Topic: Poverty and hunger
Covid vaccine: WHO warns of 'catastrophic moral failure'
News / 21st January 2021The world faces a "catastrophic moral failure" because of unequal Covid vaccine policies, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
‘Ecological Ponzi scheme’ threatens to bring down humanity, scientists warn
Report / 18th January 2021Accelerating biodiversity loss, climate change and over-consumption are swiftly pushing human societies toward a “ghastly future” of growing hunger, political division and societal breakdown, say leading scientists.
Covid billionaires should help starving people, says charity boss
News / 13th January 2021Billionaires whose wealth has soared during the coronavirus pandemic should stump up to provide emergency aid to the record numbers of people facing starvation, accordinng to the head of a US charity supporting the World Food Programme.
2.7 billion people did not get state aid during pandemic
Report / 17th December 2020The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it have hit millions of people hard, with poverty set to increase sharply in almost every country for the first time in decades unless action is taken now, according to a new report by Oxfam.
Covid-19 vaccines are being hoarded by rich countries – poor ones are missing out
News / 16th December 2020Lost among the jubilation of vaccine rollouts in rich countries is an uncomfortable reality: The world's poorest countries will have to wait months and possibly years to see any doses at all.
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.