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Book now here! To mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI), in partnership with the School of Social Work & Social Policy, TCD  & All Together in Dignity will host eminent Oxford Professor of Social Policy, Robert Walker, to give a keynote address on his recently titled book ‘The Shame of Poverty’. This will be followed by a conversational-style interview with RTE’s Religious and Social Affairs Correspondent, Joe Little and will feature short films along this theme. Prof. Robert Walker’s research challenges conventional thinking on poverty and finds that the emotional experiences of poverty…

The Roles We Play, "Here and There" All Together in Dignity Ireland (ATD) in collaboration with ATD UK and artist photographer Eva Sajovic, is proud to present the UK exhibition  The Roles We Play: Recognising the Contribution of People in Poverty. This collection of photographic portraits and self written biographies exploring the roles played by those living in poverty within their families, communities and society at large. The aim is to highlight the efforts of individuals living in poverty and challenge the negative attitudes often held towards them. From Thursday 1st to Saturday 17th October 2015, the exhibition The Roles We…

Over 150 people from all walks of life gathered on the Millennium Bridge in Dublin at 8:00pm on Thursday 24th September to join citizens around the world in calling on governments to commit to the new Sustainable Development Goals and tackle the most urgent issues of our time – poverty, inequality and climate change. The event was one of over 150 taking place in cities globally as part of action/2015’s #LightTheWay action ahead of the historic gathering of world leaders in New York, on 25 September, for the adoption of the Global Sustainable Development Goals. Ireland has played a key role…

Breaking news on 25th September 1 - ATD's  open letter to Taoiseach Enda Kenny for the occasion of the UN Summit for Sustainable Development 2 - Message of support from the Irish President Michael D Higgins to the participants to the #LightTheWay event in Dublin 3 - Message to the members of ATD worldwide for the occasion of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda This September world leaders will meet in New York to adopt new global goals. These goals have the potential to tackle poverty, inequality and climate change. Join us on 24 September as thousands around the world call…

The next General election will come at an important time in Irish history. Next year Ireland will celebrate the centenary of the 1916 Rising, a momentous point in Irish history which gives us an opportunity to reflect on and re-think Irish priorities as a country and Irish ideas of how to shape a future. The next elections should reflect that Ireland is part of an international community and that Ireland is, in fact, “a global island”. In September 2015, world leaders will agree a new set of global priorities, a ‘recipe’ for a better world. They will change the landscape of…

The World Humanitarian Day 2015 will be commemorated on August 19th. . On this occasion, ATD presents its contribution to the ongoing international consultation process ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit to take place in May 2016 in Istanbul. This first World Humanitarian Summit is managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UN OCHA and will bring together governments, humanitarian organizations, people affected by humanitarian crises and new partners such as the private sector. Four main themes have been guiding the consultation process: (1) humanitarian effectiveness; (2) reducing vulnerability and managing risk; (3) transformation through innovation and (4)…

After months of negotiations, the 193 members of the United Nations have reached an agreement. Late on Sunday night 2nd August 2015, they agreed on the text of the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development." Ireland has played a crucial role in this process, co-facilitating the negotiations to reach this agreement together with Kenya, represented by Ireland’s Ambassador to the UN, David Donoghue. "This new development agenda has 17 goals and 169 sub-targets, ranging from ending extreme poverty and hunger to reducing inequality and tackling climate change. These seventeen goals reveal the scope and ambition of a new 'universal agenda'; a new recipe for…

On 1st August 2015 ATD Ireland on behalf of the 17 October Committee (www.17october.ie) launched the project "The Roles We Play, Here and There". Project will promote the new Sustainable Development Goals to be adopted during the "European Year for Development".  "The Roles We Play, Here and There" will also celebrate the contribution of people in poverty in their communities and for the implementation of the new Global News! Project is funded by the ATD Foundation and by the EU through the European Year for Development Sub-Granting Scheme. The scheme is operated by the Civil Society Alliance and Concord. Project "The…

You have an important opportunity to influence the upcoming peer review of Ireland’s human rights track record. All of the United Nation’s 192 member states are required to take part in a periodic reviews of each country’s performance under the various international Human Rights treaties. These reviews take place in addition to the review processes under specific treaties, and are therefore considered “universal”, as they apply to the full range of human rights obligations. In April next year, it is Ireland’s turn to be reviewed.  These “Universal Periodic Reviews” (UPR) take place every four years and are meant as a stock…

In March 2015, ATD launched the project “Let’s put Human Rights in our Manifestos”. From March 2015 to June 2015, ATD volunteers and community groups from the North Inner City looked at what Economic, Social and Cultural Rights mean today and discussed the request of Irish Constitutional Convention to strengthen the protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Irish Constitution. The project will be concluded with a plenary workshop gathering all participants (on 28th July from 10.30am in the new offices of the IHREC) and with the design of an advocacy booklet which will invite political parties to include…