International Advocacy
Striving together to end poverty.
ATD Fourth World strives to take the knowledge and aspirations of those most weighed down by persistent poverty, to the heart of international institutions. The aim is to open spaces of dialogue in which those in poverty are not merely “invited to the table,” but are taken on as vital partners in constructing a more just world together.
As the International Movement ATD Fourth World, we have general consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), UNICEF, UNESCO and the ILO. This gives greater weight to our work in the human rights field and other essential issues in the joint effort of striving together to end poverty and exclusion.
ATD Fourth World also has participative status at the Council of Europe and maintains a permanent delegation to the European Union.
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European Institutions
ATD Fourth World maintains a permanent delegation to the European Union and the Council of (...)
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At the United Nations
The United Nations International Relations team, with offices in New York City and Geneva, strives (...)
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Climate Action
People who are most vulnerable to the adverse consequences of climate change are the least (...)
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Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
“People living in extreme poverty are… disproportionately affected by many human rights violations. Discrimination against (...)
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Post-2015 Development Goals
In September 2015, the UN adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved (...)
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Dimensions of Poverty
Download the international report The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty by ATD Fourth World in partnership (...)
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Education for All
In 2000, the global community established six goals to meet the learning needs of all (...)
Latest News
“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. (…) Read more
ATD Fourth World at COP 25
The International Movement ATD Fourth World was present at COP 25 in Madrid as an observer of the climate negotiations (…) Read more
Acting Together to End Poverty
2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. October 17, the World Day for (…) Read more