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.
See Canada Without Poverty for more information about anti-poverty work here in Canada.
