The theme for One World Week this year (18-25 October) is about making the world better. The coronavirus crisis has seen huge changes in most of our lives: sadly, tragedy for some and hardship for many, but revelations for us all. Measures have been put in place with a rapidity we had been told was... More
A group of organisations including Jubilee Debt Campaign, Oxfam and Global Justice Now are highlighting the $40 billion of debt payments due in 2020 from low-income countries, and calling for $300 billion of debt to be cancelled for the global south as a whole this year. The UN has called for up... More
Access to medicines It’s really crucial that access to new COVID 19 tests and vaccines are available to everyone regardless of income but there are real fears that this may not happen if big pharmaceutical companies are out to make enormous profits. Poor countries often have... More
You may be aware that the government has recently restarted trade talks with the US. Civil society groups in both countries worry could that new deals could privilege corporate profits at the expense of the environment, consumer safety, public health and worker rights. An extra worrying feature... More
Fairtrade Fortnight (24/2 to 8/3) this year is all about women, cocoa and the need for living incomes. We’re going to be telling the stories of women farmers in West Africa and how hard they work for far less than a living income. The focus is on women’s rights but also on the ways that the... More