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Themes

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•  Poverty and family
•  Strong families, strong children
•  Who and what does a child need to grow?
•  Weaving a social fabric strong enough to prevent poverty from separating children from their parents
•  How Extreme Poverty Separates Parents and Children
•  Preventing further trauma in Haiti
•  The role of the family in protecting children and fighting poverty
•  Meetings and events
•  Seeds of Dignity and Peace - International Day of Families 2009
•  Studies and research on family
•  Valuing children, valuing parents
•  "How poverty separates parents and children: a challenge to human rights"
•  Unleashing Hidden Potential
•  Human Rights
•  "Chronic Poverty and Lack of Basic Security"
•  The unheard voices of people in poverty International Human Rights Day – December 10th 2012
•  Fourth meeting of the International Committee for October 17 held at the United Nations Headquarters (New York)
•  Moving towards Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
•  The UN Human Rights Council adopts a resolution on the draft Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
•  Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children
•  The value of trust
•  Hunger for Bread,
  Hunger for Roses
•  Dignity in the Face of Extreme Poverty
•  United Nations Draft Guiding Principles - "Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: The Rights of the Poor"
•  Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
•  Moving towards the adoption of Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
•  A potential step forward for those who are furthest from claiming their rights
•  Policy forums and participation
•  Rhetoric into Action
•  Meetings and events
•  Acting Together for a Europe of Dignity for All
•  Researches, studies, reports
•  Participatory Approaches to Attacking Extreme Poverty
•  Getting the right trainers
•  From input to influence: Participatory approaches to research and inquiry into poverty
•  Human Activity
•  Reconsidering Human activity
•  The right to live on earth
•  Evaluating the MDGs with people in extreme poverty: a method that brings results
•  Unheard Voices Are Needed to Focus the Ambitions for Haiti’s Reconstruction
•  Not meant to live like this
•  Do we have the right to live on this earth ?
•  Participation in the World Summit on Sustainable Development
•  Sustainable development
•  We Cannot Build Anti-poverty Programmes Without Paying Attention To What Poor People Say, How They Behave, What They Think
•  Millenium Goals: from the experience of those who live in poverty (Manila)
•  Time to translate the future we want into the present we need
•  Rio +20: Will We Get The Future We Want?
•  Sustainable Development Goals: Is there any reason for hope?
•  Ending the violence of extreme poverty - a must for sustainable societies
•  How people living in extreme poverty view the term sustainable development
•  Linking Sustainable And Human Development Within a Human Rights Framework
•  RIO + 20: We Can Contribute
•  Sustainable Development Goals in the post-2015 framework
•  Human Rights need to be integrated in the Sustainable Development Agenda
•  People and families living in poverty and sustainable development
•  MDG Newsletter
•  Education in Burkina Faso – the importance of conciliating modern and traditional education
•  Education – analysis by people with an experience of poverty
•  Hélène Giacobino, Executive Director to J-PAL Europe, was at the Burkina Faso seminar on education.
•  People in extreme poverty, partners to reach true education for all.
•  The MDG evaluation seminar for Latin America and the Caribbean ends with a public ceremony
•  Interview with Magdalena Sepúlveda, Special UN Rapporteur for Human Rights and Extreme Poverty
•  Health: an analysis from the perspective of the daily reality of those living in poverty and extreme poverty
•  Bolivia played host to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Evaluation Seminar in Latin America and the Caribbean.
•  Housing and Education in Mauritius – the difficulties of statistical targets
•  We hope that the post-2015 agenda prioritises reaching all people, especially the poorest and most marginalized
•  Evaluating Housing and Education, in Mauritius
•  Project News : Mauritius Seminar, October 2012
•  The MDGs, evaluated by people living in poverty
•  Project News: Global Calendar of Events
•  Millennium Development Goals Analysis By People Living in Extreme Poverty
•  Millennium Development Goals analysis, by Ban Ki-moon
•  Violence, peace and extreme poverty
•  “Extreme poverty is violence - Breaking the silence - Searching for peace
•  Violence against children living in extreme poverty
•  Colloquium 2012: Extreme poverty is Violence. Breaking the Silence. Searching for Peace
•  Extreme Poverty Is Violence Videoclip
•  Extreme poverty is violence
•  Understanding the violence faced by people in chronic poverty and the pathways towards peace
•  Violence and the trivialisation of poverty
•  Peace and mutual recognition
•  Effective participatory action through collective knowledge
•  All the Videos of the Colloquium: Extreme poverty is Violence. Breaking the Silence. Searching for Peace
•  Participatory research "Violence suffered by people in poverty"
•   Peace, a construction for all people by all people
•  Statement by Itamar Silva Coordinator of the Brazilian Institute for social and economic analyses (IBASE), in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
•  Meeting Julia on the Road to Peace
•  Speeches of the Public Event of the Colloquium 2012:" Extreme poverty is Violence. Breaking the Silence. Searching for Peace" at UNESCO House
•  Statement by Moustapha Diop Member of the ATD Fourth World Movement in Senegal
•  Speech by Moïse Compaoré Member of ATD Fourth World Burkina Faso.
•  Speech by Professor Paul Dumouchel, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences at Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
•  Speech by Moraene Roberts, member of ATD Fourth World UK. Colloquium:" Extreme poverty is Violence. Breaking the Silence. Searching for Peace" at UNESCO House. 26th January 2012
•  Speech by Donald Lee, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
•  Speech by Hoang Nguyen, social worker
•  Speech by Ronald Schexnayder, Member of ATD Fourth World USA
•  Speech by Michael Hainz. Head of Teaching in Social Sciences, Institute of Social Policy at the Munich School of Philosophy
•  Other partnerships
•  CIVICUS
•  The European Anti-Poverty Network: Fighting for a Social Europe Free of Poverty!

Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated.
To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty.

Joseph Wresinski