Topic: Poverty and hunger
Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the world’s population
News / 2nd August 2024More than a third of the world’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2022, according to the latest data on hunger from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The Spirit Level at 15
Report / 30th July 202415 years later, an update of the Spirit Level underscores how inequality harms us all and lies at the root of our escalating environmental, health and social crises.
Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns UN report
News / 25th July 2024Progress fighting global hunger has been set back 15 years, leaving around 733 million people going hungry in 2023, according to the latest figures from the United Nations.
Hundreds of charities push for hardship to be top of British Prime Minister’s priorities from day one
News / 1st July 2024Share The World's Resources has joined over 200 organisations committed to ending poverty in calling on the next British Prime Minister to put tackling hardship at the top of their agenda from day one.
G7 nations spend 62 times more on military than humanitarian aid
News / 17th June 2024G7 countries have increased their military expenditures to record highs while they slash spending on humanitarian aid for people affected by wars that these powerful nations often started or stoked, according to a new analysis.
Less than 3% of G7 military spending could help end global hunger and solve Global South debt crisis
News / 13th June 2024With funds equivalent to just 2.9% of their combined annual military spending, G7 countries could help end world hunger and solve the debt crisis in the Global South, reveals Oxfam.
1 in 4 children globally live in severe child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises
News / 11th June 2024Around 181 million children worldwide under 5 years of age – or 1 in 4 – are experiencing severe child food poverty, making them up to 50 per cent more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition, a new UNICEF report reveals.
Famine looms in Gaza while risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan
News / 7th June 2024Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots”, a new United Nations early warning report has revealed.
Number of children in crisis levels of hunger due to extreme weather events doubles in past five years
News / 3rd June 2024The number of children facing crisis levels of hunger in the countries where extreme weather events are most impacting food supplies has more than doubled in the past five years, according to new analysis.
In solidarity with Gaza and the world’s forgotten millions
Blog / 23rd May 2024Read a statement from Share The World's Resources (STWR) on the Israel-Hamas war: Stop the genocide in Gaza!