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As a point of reference for of Budget 2016, ATD Ireland with all Community Platform members present ‘four tests for Budget 2016’. These tests build on the proposals in The Future Perspective of the Community Platform published in June 2015. People on low incomes, women and minorities, who gained least in the boom years, have suffered most in the recession.  Over a quarter of the population are now officially counted as experiencing deprivation, including many who are working, because of unemployment and service and welfare cuts. Budget 2016 must urgently address the widespread suffering reported by our members and the people…

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Ahead of next UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Saturday 17 October 2015, ATD Ireland invites you to a series of events: - A photos and video Exhibition “The Roles We Play, Here and There” in chq Building from 1st to 17th October - From Shame to Dignity – Let's make it possible for everyone to play a role! - An Audience with Professor Robert Walker, author of the book "The Shame of Poverty" - event co-organised with Trinity College Dublin and the Trinity International Development Initiative – on World Food Day or #ZeroHunger Day, Friday 16th October 2015 -…

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…