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 →

The “Make Poverty History Quotes” exhibition displays of over forty different banners secured along the railings bordering the River Liffey, on Custom House Quay. It is on display from Friday, October 5th, through to Wednesday, October 17th. The exhibition will be concluded following the Annual UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty Event. The banners are showing important quotes from… Read more →

The 2018 UN Day will take place at a very special time! The world marks: – the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi – the 150th anniversary of the birth of James Connolly – the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela – the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights –… Read more →

In July 2018, members of the Irish 17 October Committee had an opportunity to visit the UN Garden at the United Nations’ HQ in New York! During the visit we discovered that in the very same way as in Dublin, the 17 October End Poverty Stone at the UN was now a few meters away from the Famine Memorial. The… Read more →

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  To mark the 10th anniversary of the unveiling of the Human Rights and Poverty Stone on Cutsom House Quay (Dublin 1),  All Together in Dignity Ireland (ATD) and the Irish 17 October Committee have been facilitating since 20th February 2018 a series of workshops in the North East Inner City of Dublin. This workshops are entitled  “Your Rights Are Written… Read more →

This 2018 Concept Note for the 17 October UN End Poverty Day has been drafted by the International Committee for October 17 and has been approved by the United Nations’ Department UNDESA. Download the Concept Note if PDF format here! ================== Coming together with those furthest behind to build an inclusive world of universal respect for human rights and dignity… Read more →

The International Committee for October 17 successfully convened its Seventh Biennial meeting in Rome from May 15 to 17, 2018. Belinda Nugent from Dublin represented Ireland and the Irish Committee at this meeting. During these two days, the Committee reviewed the implementation of its work programme since its last meeting, including its participation in the 2017 ‘Stop Poverty’ global campaign,… Read more →