“If you don’t reach out, nobody will know you’re there. You have to reach out, and then after a while people expect you to be there… You’ll never know who is the most isolated or the most in need if you don’t go searching.” – Emma Speaks, ATD Fourth World Activist, New York City
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With events on three continents, ATD Fourth World will launch its global STOP Poverty campaign on 12 February, 2017. Declaring that poverty is not inevitable, the campaign highlights people living in extreme poverty as full partners in efforts to overcome it. The year long campaign will emphasizes that the world can put a stop to poverty if people...
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Making Human Rights Work for People Living in Extreme Poverty: A Handbook for implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights will be launched and introduced Monday, 21 September 2015 at 18:00 at the UN in Geneva. The handbook will be available in 3 languages (French, English and Spanish).
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An unprecedented global wake-up call but vigilance is needed for the most vulnerable people
The Paris Climate Agreement reached at COP 21 marks a major step forward in the fight against climate change.
In the context of the Climate Agreement’s implementation, ATD Fourth World calls for:
Particular attention to be paid to the poorest 20% to...
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Advocacy with international authorities
Many of the Forum correspondents are involved in consultations, studies and seminars (Guiding Principles, assessment of the Millennium Development Goals, COP21, Seminar “Poverty is violence - Breaking the silence - Searching for peace“, etc.) involved in advocacy with international authorities...
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May 2019 - The consultation is now finished.
We have received 74 contributions from 34 countries, which have enriched the two proposals below. The contributions were presented to the United Nations...
