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 →

Lus na Gréine Family Resource Centre, Granard, Co. Longford in collaboration with its Art Group will put on a Photographic/Artistic Exhibition depicting images of poverty from local to global. This is intended to raise awareness of the plight of people facing poverty and forgotten in our world. It will address corruption and injustice through art, photography and film. The Art… Read more →

The new European Parliament has just started its new mandate and the new European Commission is not yet in place. It is an excellent time to assess past policies and reflect on what is needed for the future, with those who have concrete experience of these issues and of working with Europe’s most deprived. To mark UN Day, MEP Sylvie… Read more →

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One day after #EndPoverty Day, on Saturday October 18th, Debt and Development Coalition & Galway One World Centre invite to a day for dialogue, inspiration, ideas and energy for forging and strengthening creative campaigns within our communities against unjust debt in Ireland and all around the world. “Borrowers Can Be Choosers – Forging Debt Resistant Communities” – Galway Harbour Hotel,… Read more →