Author: Irish End Poverty Day Committee

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ Message for the 2018 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Twenty-five years ago, the world commemorated the first International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Since then, nearly 1 billion people have escaped poverty, thanks to political leadership, inclusive economic development and international cooperation. However, many are still being left behind. Over 700 million… Read more →

  Download the Message from the President of Ireland for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty   Download the Message from the President of Ireland for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Read more →

The MEP Intergroup Extreme Poverty and Human Rights of the European Parliament is an all-party official working group of Deputies of the European Parliament. It promotes a comprehensive and coordinated approach to poverty eradication through integrating efforts to overcome poverty into all EU policies including employment, health, social protection, education, youth, culture, economic and monetary union, budget, the free movement… Read more →

Download the National Programme!     At least 20 events in Ireland and abroad will involve Irish citizens in the observance of the United Nations’ International Day of the Eradication of Poverty in 2018! 2018 is a very special year as we celebrate the legacy of many social justice and anti-poverty activists such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King or… Read more →

Irish citizens will be involved in UN End Poverty Day events abroad. They are civil servants representing Ireland, elected representatives such as MEPs at the European Parliament or delegates at the Council of Europe, staff members of International bodies, artists such as Susan McKeown who will sing at the UN in New York or delegates of ATD Ireland who will… Read more →

Poster in PDF Version – Download it here!       Read more →

To mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe is organising a working session on Article 31 of the European Social Charter which states that everyone has the right to housing. The working session which is organised by the INGOs transversal working group on “Poverty”, coordinated by the Vice-Chair of… Read more →

The End Poverty Day is an important moment for the world to engage on the progress made and actions needed to end poverty. The World Bank invites you to join leading voices on global poverty for a lively conversation that will highlight the issues raised by the World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2018: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle.… Read more →

  The Irish primary schools ‘Day of Action’ of the Global Citizenship School Network facilitated by volunteers from the Trade Union INTO is the UN End Poverty Day! In 2018, the pupil action is to partake in the “Writing our Wishes on Stone” event in classrooms. Discover how the chair of IINTO speaks about the campaign here: twitter.com/ Stones and… Read more →

Register for “Voices for Dignity” here! Download Voices for Dignity – the book – hard copies will be available at the Sing Along Evening or can be ordered for €15 (covering print and postage for Ireland) via e-mail committee@17october.ie Watch Voices for Dignity – the video   “Voices for Dignity” is an event, a book and also a 12 minutes… Read more →