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Leading actors, musicians and statesmen including actors Gael Garcia Bernal, Scarlett Johansson, Kristin Davis, Archbishop Emeritus Tutu and former President Lula of Brazil are putting out a call to fix the broken global food system, which is failing to feed nearly a billion people each day.

A new survey of 35 aid agencies working in Gaza found that Israel failed to improve humanitarian access over the last year.

On September 25, 2013, US Secretary of State John Kerry signed the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

Local food reserves can contribute to food security strategies and have the potential to empower communities.

What are the barriers to ensuring that a living wage is paid, and what are the root causes of low wages?

Oxfam has calculated that if inequality in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region were to be reduced by five points between 2011 and 2019, some 17.4 million people could move out of poverty. If the opposite were to occur, a five-point increase could result in an additional 18 million people living in poverty.  

Over the past six years, the International Finance Corporation has channelled over $50bn to the financial sector. However, the evidence continues to grow that this private sector arm of the World Bank Group has little control over how a great deal of this money is spent.

This multi-country research report examines the problem of implementation gaps – government failures to fulfill their legislative obligations to address and prevent violence against women and girls.

Oxfam spokesperson Luc Lamprière said: Financial transaction tax:

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has just published its food price index which shows a sharp rise in