Poverty

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Poverty and Human Rights: UNESCO's Anti-Poverty Projects



Anti-Poverty - Home


A Right to:


Food, Housing and Clothing Safe Environment Health and Social Services Education and Training Decent Work Benefits of Science and Technology Cultural Identity Peace and Security Non-Discrimination Access to Justice Freedom of Expression and Participation

Quick Link to this page: www.unesco.org/shs/antipoverty

Poverty: the human rights approach

UNESCO's ethical and intellectual mandate and its role in standard setting and policy promotion, places it in a key position to contribute to achieving the first of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), that of eradicating poverty, especially extreme poverty and hunger.


		Events


					Solidarity Days Against Poverty in the Framework of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October) Paris-La Défense, France; 13-10-2008 - 17-10-2008 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty More...


					International Forum “Strengthening the GCC-Africa cooperation” Manama, Bahrain; 01-12-2008 - 03-12-2008 The human rights-based approach to poverty eradication at the International Forum “Strengthening the GCC-Africa cooperation” More...


					Understanding Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Alternative Theories and Practices Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bologna; 13-03-2009 - 13-03-2009 More...


					Conference on "Eradicating poverty, a last utopia?" Room IV, UNESCO House, Paris, France; 05-11-2009 - 05-11-2009 More...


					Experts' Meeting on Poverty Institut d'études de sécurité de l'Union européenne, Paris, France; 09-12-2009 - 11-12-2009 "A Human Rights-Based Approach to Poverty: Validation of the Policy Papers from the UNESCO Poverty Eradication and Human Rights Programme” More...

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INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY


	UNESCO's Strategy UN Development Goals in focus UN Millenium Declaration UN Millennium Campaign Universal Declaration of Human Rights

ACTION-RESEARCH


	Research Projects Pilot Projects

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