One of the objectives of this date is to remind everyone that there are still nearly 1.3 billion people in the world living in poverty, deprived of their right to a dignified life. At Juan Ciudad NGO, we are joining in, and our office in Castile and LeĂłn is collaborating with an exhibition at the event "NGOs Take to the Streets."
For this reason, JCONGD is joining the Week Against Poverty with various activities such as exhibitions, talks, films, and mobilizations in cities around the world. Our regional delegate, Raque Juanes, in Castile and LeĂłn has coordinated our organization's participation in the collective exhibition "NGOs Take to the Streets," organized by the NGO Coordinator of Castilla y LeĂłn. The exhibition will showcase the Community Health project in Iquitos (Peru) and its relationship with the SDGs at the Valladolid Business Confederation.
To find out if there are events in your Autonomous Community you can consult the Calendar here, and we also recommend that you read the Statement from the Coordinator of Development NGOs, of which we are a member. Read the statement.
âIn a world characterized by unprecedented levels of economic development, technological means, and financial resources, it is a moral scandal that millions of people live in extreme poverty,â according to the Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, adopted by the Human Rights Council by consensus on 27 September 2012, in Resolution 21/11. Read more here.
These Guiding Principles are based on the premise that eradicating extreme poverty is not only a moral duty but also a legal obligation under international human rights law.
People living in poverty face enormous physical, economic, cultural, and social obstacles to exercising their rights. As a result, they suffer from numerous interrelated and mutually reinforcing deprivationsâsuch as dangerous working conditions, unsanitary housing, lack of nutritious food, unequal access to justice, lack of political power, and limited access to health careâwhich prevent them from realizing their rights and perpetuate their poverty.
Sustainable Development Goal No. 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere:
Although the global poverty rate has halved since 2000, in developing regions, one in ten people and their families still subsist on $1.90 a day, and millions more earn little more than this amount. Significant progress has been made in many countries in East and Southeast Asia, but nearly 42% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa continues to live below the poverty line. Learn more about it and what it consists of here.
Sources: CONGDE, CyL Coordinator, United Nations, Juan Ciudad ONGD.
