Aye Aye Win and Belinda Nugent, members of the International Committee for October 17, joined the Stop Poverty Campaign in Strasbourg.
On Thursday 15 June 2017, Aye Aye Win, residing in Strasbourg, joined a delegation of Ireland at the « 17 October Human Rights and Poverty Stone » in front of the European Parliament. Belinda...
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ARMOEDE UITROEIEN - VAN VERNEDERING EN
UITSLUITING NAAR PARTNERSCHAP
17 OKTOBER 2016
Coming together to overcome poverty –
Samenkomen om armoede te overwinnen
Dat gebeurt op honderden plaatsen over heel de wereld. Zie:
www.overcomingpoverty.org Voor België is er ook www.17oktober.be en op de volgende bladzijden vind je een selectie...
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From 7 to 10 June 2016, the Committee will hold its Sixth Session at the Headquarters of the International Movement ATD Fourth World, Pierrelaye (France), with a special event at the International Organisation of La Francophonie in Paris. More information to follow in the coming weeks.
Discover the Committee, its members, its actions:
Objectives...
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To our Irish Friends for 17 October
I'll listen well when you tell
through song and poetry
by Paul St John and William Yeats
about Irish History
You lament how Dublin's changed
you remember what used to be
you cherish the past and what remains
of Auld Dublin City
But cities are simply stone and clay
It's true today as then...
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The work of the International Committee for October 17 ended in Newry at the All Island conference on Poverty and Human Rights.
On the last day of the meeting of the International Committee around the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Diana Skelton, Committee member from USA, presented the United Nations Guiding Principles on...
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Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated. To come together to ensure those rights be respected is our solemn duty.
Joseph Wresinski
Poverty is a...
