Topic: Poverty and hunger
Human Rights Day: The fight for rights goes on for food and housing
Blog / 13th December 2020Campaigners are calling for a right to food and a right to housing to be given legal backing in the UK for the first time, writes Liam Geraghty for the Big Issue.
Towards a rights-based economy: Putting people and the planet first
Report / 10th December 2020A joint report by the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and Christian Aid asks a radical question: what would it look like if we had an econmomy based on human rights?
Land inequality is worse than we thought and rising in most countries
Report / 10th December 2020Land inequality is directly threatening 1.4 billion of the world’s poorest people, according to a recent report.
Pandemic to fan surge in humanitarian needs in 2021
News / 2nd December 2020The UN humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of COVID-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021.
COVID-19 compounding inequalities
Blog / 20th November 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many existing inequalities, and may worsen divergence among countries. While the poor have struggled to survive, the world’s billionaires have done “extremely well”, report Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury.
UN issues $100m emergency funding and calls for global effort to avert famine
News / 19th November 2020The UN has earmarked $100m (£75m) in emergency funding for seven countries deemed at risk of famine, warning that without immediate action the world could see “huge numbers of children dying on TV screens”.
New book release: Studies on the principle of sharing
Blog / 13th November 2020Share The World’s Resources (STWR) have now released a book version of the popular articles by Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi, titled ‘Studies on the Principle of Sharing’.
Studies on the principle of sharing
Report / 13th November 2020These seven articles were originally published over the course of 2011 to 2014, during the momentous revolutionary period that followed the global financial crisis. But the vision within this collection of writings goes far beyond that single historical moment and has even greater relevance and urgency today.
Contribution to GTI Forum: Has the time come for a universal basic income?
Blog / 12th November 2020In a forum discussion by The Great Transition Initiative, two panels debate the question: Should a UBI be a central element of strategies for transformation? The following is a contribution from STWR.
Over 1,000 health professionals call for G20 to cancel developing countries’ debt
News / 11th November 2020Over 1,000 health professionals from 66 countries have signed a letter urging the G20 to cancel the debt of developing countries, ahead of an extraordinary G20 Finance Ministers meeting.