Let’s commit together to design and implement the best social inclusion plan ever! On UN End Poverty Day, ATD Ireland launched a Call to Action on the People of Ireland The call to action “Walking Together for an Inclusive Society” has been launched by ATD Ireland in Leinster House on UN End Poverty Day, 17 Oct 2017. ATD Ireland &… Read more →
Author: Irish End Poverty Day Committee
Messages and statements from the End Poverty Day 2017
Message by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres Message by Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights: World is ignoring human rights of poor despite disproportionate abuses Message from Donald Lee, President of the International 17 October Committee Texts from the Dublin Gathering at the Human Rights and Poverty Stone Message by… Read more →
Poverty Facts 2017
Each year, on the occasion of the UN End Poverty Day, the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice produces the “Poverty Facts” leaflet which is distributed to participants in the national gathering in Dublin! You can download it from here! On the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2017, Eurostat published also a data visualisation tool as… Read more →
Discover the programme of the national event marking End Poverty Day!
Download here the programme of the national ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty Read more →
Ireland, it’s time to sing as ONE and leave no one behind!
On Tuesday 17 October 2017, on this page, from 8am to 11pm you will be able to discover live how the world marks UN End Poverty Day! At 11am sharp the live coverage of the Dublin National Gathering will start (including the launch of 17 Global Goals Boats on the Liffey) and at 11.17am… we invite all children, young people… Read more →
Let us Join Hands to Stop Poverty, All Together in Dignity! The UN SG Message for the Day
Video message by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October 2017) Read more →
The national programme with 30 events across Ireland is now available!
End Poverty Day National Programme 2017 Download it here! Share it! Read more →
Ireland Marks the 2017 UN End Poverty Day!
The national programme “Ireland marks #EndPoverty Day 2017” is now available! Download it! Below we present some posters announcing various events across the country! Until Tuesday 17 October support the #StopPoverty Call to Action and the Thunderclap From Friday 6th October to Wednesday 18th October 30 End Poverty Quotes on Custom House Quay Friday 6th October Monday… Read more →
Today, we renew our pledge that no one will be left behind.
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR OCTOBER 17 Message for the 2017 United Nations’ Day for the Eradication of Poverty October 2017 Thirty years ago, on October 17, 1987, Father Joseph Wresinski launched his historic Call to Action against extreme poverty at the Trocadero Human Rights Plaza in Paris with his declaration that “Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme… Read more →
The European Parliament marks UN End Poverty Day on 17 October!
The European MEPs Parliament Intergroup “Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Fourth World Committee” invites all MEPs and citizens in Brussels to attend an UN End Poverty Day event on “Answering the Call of October 17 to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and inclusive societies” . This event will take place from 15:00 to 17:00 in room PHS 5B001 of… Read more →