At the forefront of Butcher's human rights advocacy was her passion for ending global hunger and apartheid in South Africa. Butcher's advocacy of the right to freedom from hunger, specifically "starvation, chronic hunger, malnutrition," always followed by encouraging the privileged world to act on their duty to help in ending hunger.
Butcher's human rights work was centered around her drive to eradicate global hunger and apartheid in South Africa. She consistently advocated for the right to freedom from hunger, emphasizing the need for the affluent world to take action to alleviate hunger.