17th October
Thought of
the week
“Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Do you know …
the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated on 17th October? |
| PHOTO:©Sadek Ahmed |
"2022 Theme:
Dignity For All in Practice
The commitments we make together for social justice, peace, and the planet.Dignity for all in practice is the umbrella theme of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty for 2022-2023.
The dignity of the human being is not only a fundamental right in itself but constitutes the basis of all other fundamental rights. Therefore, “Dignity” is not an abstract concept: it belongs to each and every one. Today, many people living in persistent poverty experience their dignity being denied and disrespected.
With the commitment to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people everywhere enjoy peace and prosperity, the 2030 Agenda again gestured toward the same promise established under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yet, the current reality shows that 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth.
With the commitment to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people everywhere enjoy peace and prosperity, the 2030 Agenda again gestured toward the same promise established under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yet, the current reality shows that 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth.
Inequalities of opportunities and income are sharply on the rise and, each year, the gap between the rich and poor gets even wider.
In the past year, as millions struggle through the erosion of workers’ rights and job quality to make it to another day, corporate power and the wealth of the billionaire class have recorded an unprecedented rise.
Poverty and inequality are not inevitable. They are the result of deliberate decisions or inaction that disempower the poorest and marginalized in our societies and violate their fundamental rights.
Poverty and inequality are not inevitable. They are the result of deliberate decisions or inaction that disempower the poorest and marginalized in our societies and violate their fundamental rights.
The silent and sustained violence of poverty – social exclusion, structural discrimination and disempowerment – makes it harder for people trapped in extreme poverty to escape and denies their humanity. (…)"
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Children play outside a metal polishing work-shop in the Shivnagar Mohalla slum in Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh, India. To end poverty in all its forms everywhere is Goal 1 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Overall, action to meet the SDGs is not yet advancing at the speed or scale required by 2030. Photo: UNICEF/Niklas Halle'n |
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