International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

This closing roundtable will reflect on the key insights from the day and look ahead to the political, social and institutional shifts required to translate the Roadmap into action. Watch the closing session: The road ahead! Agencies, Funds & Programmes

 Living in poverty means facing difficult and constrained choices; being ignored, excluded, and exploited; and feeling insecure, desperate and disempowered. The reality of life in poverty also means, in some situations, not being able to register the birth of one’s child, or being afraid or unable to access the support needed from the very institutions mandated to assist people in the most difficult circumstances. Daily experiences of injustice and dehumanization undermines selfesteem, destroys personal agency and denies people of their dignity and the chance to escape poverty.

  We owe it to the children, the parents, and everyone to find better solutions together. Families and family policies are crucial in achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , especially those related to poverty eradication , health, education, gender equality, social inclusion , decent work / social protection and SDG 16 on just and peaceful institutions. These policies must aim at coherence — they must interact and complement each other across different policy sectors and levels (local, national, international). Our policies and actions must be guided by the realities of people’s lives, and formulated with the active, informed and meaningfulparticipation of families living in poverty. It is the only way we can create a respectful and supportive environment that lifts families out of poverty, empowers children , and creates a more just and equitable society.

  • Social exclusion is a multidimensional phenomenon not limited to material deprivation; poverty is an important dimension of exclusion, albeit only one dimension. Accordingly, social inclusion processes involve more than improving access to economic resources . • Social inclusion is defined as the process of improving the terms of participation in society, particularly for people who are disadvantaged, through enhancing opportunities, access to resources, voice and respect for rights. • Measuring social exclusion is challenging due to its multidimensional nature and the lack of standard data sources across countries and for all social groups at highest risk of being left behind. Despite limitations, the existing data allow for a meaningful analysis of key aspects of exclusion. The report presents these data while illustrating data gaps. • While inclusion is a core aspiration of the 2030 Agenda , conceptual and analytical work on what constitutes inclusion, as well as effo...

  Research confirms that factors such as poverty, social, economic and geographical marginalization, and lack of sustainable livelihoods are manifestations of poor levels of development which, alongside governance issues, constitute root causes of large-scale illicit cultivation in rural areas. The income obtained from illicit crop cultivation is used to cover daily living expenses as well as paying debt. UNODC, through its alternative development (AD) and sustainable livelihoods programmes, provides economically viable, legal alternatives to men and women living in poor rural communities involved in coca bush, opium poppy or cannabis cultivation. After introducing high-value crops and new technologies, AD projects consolidate farmers’ organizations, integrating them into a productive chain that leads to commercialization in quality markets and improves their opportunities for revenue generation. Alternative development programmes emphasize implementation of viable agroforestry sch...