This article is imported from our 2017 Stop Poverty Campaign web site. End Poverty in Europe? Yes, we can! Ensuring (…) Read more →
poverty is about ensuring we can all participate in society on equal terms and have
Adapted from a speech at the fifty-sixth Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations in New York: side-event. Social protection floors as key tools for eradicating poverty: Best practices and strategies for the future.
Also by participating in this project as stakeholders, they have the opportunity
Meeting at the UN highlights importance of coordinating programs for children and other social supports for families in poverty.
Improved coordination between social supports and child protection systems can have
This article is imported from our 2017 Stop Poverty Campaign web site. While truly appreciating the final impact of the (…) Read more →
While the Stop Poverty campaign may have come to a close, the real work of fighting
On 14 June 2016, ATD Fourth World succeeded at adding social conditions to anti-discrimination law. From now on, the law (…) Read more →
were refused access to school cafeterias on the grounds that their parents should have
First-hand experiences reveal elements critical to understanding persistent poverty, says report from United Nations.
We don’t have degrees. We don’t have anything! So what can we do?
The Volunteer Corps is a group of persons who work alongside and learn from people with an experience of extreme poverty.
thosejustice-seeking individuals decide to alter their lives to be next to those who have
Joseph Wresinski recalls when he first met Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk who would go on to become president of ATD Fourth World International from 1974 to 2002.
Steenwijk Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk In 2021 Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk would have
Message from Mr. Cassam Uteem, President ATD Fourth World International, on the occasion of the World Day to Overcome Extreme (…) Read more →
Over the following 30 years, families facing extreme poverty around the world have
How many poor people are there in the world? How many are “lifted out of poverty” by development programs?
Are you still poor if you have $1.90/day but no access to clean water or health care
