International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2020
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an celebrated each year on October 17 throughout the world.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
Key-Points
The theme for the Day this year is “Acting together to achieve social and environmental justice for all.”
The first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France in 1987 when 100,000 people gathered to honour victims of poverty and fear at the unveiling of a commemorative stone by Joseph Wresinski, founder of the International Movement ATD Fourth World.
In 1992, four years after Wresinski’s death, the United Nations officially designated October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.