Topic: Poverty and hunger
Income inequality reaches crisis level in West Africa
News / 10th July 2019West African Governments have been blamed for the worsening poverty and inequality levels in their countries. According to the Oxfam and Development Finance International report published Tuesday, inequality is at crisis levels in West Africa.
New campaign video: Let’s reclaim the United Nations founding vision!
Blog / 5th July 2019We recently teamed up with the team at Seven Billion Today to produce a short promotional video that summarises STWR's key campaign message for use on social media.
UN’s Development Goals remain largely elusive
Article / 26th June 2019The United Nations, in a new report to be released next month, has warned “there is no escaping the fact that the global landscape for the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has generally deteriorated since 2015, hindering the efforts of governments and other partners”.
'Climate apartheid' to push 120 million into poverty by 2030, UN says
News / 26th June 2019The world is facing a "climate apartheid" between the rich who can protect themselves and the poor who are left behind, the UN has warned in a new report.
‘Everybody has the right to live’: The visionary budget at the heart of our moral uprising
Report / 19th June 2019Basic living standards like adequate housing, health care, education, safe drinking water, and access to work and fair wages are rights, not privileges. A moral society will guarantee these to ALL people, write Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev Dr Liz Theoharis.
World’s displacement crises worsened by lack of funds, political will or media attention
Report / 7th June 2019The world’s 10 most under reported displacement crises— which have rendered millions of people homeless– have continued to worsen due either to political neglect, a shortage of funds or lack of media attention, according to a new report released by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
Nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger, study shows
News / 5th June 2019One in three African children are stunted and hunger accounts for almost half of all child deaths across the continent, an Addis Ababa-based thinktank has warned.
Global hunger is threatening families because of climate change
Article / 23rd May 2019The wellbeing of families is facing challenges on many fronts and – particularly in the developing world – climate change is perhaps the greatest of these as it is exacerbating hunger and food insecurity, explains Siddharth Chatterjee for the Inter Press Service.
Annual Report for 2019: Share the World’s Resources
Report / 9th May 2019As public awareness grows of a multifaceted global emergency, STWR has persisted throughout 2018 in its efforts to promote international economic sharing as the only viable path towards a sustainable future.
The UK must protect economic and social rights with a new law – here’s what should change
Article / 1st May 2019The UK is an outlier for subscribing to international treaties that enshrine socioeconomic rights, but without incorporating them in domestic law, writes Koldo Casla and Peter Roderick.