Topic: Poverty and hunger
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.
Should we feed hungry children, or the war machine?
Blog / 25th September 2019Every dollar of public money financing US militarism abroad is a dollar that could fight hunger, homelessness, or climate change, writes Medea Benjamin for openDemocracy.
We could eliminate extreme global poverty if multinationals paid their taxes
Article / 23rd August 2019If we recouped the annual global revenue losses due to multinational tax avoidance, we could literally eliminate extreme income poverty around the world, writes Alex Cobham for Truthout.
The World Bank needs to understand poverty and what it actually costs a family to live on
Blog / 16th August 2019The World Bank claims poverty is decreasing around the world but UN research shows it depends on what you measure. If we are serious about reducing poverty, we need to start by properly identifying it.
Join STWR’s postcard ‘mailblast’ campaign
Blog / 12th August 2019We are currently running a postcard campaign in the United States, and invite you to join us with the smallest effort and expense. The aim is to send a continuous stream of postcards to progressive individuals and groups who are already highlighting social injustices while calling for a fairer sharing of resources.
Global hunger increases for a third year due to conflict, UN report finds
News / 29th July 2019Global hunger has increased for a third consecutive year, with more than 821 million people suffering from chronic starvation driven by conflict and climate change, a United Nations report found.