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What is socio- economic discrimination? ATD Ireland are part of an alliance called #addthe10th.  The purpose of this group is to have socio- economic status recognized as the tenth ground of discrimination in Irish equality legislation, namely the Equal Status Act and the Employment Equality Act.  The add the tenth alliance is made up of All Together in Dignity Ireland, Association for Higher Education, Access and Disability, Community Action Network, Free Legal Advice Centres, European Anti- Poverty Network, Independent Living Movement Ireland and Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed.  There are currently nine grounds of discrimination set out in equality legislation…

ATD a tenu une exposition artistique à l’EPIC Centre, Customs House Quay à Dublin du 27 au 31 octobre.  Cette exposition présentait le travail réalisé sur le livre Lookdown Liberties et sur les pièces d’argile produites lors d’ateliers artistiques. Elle a également créé une opportunité de mettre en avant la campagne pour reconnaître le statut socio-économique comme le dixième critère de discrimination dans le Irish Equal Status Act. Cette exposition a été officiellement lancée le Jeudi 28 octobre 2021 à 16h.  Ce lancement s'est déroulé en présence de membres du grand public, des auteurs et des artistes présentés dans l'exposition et…

Facebook Twitter Youtube Flickr https://youtu.be/tbUFVtlke5EATD held an artistic exhibition in the EPIC centre in Customs House Quay Dublin from the 27th- 31st October.  This exhibition featured works from the Lockdown Liberties book and the clay pieces from the SED art workshop.  It was also used as an opportunity to highlight the campaign to recognize socio- economic status as the tenth ground of discrimination in the Irish Equal Status Act. This exhibition was officially launched on Thursday 28th October 2021 at 4pm.  This launch was attended by members of the general public, the authors and artists featured in the exhibition and wider board members,…

Sunday 17 October, the Irish event marking the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty was held in Custom’s House Quay in Dublin.  The theme for this year’s event ‘Its Time to Change and End Persistent Poverty’ was inspired by condensing the international theme “Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet” and focusing on its core message - which we interpreted as - the radical need for ‘change’, now more so than ever.  We visualised this as a butterfly emerging from a cocoon.  The concept of the butterfly emerging from its cocoon stemmed from the idea…

All Together in Dignity Fourth World (ATD Fourth World) is an international human-rights movement that works through grass-roots projects in partnership with people living in poverty. ATD Ireland is excited to announce a new educational resource and workshop called ‘The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty.’ This educational tool seeks to raise awareness and open minds to the daily realities of poverty. The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty Educational Resource will be publicly launched on the 17th September 2021 at 2pm over Zoom, click here to register with us. Invitation to this new event launch: Time: Sep 17, 2021 02:00 PM Dublin Location: Online…

Beginning on the 12th July ATD, with the help of artist Katherine Sankey, has been holding a series of art workshops in Mountjoy Square Park which are designed to create clay sculptures as a means to reflect the issue of socio-economic discrimination. These workshops aim to bring to the fore the creative potential of those with direct experience of living in poverty, allowing them to depict what socio-economic discrimination means to them. ATD is currently campaigning to have socio-economic discrimination recognised as the tenth ground of discrimination in the Irish Equal Status Act. ATD community activist Andrew, who has been an…

理解各种形式的贫困：英国贫困的参与性研究 Abstract Backed by an international research team from the University of Oxford and the International Movement ATD Fourth World, ATD Fourth World UK(link) has produced an inspiring report ‘Understanding Poverty in All its Forms: A participatory research study into poverty in the UK’. (link)  This report is about the experience of poverty in all its forms in the UK. Although there have been many reports about poverty, this one is different. Instead of being led by policy makers or academic experts, this research has involved those experiencing poverty throughout the process. People with experience of poverty have led, shaped and written…

On 16th June, the working group on introducing socio-economic status into Irish equality legislation, of which ATD Ireland is a member, met over Zoom with Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman. the logos of the working group The working group is made up of ATD Ireland, the European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland (EAPN Ireland), the Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI) and the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU). The working group has been campaigning for the introduction of socio-economic status as a ground for discrimination in Irish equality legislation for several years. In their letter with Minister…

On 24th June 2020, the Irish Times printed an article featuring long term friend of ATD Mark, about our campaign to have Socio-Economic Discrinmination recognised in Irish equality legislation. Find the original article here.   Following on from this, Mark writes below about how the campaign has been informed by our report, 'Does It Only Happen To Me?'. Last summer, ATD Ireland released a devastating report documenting how people in poverty experience discrimination simply because they are poor. In early October, the Irish government announced that the Children and Equality Department will begin a public consultation on making “socio-economic discrimination” illegal under…