Leave No One Behind: Think, Decide and Act Together Against Extreme Poverty People living in poverty know from experience that it is only when we work together that we are able to transform our lives and communities in order to build a more sustainable and equitable world for everyone. Without genuine social inclusion, nothing will change… Read full message here! Read more →

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  New! Full programme of events to download here! Athlone – Carrick-on-Shannon – Drogheda – Dublin – Granard, co. Longford – Galway Letterkenny – Limerick – Portlaoise –  Tubbercurry, co. Sligo – Tullamore, co. Offaly The Participation and Practice of Rights project in Belfast and the Kerry One World Centre in Tralee will promote the day on the Social Networks… Read more →

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For centuries, people around the world have built memorials to both suffering and heroism. We hold ceremonies to honor those who have endured injustice or died fighting it. Through such memorials and ceremonies, we remind ourselves of war, slavery, oppression, and genocide with the hope: “never again.” . But when do we recall the suffering and injustice that extreme poverty… Read more →

Age Action  –  Budget 2015 –  Irish Local Development Network Roma Rights Forum – SAOL Project – Maynooth Social Justice Tallaght Travellers Youth Service – Y Factor UN Day Commemoration at the Human Rights and Poverty Stone and 16 October is World Food Day: the Gorta-Self Help Africa annual conference will address rural poverty issues!       Read more →

UN Secretary-General’s Message for 2014 Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Website United Nation’s main Website UNDP Twitter challenge:   Read more →

The Social Justice Week at the Maynooth University , now in its fourth year, runs from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th October.  A range of informative and creative activities are planned for the week which coincides with internationally significant dates – International Day of Rural Women (15 October), World Food Day (16 October) and International Day for the Eradication of… Read more →

A roundtable is organized  in Paris on Tuesday, 14 October 2014 (2pm to 6pm) by UNESCO in cooperation with the NGO ATD Fourth World and the International Social Science Council (ISSC). With widespread recognition that many of the advances made under the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) have failed to benefit the most impoverished and socially excluded communities, how can local,… Read more →

This year’s Gorta Self Help Africa World Food Day Conference www.worldfoodday.ie will focus on the contribution of family farming in eradicating hunger, reducing rural poverty, and achieving food security and nutrition through sustainable agricultural production and the development of rural areas. With insights from scientists and field practitioners, the conference will discuss the challenges faced by smallholders and help identify… Read more →