Topic: Poverty and hunger
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.
COVID-19 and the SDGs
Report / 17th August 2020A new briefing summarises the actual or likely impacts of the global coronavirus crisis on each of the 17 Sustainable Development goals. By Jens Martens, Bodo Ellmers and Vera Pokorny for Global Policy Watch.
‘Temporary Basic Income’ could slow COVID surge, provide lifeline for world’s poorest
Report / 28th July 2020The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 and enable close to three billion people to stay at home, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme.
