Hunger

Hunger is a state of prolonged and severe food insecurity that can lead to malnutrition, illness, and death. It is a complex and multifaceted problem that is driven by a range of factors, including poverty, climate change, conflict, and inequitable access to resources. Hunger affects millions of people around the world, particularly in developing countries.

Hunger and human trafficking:
Hunger and poverty can make people vulnerable to human trafficking, as they may be desperate for work or other opportunities to support themselves and their families. In some cases, people may be trafficked for labor in the agricultural sector or other industries related to food production. Women and girls may also be trafficked for sexual exploitation as a means of survival. Addressing the root causes of hunger, including poverty and inequality, is critical to preventing and addressing human trafficking. Efforts to promote food security, economic development, and access to education and healthcare can help to reduce vulnerability to trafficking.

 

 

Why one woman plants crops to fight oppression
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Why one woman plants crops to fight oppression

Eva Dickerson has spent her life thinking about food. Not just about what to eat, but more specifically what it means to have access to food, to groceries and space to grow crops. “Food access might ask why there isn’t a grocery store in someone’s neighborhood,” Dickerson, 26, said, “but food apartheid might ask who…

Desperate SB Sun Reporter Joe Nelson Blasted for Pushing “Wrong Info” about Olivet
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Desperate SB Sun Reporter Joe Nelson Blasted for Pushing “Wrong Info” about Olivet

Days away from millions celebrating the ball drop to ring in 2023, investigative reporters have a lot to worry about. Media trust remains near an all-time low; data and technology trends increasingly pressure the media sector; and consumers are the new producers, making reporters more and more irrelevant. How much moreso for old-dogs trying to…

Biden's Deputies Use ICE Agents to Raise Pay for Illegal Workers – Breitbart
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Biden's Deputies Use ICE Agents to Raise Pay for Illegal Workers – Breitbart

President Joe Biden is directing the nation’s deportation agents to raise pay for the millions of illegal migrants who are pushing many older, slower, and sicker Americans out of the workforce. The new policy from border chief Alejandro Mayorkas dangles the promise of temporary residency permits to illegals who report workplace abuse by employers. The…

Embattled California Christian college under federal investigation for fraud and labor trafficking
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Embattled California Christian college under federal investigation for fraud and labor trafficking

An Anza-based Christian college with satellite schools across the world has been the target of a three-year federal investigation triggered by a frantic 911 call to Riverside County authorities from a student who claimed she had not been allowed to leave the campus for months. Homeland Security Investigations, a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…

Unprecedented Hunger Hits Afghanistan the Worst: Save the Children – Khaama Press
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Unprecedented Hunger Hits Afghanistan the Worst: Save the Children – Khaama Press

Amid these challenging times, the people of Afghanistan desperately rely on humanitarian aid facing a catastrophic level of hunger, malnutrition, and food scarcity. According to the “Save the Children” report Afghanistan is still among the eight most hunger-hit countries including the Central African Republic, DRC, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen.  People in these…

Oladapo Sofowora rejigs fight against Human Trafficking, Hunger
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Oladapo Sofowora rejigs fight against Human Trafficking, Hunger

Media Entrepreneur, women, youth and human trafficking advocate Oladapo Adekunle Sofowora, has further intensified his effort to ensure modern-day slavery is reduced to the barest minimum. The head honcho of Rudder Blade Global has been a strong advocate against women and child trafficking more recently playing a pivotal role in the successful training program as…

Rohingya man recounts nightmare of being adrift at sea – Radio Free Asia
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Rohingya man recounts nightmare of being adrift at sea – Radio Free Asia

Muhammad Taher knew he was risking his life when he decided to leave a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh and board a decrepit-looking boat to Indonesia, but the father-of-four was desperate to work. He almost didn’t make it. A week after the boat carrying more than 180 people set off, its engine broke down. Those…

More than 20 million children facing hunger in the horn of Africa-UNICEF | Africanews
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More than 20 million children facing hunger in the horn of Africa-UNICEF | Africanews

More than 20 million children are facing the threat of hunger, thirst and disease, up from 10 million in July, as climate change, conflict, global inflation and grain shortages devastate the region according to UNICEF. Lieke van de Wiel, UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa said, “while collective and accelerated efforts have…

Opinion: Child Marriage – a human rights violation happening every two seconds
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Opinion: Child Marriage – a human rights violation happening every two seconds

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY is observed every year on 10 December; it marks the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in 1948. The UDHR is a milestone document which proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being. Regardless of race, colour, religion,…

Bangabandhu's historic quote incorporated in UNGA resolution – The Daily Star
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Bangabandhu's historic quote incorporated in UNGA resolution – The Daily Star

The historic quote of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, “Friendship to all, malice towards none”, has been incorporated in a UN General Assembly resolution. In the global context of the post-Covid world and the Russia-Ukraine war, the resolution titled “International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace, 2023” was introduced…