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Freedom From Want: Advocating for the Right to Food in the United States

Freedom From Want: Advocating for the Right to Food in the United States

Alison Cohen

  • January 26, 2021
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger, and Denisse Córdova Montes, University of Miami Human Rights Clinic   The right to adequate food and nutrition is both a
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COVID-19 And the Right to Food: Exploring the Emergence of a Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health and Social Justice

COVID-19 And the Right to Food: Exploring the Emergence of a Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health and Social Justice

Alison Cohen

  • May 29, 2020
#RightsNotCharity Around the world, COVID-19 is shaking the foundation of our globalized economic system to its core. The “richest” countries in the world are staring
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“We are the sea!” Traditional Fisherfolk in Indonesia: Protecting the Ocean as a Source of Life

“We are the sea!” Traditional Fisherfolk in Indonesia: Protecting the Ocean as a Source of Life

Alison Cohen

  • January 15, 2020
Aquamarine, crystal clear water as far as the eye can see. White sand beaches littered with nothing more than perfectly formed cowrie shells and the
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Report on the State of the Right to Food and Nutrition 2019: The Stories Behind the Numbers

Report on the State of the Right to Food and Nutrition 2019: The Stories Behind the Numbers

Alison Cohen

  • October 14, 2019
WhyHunger has joined with social movements, frontline organizations and advocates around the world to call for the universal right to nutritious food. Three years ago, WhyHunger
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At a Crossroads in the UK: Can charity and social justice co-exist in the response to food poverty? By Alison Cohen

Alison Cohen

  • January 4, 2019
By Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs, WhyHunger “In the past five years in the UK, we have seen a steep rise in the number
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Historic Moment! United Nations General Assembly Adopts the Declaration on the Rights to Peasants

Historic Moment! United Nations General Assembly Adopts the Declaration on the Rights to Peasants

Alison Cohen

  • December 17, 2018
Reported by Alison Cohen and Colin Lawton For the past 2 months, #PeasantRightsNow has been the focal point of a delegation from across the globe
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2018 Food Sovereignty Prize: Honoring the Work of Grassroots Movements Working at the Intersection of Climate Justice, Food Production and Democracy

2018 Food Sovereignty Prize: Honoring the Work of Grassroots Movements Working at the Intersection of Climate Justice, Food Production and Democracy

Alison Cohen

  • October 18, 2018
Each year, since 1986, the World Food Prize is awarded for a “specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement” which has resulted in thousands of people getting
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The 2018 Farm Bill Is a Crisis of Democracy

The 2018 Farm Bill Is a Crisis of Democracy

Alison Cohen

  • July 26, 2018
This is an Op-ed first published by The Hill. The social contract between our government and its people is hanging on by a thread. If
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Puerto Rico’s Revival Depends on Empowering Small-Scale Farmers

Puerto Rico’s Revival Depends on Empowering Small-Scale Farmers

Alison Cohen

  • November 3, 2017
This post was originally published in EcoWatch. Houses without roofs and trees without leaves is all the eyes could see in the week following the
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The Struggle for the Right to Food and Nutrition Has No Borders: WhyHunger joins the Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition

Alison Cohen

  • June 30, 2017
WhyHunger is a proud, new member of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition (GNRtFN) and we were present when GNRtFN held
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