Targets 2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round 2.2 By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 […]
From 23 – 26 November 2015, A4ID CEO Yasmin Batliwala attended the Commonwealth People’s Forum – a gathering of third and public sector professionals from across the Commonwealth.
It is inevitable that disasters do happen. But new work by our legal partners considers how the law can be used to ensure that the international response is as swift and effective as possible.
In many communities, lack of access to credit can prevent people from making a living. But our legal partners have worked with Oxfam, local banks and farmers to help them grow their businesses.
Over the last few weeks we have all seen the disturbing images of the impact of the food crisis on men, women and children in East Africa. In parts of Somalia the situation is especially desperate, with ever increasing areas being declared to be suffering from famine, the first time the ‘F’ word has been used since 1984.
Our Twitter feed at A4ID has been buzzing with the latest news about the crisis in East Africa. The news hasn’t been good (and is apparently getting worse) as the response so far has been largely inadequate.