As part of the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, the theme chosen by the UN to celebrate October 17, 2019 is:
"ACTING TOGETHER to empower children, their families and communities to end poverty."
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The International Committee for October 17th was launched on October 17th, 2008.
The goals of the International Committee for October 17th are:
To promote the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which publicly unites all those who are striving together to end poverty and those who want to join them, whether at global, national or...
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Synthesis of the responses to the Consultation on
the Theme for the International Day for
Eradication of Poverty 2022/2023
INTRODUCTION
Following the Consultation on the choice of the Theme for the years 2022-2023, the Forum of Overcoming Poverty received 157 responses, either from individuals or groups/ associations, which corresponds to 81...
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Speech by Isabelle Pypaert Perrin at the commemoration of the World Day for the Eradication of Poverty organized by the UN.
Are we going to learn with those who live in the most extreme situations how to build a just world for all and who think of the generations to come? Those who live in extreme poverty are not only victims. They are also...
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Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet
The World Bank points out that for millions of people, the COVID-19 crisis will not be a short-lived phenomenon. In 2019, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights made the same observation regarding the upcoming climate...
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This Tapori letter n ° 433 for the month of August 2021 offers you true stories of children from the Central African Republic, France, Mauritius, Burkina Faso and Senegal. It shows how children remain sensitive to what is happening around the world, including environmental, health, education and children's rights, issues related to the...
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Seela John Sainyeye, Coordinator of Women Empowerment and Gender Equality at the Pilot Light Development Organization in Arusha, Tanzania speaking at ATD Fourth World's Webinar - Addressing the tensions between extreme poverty and environmental conservation: grassroots voices and solutions.
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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...
