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INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY - POVERTY HAS A WOMAN'S FACE
INDIA - WIDOWS IN VRINDAVAN
Website of UN Special Rapporteur on
Extreme Poverty & Human Rights - http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/SRExtremePovertyIndex.aspx
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTREME
POVERTY & HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ERADICATION OF
POVERTY - OCTOBER 17
GENEVA (17 October 2014) – If poverty is ever really to be eradicated, States will need to adopt a human rights-based approach and to place the right to social protection at the centre of their anti-poverty policies and programmes, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston......
Over 2.2 billion people are estimated by the UN to be either near or living in ‘multidimensional’ poverty with overlapping deprivations in health, education and living standards.
“This is not an accident”, in Mr. Alston’s view. “It is the result of a
series of deliberate and conscious decisions by key actors who have chosen to
prioritize other goals. The wiping out of extreme poverty could readily be
achieved if it was a genuine priority of governments”.....
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Women & Poverty
UN Women -
Women bear a disproportionate burden of the world’s poverty. According to some
estimates, women represent 70 percent of the world’s poor.
Statistics
indicate that women are more likely than men to be poor and at risk of hunger
because of the systematic discrimination they face in education, health care,
employment and control of assets. Poverty implications are widespread for
women, leaving many without even basic rights such as access to clean drinking
water, sanitation, medical care and decent employment. Being poor can also mean
they have little protection from violence and have no role in decision making.
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