Topic: Poverty and hunger
Why we need a new economic model centred on human rights
Blog / 9th November 2020'Amid a pandemic that has taken over a million lives, we urge the same level of imagination as the drafters of the Universal Declaration over seventy years ago.' By Gabriela Bucher and Olivier De Schutter.
Covid-19 has exposed the catastrophic impact of privatising vital services
Blog / 30th October 2020Global markets have failed to provide people with basic needs like housing and water, say present and former UN special rapporteurs.
Global poverty soars as incomes of world’s billionaires hit new highs
Blog / 16th October 2020The phenomenal rise in extreme poverty -– for the first time in 20 years — has been accompanied by an upsurge in the incomes of the world’s billionaires and the super-rich.
World Food Program awarded Nobel Peace Prize for work during pandemic
News / 12th October 2020The Nobel prize for the United Nations World Food Programme turns an important spotlight on the millions who go hungry around the world and on the devastating consequences of conflict.
Extreme poverty to rise for first time in more than 20 years due to COVID-19, World Bank warns
News / 8th October 2020Global poverty is expected to rise for the first time in more than 20 years this year as the pandemic compounds the impacts of conflicts and climate change, the World Bank has warned in a new report.
Civil society call for a global fund for social protection
Blog / 23rd September 2020Over 200 civil society organizations and trade unions unite to call for a Global Fund for Social Protection to protect the most vulnerable during COVID-19 and beyond.
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention: For the planet’s resources to be shared in a just and respectful manner, not plundered
Blog / 21st September 2020When we share and respect the resources of the world, each nation will benefit, explains Fr Andrew Hamilton for the Catholic Outlook.
Global efforts to minimize poverty amid COVID-19 are ‘full of holes’: UN expert
Report / 11th September 2020Current social protection programs are not enough to stop millions of people falling into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
First famines of coronavirus era are at world’s doorstep, U.N. warns
News / 7th September 2020The first famines of the coronavirus era could soon hit four chronically food-deprived conflict areas — Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo — the top humanitarian official of the United Nations has warned.
"Replacing hunger with malnutrition": Former UN official calls out African Green Revolution
Blog / 26th August 2020The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is repeating the failed policies of the past and risks pushing back further the struggle against hunger and malnutrition, explains Timothy Wise for IATP.