Freedom From Want: Advocating for the Right to Food in the United States
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger, and Denisse Córdova Montes, University of Miami Human Rights Clinic …
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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
#RightsNotCharity Around the world, COVID-19 is shaking the foundation of our globalized economic system to…
“We are the sea!” Traditional Fisherfolk in Indonesia: Protecting the Ocean as a Source of Life
Aquamarine, crystal clear water as far as the eye can see. White sand beaches littered…
Report on the State of the Right to Food and Nutrition 2019: The Stories Behind the Numbers
WhyHunger has joined with social movements, frontline organizations and advocates around the world to call…
At a Crossroads in the UK: Can charity and social justice co-exist in the response to food poverty? By Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs, WhyHunger “In the past five years in the…
Historic Moment! United Nations General Assembly Adopts the Declaration on the Rights to Peasants
Reported by Alison Cohen and Colin Lawton For the past 2 months, #PeasantRightsNow has been…
2018 Food Sovereignty Prize: Honoring the Work of Grassroots Movements Working at the Intersection of Climate Justice, Food Production and Democracy
Each year, since 1986, the World Food Prize is awarded for a “specific, exceptionally significant,…
The 2018 Farm Bill Is a Crisis of Democracy
This is an Op-ed first published by The Hill. The social contract between our government…
Puerto Rico’s Revival Depends on Empowering Small-Scale Farmers
This post was originally published in EcoWatch. Houses without roofs and trees without leaves is…
The Struggle for the Right to Food and Nutrition Has No Borders: WhyHunger joins the Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition
WhyHunger is a proud, new member of the Global Network for the Right to Food…