Topic: Poverty and hunger
#SyriaConf2018 in Brussels must focus on aid, increased pledges and accountability
News / 25th April 2018Donors and governments meeting Tuesday and Wednesday for the Brussels II conference must take the opportunity to bring change for the millions of vulnerable Syrians in their war-torn country and in the region by following through on previous commitments to protect displaced people and fund the aid response.
The souls of poor folk
Report / 18th April 2018A major new study makes a clear case that the richest nation in the world has sufficient resources to protect the environment and ensure dignified lives for all its people. The problem is a matter of priorities, as more and more of America's wealth flows into the pockets of a small but powerful few and into the bloated Pentagon budget. By theInstitute of Policy Studies.
Aid spending stagnates as rich countries shift focus from refugees to poor nations
News / 11th April 2018Rich nations spent more on helping poor countries last year but less on refugees at home, leading to stagnation in overall aid expenditure - which remains well below United Nations’ targets.
Record-high food insecurity trends set to worsen in 2018
News / 5th April 2018Protracted conflicts and climate shocks have led to a record breaking 124 million people, across 51 countries, now facing food insecurity or worse conditions, according to the Food Security Information Network’s annual report on food crises.
MLK Global 2018: Internationalising the poor people’s campaign
Article / 3rd April 2018People across the Global South and economically marginalized people in the North are increasingly aware of the need to organize, agitate for and advance a vision of economic equality such as Dr. King proposed 50 years ago. #MLKGlobal advocates internationally for the recognition and take-up of MLK’s original Economic Bill of Rights, revisited for today.
Huge organizing effort, ’40 days of action’ launching to fight poverty
Article / 15th March 2018Fifty years after Martin Luther King's initiative, a new Poor People’s Campaign connects religious faith to social justice. An interview with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, by Eleanor J. Bader for AlterNet.
'Woefully off track': global goals leave behind over half the world's children
News / 8th March 2018More than half a billion of the world’s poorest children are invisible to the international organisations that could help them most.
Share The World’s Resources present our campaign vision at the Green Party conference
Article / 5th March 2018STWR took part in the Green Party spring conference held in Bournemouth, UK, where we hosted an event that introduced participants to our campaign vision as an organisation.
Capital flight from Africa: How the poor finance the rich
Article / 5th March 2018A new World Bank report comparing economic growth among different regions in the world ignores key factors in addressing wealth and inequality in Africa—particularly the wealth that is stashed offshore in developed countries, says economist and author Leonce Ndikumana in an interview with The Real News Network.
Africa 'very, very far away' from meeting global target to end child malnutrition
News / 2nd March 2018No African country is expected to reach the UN target of ending childhood malnutrition by 2030, according to a new study.