Poverty has a woman's face. Join us on the International Day to End Poverty

http://saynotoviolence.org/around-world/news/international-day-eradication-poverty International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Twenty five years ago, on 17 October 1987, over a hundred thousand people gathered at the Trocadéro in Paris and proclaimed that poverty is a violation of human rights.

Poverty has a woman’s face. Extreme poverty perpetuates a cycle of violence and discrimination against women and girls, and gender based inequality and violence keeps millions of women and girls in poverty and social exclusion. In many parts of the world, women and girls are denied equal opportunity in every aspect of life.  Conversely, women are strong contributors to the economy, and can do much more if they are given equal resources. For instance, if women farmers have the same access as men to agricultural resources, we could potentially reduce the number of hungry people in the world by 100 to 150 million people!

On the  International Day for the Eradication of Poverty,  share the Say NO – UNiTE photo essay dedicated to ending poverty, discrimination and violence against women and girls with your friends and networks. Post it on Facebook (link below) 

Also, join the e-discussion on gender based violence, currently underway as part of a worldwide conversation about ending gender inequality and building a sustainable world, at www.worldwewant2015.org/inequalities.

Alos see http://www.flickr.com/photos/saynotoviolence/sets/72157631788170307/with/8095704395/?utm_source=Say+NO+%E2%80%93+UNiTE+to+End+Violence+against+Women&utm_campaign=1b64872d6e-Invitation_to_online_discussion&utm_medium=email

Advice from Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women http://saynotoviolence.org/