Celebrated annually on October 17 to promote dialogue and understanding about poverty's impacts.
Poverty deprives individuals of their fundamental rights, leading to a life of hunger, suffering, and deprivation.
By end of 2022, 8.4% of the global population lived in extreme poverty, and an estimated 7% might remain in poverty by 2030.
The theme emphasizes decent work, fair wages, and upholding human dignity for all.
Traced back to 1987, people gathered in Paris to recognize poverty as a human rights violation.
In 1992, the UN General Assembly declared October 17 as the day for eradicating poverty.
Highlighting the distress caused by conflicts, climate crisis, and the need for an improved global financial system.
World leaders recognized the need to reform and committed to a plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals.