People living in poverty and extreme poverty must have a voice at the political level if there is to be (…) Read more →
World has consultative status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
In the Tapori network, children from very different backgrounds and cultures exchange true stories and projects of courage, peace, and friendship.
In 1989, Heads of State gathered at the United Nations adopted this Convention.
Dear friends, We are happy to send you this special 17 October edition of our Letter to Friends Around the (…) Read more →
for Overcoming Poverty and the 25th anniversary of its recognition by the United Nations
ATD Fourth World has teams in Appalachia (Virginia), Boston, New Mexico, New Orleans, and New York. Our geographic reach means (…) Read more →
and the team in New York helps organize the official commemoration at the United Nations
The International Movement ATD Fourth World congratulates Mr. António Guterres on his appointment as next UN Secretary-General. ATD Fourth World (…) Read more →
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Text of an address by Isabelle Pypaert Perrin at the event “Participation: What a Day to Eradicate Poverty Can Do”, (…) Read more →
Participation: What a Day to Eradicate Poverty Can Do”, on 12 July 2017 at the United Nations
“We must all work together to advance the rights of those living in extreme poverty and ensure that their voices (…) Read more →
Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty
Janet Nelson has been a member of ATD Fourth World’s international Board of Directors since 2006. She took on the (…) Read more →
As ATD representative at the United Nations in Geneva, her priorities are to work
Poverty separates parents and children. This is true around the world. The separation of families is one of the greatest (…) Read more →
The United Nations has recognized that it is important to protect the family unit
Wresinski insisted on the need to recognize that every day people who experience extreme poverty are on the front lines of human rights struggles around the world.
rights are universally valued and represent a common ideal that all peoples and nations
