What do words like “food insecurity” and “famine” actually mean? Our graphic below explains. And when it comes to hunger, understanding is action. If we know what these words mean in human terms, we feel more motivated to help.
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Inequality isn’t a cliché – it’s something real people experience every day through growing gaps in income and wealth. The gaps today are almost unbelievable. For example, the world’s 12 richest billionaires have more wealth than the poorest half of humanity combined, or more than four billion people.
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Oxfam Canada
| January 19, 2026
Next week, from January 19-23, world leaders – including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney – influential executives, and civil society will descend on Davos, Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026. This well-known forum is touted as an opportunity to discuss big ideas to solve pressing global challenges. But is it?
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Oxfam Canada
| January 16, 2026