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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...

We all have something to pass on

Caroline and Annie, two young women – one a mother of three children and one a mother of four - were on their way home after buying “le pain...

Thydêwá, Hope of the Earth

I was born in Argentina but moved to Brazil when I was twenty-five. I was attracted to the wisdom and spirituality of the most wounded peoples....

Jeevan Verma, a rose among the thorns

My name is Jeevan Lal Verma. I was born in the village of Sunargaon, situated in the Kanda district in the foothills of the Himalayas (North India)....

I want to play a role in this Fourth World

My name is Susanne Privitera. I live in Switzerland, and I am a member of the Forum on Overcoming Extreme Poverty. I’m part of this network because...

International Committee for October 17

The International Committee for October 17th was launched on October 17th, 2008.The goals of the International Committee for October 17th are: To...

Having no power is central to it all

Reading the report on the hidden dimensions of poverty made Sister Thérèse, a correspondent of the Forum on Overcoming Extreme Poverty in Lebanon,...

30 years of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

In December 1992, 30 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the date of October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication...

Celebrating dignity in practice in Bolivia

A few weeks before October 17, 2022, in Bolivia, a group of ATD Fourth World activists, friends and allies met to prepare together. They conducted 5...