Poverty, as shared in our article here, is one of the defining challenges of our time. Governments, NGOs and other actors are committed to eliminating poverty, and they take stock of their poverty eradication efforts annually on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), as I recently blogged here. For this reason, …
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Why is 17 October such a momentous day for poverty eradication?
Source: https://unrcca.unmissions.org/secretary-general-message-international-day-eradication-poverty Today is 17 October, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This day has a long tradition. It was first marked on 17 October 1987, when thousands of people gathered at the Trocadero in Paris to honour people affected by extreme poverty, violence and hunger. Since then, countries, international development organisations and …
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No poverty in our lifetime: is this possible?
https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal1 The primary goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG1) is to end poverty in all forms everywhere. This implies that no single person in any part of the world should be, in any way, poor at any point during our lifetime. Is this actually possible, one might ask? The responses to this …
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Blessing Gweshengwe PhD 