Winter 2010 - The Global Hunger for Food and Justice

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Human Rights

The Human Right to Food and Dignity

by George Kent

The human right to adequate food has come into focus at the global level through a steady, decades-long process. This right was articulated as early as 1963, when a Special Assembly on Man’s Right to Freedom from Hunger met in Rome, and it has been mentioned at many subsequent global food conferences.

Human Rights

The Politics of Stigma: Surviving in a Land of Plenty

by Kristof Nordin

At one time or another, we have probably all had our heartstrings tugged by the effective marketing strategies of international development, relief, and aid efforts. The problem is that these advertisements tend to put the world’s problems into an overly simplified dualistic scenario with malnutrition, poverty, and death on one side, and the simplest cure of all—money—on the other.

Bias & Discrimination

Fighting Famine: A Band-Aid for the Poor Has Become an Industry for the Rich

by Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman

The failed momentum of the Green Revolution deprives some places of the world from maximizing their agricultural potential. This denies global markets a tremendous source of food; Africa, after all, has almost twice as much arable land as the European Union, and much of that land could be just as productive.

Human Rights

The State of Hunger in 2009

by Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson

America is one of the world's wealthiest nations. Yet we remain the only country in the developed world where millions go hungry, despite having sufficient resources, technology, and farmable land to provide nutritious, affordable food for all.

Human Rights

Ending Childhood Hunger in America

by Jim Weill

America is one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Yet we remain the only country in the developed world where millions go hungry, despite having sufficient resources, technology, and farmable land to provide nutritious, affordable food for all.

Human Rights

Let's Hear it for the Eaters

by Kathy Goldman

Human Rights

Access and Entitlement in Ethiopia's Food Markets

by Eli Cane

Ethiopia is a land of opposites. While much of the country yields bumper harvests year after year, other areas are perpetually dry and dusty, and about once every decade, the seasonal rains fail to arrive. Thus, the country is faced with the recurring problem of too much food in some places and not enough in others.

Human Rights

Food: An Essential Weapon in the Battle Against HIV and AIDS

by Kara Greenblott

Food is a human right, and for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV), it is also a primary defense in the ongoing struggle to maintain their health, stamina, and quality of life.

Human Rights

The Right to Food: HIV and Food Price Increases

by Scott Drimie, Stuart Gillespie, Paul Jere and John Msuya

Malnutrition and food insecurity play a pivotal role in the AIDS epidemics of eastern and southern Africa, affecting both risks of HIV transmission and subsequent AIDS-related impacts such as premature illness and death on household labor power and through the fracturing of intergenerational knowledge transfer.

Human Rights

Human Rights Hero: Erik's Harvest

by James Radina

Through Make-A-Wish San Diego, Erik could have wished for anything—a new computer or a bedroom makeover—instead he asked how he could help hungry children in Africa.

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Winter 2010 - The Global Hunger for Food and Justice

Criminal Negligence: Why is the World Starving with a Surplus of Food?

Featured

The Human Right to Food and Dignity

The Politics of Stigma: Surviving in a Land of Plenty

Fighting Famine: A Band-Aid for the Poor Has Become an Industry for the Rich

The State of Hunger in 2009

Ending Childhood Hunger in America

Let's Hear it for the Eaters

Access and Entitlement in Ethiopia's Food Markets

Food: An Essential Weapon in the Battle Against HIV and AIDS

The Right to Food: HIV and Food Price Increases

Human Rights Hero: Erik's Harvest