Topic: Poverty and hunger
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!
Thank you to all supporters of our London bus campaign
Blog / 20th May 2024STWR would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to our bus advert campaign which began across London in May.
Rishi Sunak must allow visit from UN food inspector due to increasing levels of UK poverty, 85 charities write
News / 10th May 2024More than 80 charities and civil society bodies have called on Rishi Sunak to reverse a decision to block a UK visit by the UN inspector on food poverty until after the election.
1.8 million more Palestinians doomed to poverty if Gaza war persists
Blog / 9th May 2024Nearly seven months into the Gaza war, the economic stall combined with great losses in housing and public services only threaten to push even more Palestinians into poverty.
Conflict’s long shadow has a name: It’s hunger
Blog / 26th April 2024Scarce food and drinking water. Limited and inconsistent healthcare. Rapidly deteriorating mental health. With conflict on the rise globally, this is the grim reality for millions around the world.
Poorest countries continue to lose out as wealthy donors pocket their own aid, according to latest OECD data
News / 25th April 2024New figures published today by the OECD show that wealthy countries are still diverting record amounts of aid to hosting refugees in their own countries, while the poorest countries continue to lose out.