Topic: Poverty and hunger
Why are over 670 million people going hungry?
Blog / 17th October 2025More than eight per cent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going hungry, according to the UN.
The existence of hunger is a political choice
Article / 14th October 2025Hunger is neither a natural condition of humankind nor an unavoidable tragedy: it is the result of choices made by governments and economic systems that have chosen to turn a blind eye to inequalities, writes Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Global health at risk as funding cuts threaten fight against AIDS, TB, and malaria
News / 9th October 2025Global efforts to fight three of the world's most harmful and widespread infectious diseases—AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria—are now threatened by dramatic cuts to global health financing.
Confronting alarming food insecurity trends in Africa: An expert’s view
Blog / 10th September 2025Food insecurity trends in Africa are alarming, yet current financial flows are insufficient to bridge the significant funding gap and reach all communities in need. An interview with Gilbert Phiri from the IFRC.
Brazil beats hunger
Blog / 30th July 2025Today, Brazil is officially removed from the UN Hunger Map – after lifting over 40 million people out of food insecurity in just two years, the UN confirms.
Slight decrease in global hunger as inequalities widen, UN report reveals
News / 29th July 2025An interagency group from the UN have released the flagship 2025 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, estimating a global, yet uneven, decline in hunger since 2022.
Annual Report for 2025: Share the World’s Resources
Report / 16th July 2025The case for sharing economic resources between the richest and poorest countries grew tragically stark in 2024. Read more about STWR's activities over the past year and our future plans.
Want to end poverty? Then reduce inequality
Blog / 27th June 2025New World Bank numbers show 125 million more people living in extreme poverty than previously thought, writes Max Lawson for Equals.
Attacks on world order and global aid derailing decades of progress on poverty, warns UN poverty expert
Report / 26th June 2025Unprecedented cuts to global aid and intensifying attacks on multilateralism are undermining decades of progress in the fight against poverty, the UN’s poverty expert warned today.
UN reveals worsening hunger hotspots
News / 18th June 2025A new joint UN report warns that people in five hunger hotspots around the world face extreme hunger and risk of starvation and death in the coming months unless there is urgent humanitarian action and a coordinated international effort to de-escalate conflict, stem displacement, and mount an urgent full-scale aid response.