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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

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On the international day for the eradication of poverty, the United Nations (UN) reminds us that poverty is more than a financial reality. It can undermine someone’s dignity, sense of belonging, and access to social life. The United Nations has accepted the obligation to end poverty as a matter of moral imperative. It has proclaimed that poverty is a violation of human rights. Read more at https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-for-eradicating-poverty/background Part of the purpose of October 17 is to acknowledge the effort and struggle of people living in poverty, and to recognize that poor people are the first ones to fight against poverty. Actively fighting poverty works. You can see here the progress that has been made, but as the number of people living under the poverty line goes down, extreme poverty is on the rise in many hotspots. Currently, one in ten people worldwide live in extreme poverty.

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This day has an international celebration and some ephemerides to remember.

·Guayaquil, Ecuador
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On October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, declared by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), in 1992, we found this 2026 with 826 million people in extreme poverty worldwide, that is, 1 out of every 10 inhabitants, according to the platform of Poverty and inequality of the UN. Also, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI) of 2024, in 2018 there were 51.9 …

October 17 marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, with the challenge of achieving the first Sustainable Development Goal, which is nothing less than "to end poverty in all its forms... Read more › The entry International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was first published in Remolacha - News Dominican Republic.

With information from Fernando Castellanos Every October 17th is celebrated the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a date to make visible that overcoming this condition requires addressing social inequalities and eliminating institutional and economic barriers that impede the full exercise of human rights in communities [...]

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: How the poverty situation is shaping up in Western Greece

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