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New initiative launched to ‘Transform Defence for Sustainable Human Safety’
Report / 22nd December 2020A project by Tipping Point North South works to put sustainable human safety at the heart of 21st century foreign, defence, security and international development policy-making.
2.7 billion people did not get state aid during pandemic
Report / 17th December 2020The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it have hit millions of people hard, with poverty set to increase sharply in almost every country for the first time in decades unless action is taken now, according to a new report by Oxfam.
Covid-19 vaccines are being hoarded by rich countries – poor ones are missing out
News / 16th December 2020Lost among the jubilation of vaccine rollouts in rich countries is an uncomfortable reality: The world's poorest countries will have to wait months and possibly years to see any doses at all.
Human Rights Day: The fight for rights goes on for food and housing
Blog / 13th December 2020Campaigners are calling for a right to food and a right to housing to be given legal backing in the UK for the first time, writes Liam Geraghty for the Big Issue.
Towards a rights-based economy: Putting people and the planet first
Report / 10th December 2020A joint report by the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and Christian Aid asks a radical question: what would it look like if we had an econmomy based on human rights?
Land inequality is worse than we thought and rising in most countries
Report / 10th December 2020Land inequality is directly threatening 1.4 billion of the world’s poorest people, according to a recent report.
Pandemic to fan surge in humanitarian needs in 2021
News / 2nd December 2020The UN humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of COVID-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021.
$427bn lost to tax havens every year: landmark study reveals countries’ losses and worst offenders
Report / 25th November 2020Countries are losing a total of over $427 billion in tax each year to international corporate tax abuse and private tax evasion, costing countries altogether the equivalent of nearly 34 million nurses’ annual salaries every year – or one nurse’s annual salary every second.
COVID-19 compounding inequalities
Blog / 20th November 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many existing inequalities, and may worsen divergence among countries. While the poor have struggled to survive, the world’s billionaires have done “extremely well”, report Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury.
UN issues $100m emergency funding and calls for global effort to avert famine
News / 19th November 2020The UN has earmarked $100m (£75m) in emergency funding for seven countries deemed at risk of famine, warning that without immediate action the world could see “huge numbers of children dying on TV screens”.