Intellectual leadership for peace
The role of digital technologies in food security and famine risk, the application of IHL, and what it means for analysis and action in conflict-induced humanitarian crises.
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During times of famine, sex, gender and age differences matter. But precisely how and why these factors intersect with famine conditions is an issue of much debate.
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Pandemic is a time of confusion and disorder. By definition, the new pathogen is new to epidemiology and microbiology, and
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Published by the Journal of International Criminal Justice, in a special edition on Starvation and International Law.
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Three new reports in the project “Accountability for Starvation: Testing the Limits of the Law” are now available.
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Intended for a general audience, this 12-page educational resource, “What Everyone Should Know about Famine” (World Peace Foundation, March 2019)
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Discussing the impact of the Coalition bombing campaign on food production and distribution in Yemen.
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The world almost conquered famine. Until the 1980s, this scourge killed ten million people every decade, but by early 2000s mass starvation had all but disappeared. Today, famines are resurgent, driven by war, blockade, hostility to humanitarian principles and a volatile global economy.
Read moreThe Famine Trends dataset includes two kinds of overlapping events, which have hitherto largely been studied separately. One set of
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