Author: Irish End Poverty Day Committee

The UN Day at the UN in Geneva: Walking the Talk – Transformative Pathways for Achieving the SDGs

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals are a global commitment to “transforming our world” and eradicating poverty in all its forms everywhere. The challenge now is to put this vision into action. How can this be achieved? During an End Poverty Day event at the UN in Geneva, panellists will provide some answers to this… Read more →

Human Rights and Poverty MEP Intergroup marks the #EndPoverty Day!

The annual meeting of the Human Rights and Poverty MEP Intergroup to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty will take place on Wednesday 19th October at 15h30 in room PHS 5B001 in the European Parliament. The theme of the meeting will be: “Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms”. Commissioner Marianne… Read more →

Moving from humiliation to participation: a concept note for UN End Poverty Day 2016

Here is an extract of the concept note prepared by the International 17 October Committee for #EndPoverty Day 2016 : “The worst thing about living in extreme poverty is the contempt, that they treat you like you are worthless, that they look at you with disgust and fear and that they even treat you like an enemy. We and our… Read more →

Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms

In 2017, we will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Joseph Wresinski‘s call to action launched on 17 October 1987 and we’ve already started preparing for an extraordinary campaign which we would like to invite you to join in. Since 17 October was recognized as International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, by the United Nations in 1992, considerable progress… Read more →