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Special October 17, 2024

October 17 is the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty. It has been commemorated since 1987, when, at the call of Joseph Wresinski, thousands of...

“I WAS BORN — I EXIST — ADD ME TO THE LIST!”

Your invitation to the international roundtable A guaranteed legal identity is a prerequisite for the most excluded people to access their rights...

Letter to Friends around the World 110

Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Sharing our experiences, our difficulties and our hopes for the future are at the heart of the purpose...

International poster for October 17, 2024

Our common theme for 2024 and 2025 is Ending social and institutional maltreatment. Through a consultation process, we continue to invite people who...

Concept note October 17, 2024

The concept note of the International Committee October 17 is ready. It is the result of a consultation carried out in February with the Forum on...

Synthesis of the consultation 2024

As every year, at the beginning of February, a questionnaire is sent out by the Forum, on behalf of the International Committee October 17,...

Let’s choose a theme for October 17!

The International Committee October 17 launches the consultation process on the theme of October 17 for the next two years, 2024 and 2025. The World...

Cameroon-Douala: first Popular University for young people from precarious neighborhoods

Source: Journal du Cameroun "Le messager" - "engagement citoyen" section...

International poster October 17, 2023

Our common theme for 2022 and 2023 is dignity in practice. This year, the International Committee for October 17 is emphasising decent work and...

Theme of 17 October 2023

Decent Work and Social Protection: Putting Dignity in Practice for All is the 2023 theme for the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty. Very soon...