Topic: Poverty and hunger
A proposal for the global sharing of basic goods
Report / 9th December 2019The following publication gives an advanced proposal for sharing the world’s resources to alleviate the major crises threatening our civilisation. Translated into English from Slovenian, by Rok Kralj.
The ILO’s Global Social Protection Week needs to address austerity, the elephant in the room
Article / 26th November 2019Financing social protection systems that are both adequate and sustainable is not a fantasy. There are a number of measures that governments can take to raise the resources needed, writes Evelyn Astor for Equal Times.
Imagine… a world that shares
Article / 25th November 2019Do we really understand what ‘sharing’ means in its totality? For humanity has done everything but actually put into practice a just and equitable redistribution of the food and resources of the world, so that no-one need go without. By Marc Gregory.
The intersection of politics and spirituality in addressing the climate crisis
Report / 22nd November 2019The following interview with STWR’s founder, Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi, examines both the contemporary political and profounder spiritual implications of sharing the world’s resources in relation to the escalating climate emergency.
Eine Einführung in das globale wirtschaftliche Teilen
Report / 16th November 2019In einer zunehmend ungleichen und nicht nachhaltigen Welt müssen die Regierungen dringend die restriktiven politischen und wirtschaftlichen Ideologien der Vergangenheit überwinden und Lösungen finden, die den gemeinsamen Bedürfnissen der Menschen in allen Ländern gerecht werden.
Why we need to keep talking about inequality
Blog / 25th October 2019Research makes explicit the link between ending extreme poverty and inequality: even a relatively small amount of re-allocation of the world’s resources could end the injustice of extreme poverty in a world of plenty, writes Danny Sriskandarajah.
Higher temperatures driving 'alarming' levels of hunger – report
News / 15th October 2019The climate crisis is driving alarming levels of hunger in the world, undermining food security in the world’s most vulnerable regions, according to this year’s global hunger index.
Stop the waste: UN food agencies call for action to reduce global hunger
News / 15th October 2019With one-third of food produced for human consumption lost or wasted, and millions still going hungry, the UN’s food-related agencies are shining a spotlight on the issue.
Millions of us are living in poverty — we need investments to raise the standard of living
Blog / 4th October 2019About 100 million Americans are effectively hidden by official poverty statistics, yet enough revenue could be raised from fair taxes to completely eliminate poverty in the United States, writes Karen Dolan.
A just society': Ocasio-Cortez unveils legislative package to tackle American poverty and inequality
News / 26th September 2019A package of new economic justice bills aim to improve the lives of Americans living in poverty, including a resolution for the United States to finally ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.