Topic: Poverty and hunger

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The coming wave of climate displacement

Blog / 31st May 2018

Governments around the world are engaged in a series of talks that could alter how the movement of people across borders is managed. One dialogue is focused on the protection of refugees; the other on migration.

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As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70, it’s time to resurrect its vision of global sharing and justice

Article / 15th May 2018

What are the political implications of meeting the established human right for everyone to enjoy an adequate standard of living? In short, it necessitates a redistribution of wealth and resources on an unprecedented scale across the world, which is why activists should resurrect the United Nations’ radical vision for achieving Article 25.

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Annual Report for 2018: Share The World’s Resources

Report / 4th May 2018

Throughout 2017 STWR continued to strengthen and promote our case for global economic sharing, particularly in relation to our core advocacy position as an organisation. All of our work related to the need for a united people’s voice that speaks on behalf of the least advantaged, giving the highest priority to the prevention of extreme human deprivation across the world.

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Un discorso sugli "ismi" e sul principio della condivisione

Article / 29th April 2018

Come possiamo creare la consapevolezza che la condivisione è la soluzione alla crisi planetaria, e la nostra speranza per recuperare un mondo diviso? Il nocciolo di questa domanda è il problema degli “ismi”, che sono l’intellettualizzazione del nostro auto-compiacimento che così giustifica e normalizza la sua esistenza.

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#SyriaConf2018 in Brussels must focus on aid, increased pledges and accountability

News / 25th April 2018

Donors 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.

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The souls of poor folk

Report / 18th April 2018

A 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.

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Aid spending stagnates as rich countries shift focus from refugees to poor nations

News / 11th April 2018

Rich 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.

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'We are the 99%': but richest 1% will soon own two-thirds of world's wealth

News / 9th April 2018

More than two-thirds of the world's entire wealth will be owned by the richest 1% of people by 2030, new research warns.

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Record-high food insecurity trends set to worsen in 2018

News / 5th April 2018

Protracted 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.

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MLK Global 2018: Internationalising the poor people’s campaign

Article / 3rd April 2018

People 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.

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