Evidence continues to emerge that the release of international donor funds to support global food security is matching neither the scale of the promises nor the urgency of the situation.
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Getting better maybe
Fashionable selections of development success stories should be qualified by the reality that data collection in Africa is slow and unreliable.
Stop pussyfooting on climate refugees
Why does no one challenge the UN High Commissioner for Refugees when he lifts the drawbridge of the 1951 Convention against intrusion by climate refugees?
Child labour and youth unemployment pose dilemmas
As global youth unemployment hits record levels, adolescents are increasingly presented with a choice between undertaking hazardous work or no work at all.
Hansen strikes fear into Nansen conference
Dr James Hansen had a serious message inbetween the apocalpytic scenarios of his presentation at the Nansen Conference in Oslo.
Right to food lost in Oxfam campaign
Throughout Oxfam’s new GROW campaign on global hunger the right to food is presumed rather than reiterated.
Oxfam charts brave new world of activism
A campaign to end global hunger launched in over 40 countries last week by the international aid agency, Oxfam, may signal new levels of ambition for movements pursuing social and environmental reform.
They don’t want to talk about sex
The new head of the UN Population Fund, Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, hinted at tensions between conservative interests and the need for universal family planning during his London visit last week.
Speak on population at your peril
A London conference on population issues draws an awkward comparison with climate change.
Population experts demand funding for international family planning
A high-level population conference has appealed to international donors to step up financial support for family planning and reproductive health services in developing countries.