Topic: Poverty and hunger
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.
Famine knocking at the door of 41 million worldwide, WFP warns
News / 23rd June 2021Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme have warned, underscoring the need for urgent funding and humanitarian access to reach those in need.
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.
UN expert calls for an ambitious social Europe, says COVID must spark rethink
Blog / 7th May 2021Over 90 million people across the EU live at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Yet the Union's current action plan doesn't come near to the pledge of ‘no poverty’ made at the United Nations.
Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high
News / 5th May 2021The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, according to the findings of an annual report by the Global Network Against Food Crises.
Governments should give single day's military spending to fight hunger
News / 21st April 2021Aid organisations call on governments to give a single day’s military spending to fight hunger. Only 26 hours of global military spending is enough to cover the $5.5 billion needed to help most at risk.
Second edition of STWR's flagship book now available: ‘Heralding Article 25’
News / 31st March 2021Share The World’s Resources (STWR) have released a revised second edition of the campaigning book by Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi, titled 'Heralding Article 25: A people's strategy for world transformation'.
Acute hunger set to soar in over 20 countries, warn FAO and WFP
News / 26th March 2021Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report on hunger hotspots.
Vaccine nationalism is patently unjust
Article / 26th March 2021Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill. It is perhaps the worst display of national selfishness in modern history, writes Nanjala Nyabola for the Nation.
A moral failure: billions of people with no access to clean drinking water
Article / 23rd March 2021As the UN commemorates World Water Day, Volkan Bozkir - President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly - highlights the moral failure of providing this most basic need to all.