Read more about STWR's activities in 2021 and our future plans.
Wall Street giants set to smash profit records off global hunger, energy crisis
Blog / 14th September 2022Russia's war on Ukraine has wreaked havoc on global commodity markets, driving up energy and food prices and exacerbating hunger emergencies around the world.
The world food crisis is about to get worse
News / 2nd September 2022Millions are facing starvation as war combines with financial and climate-driven shocks. Now the U.N. goal to end hunger by the end of the decade looks further than ever.