Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

No Poverty


Eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030 is a pivotal goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Extreme poverty, defined as surviving on less than $2.15 per person per day at 2017 purchasing power parity, has witnessed remarkable declines over recent decades.

However, the emergence of COVID-19 marked a turning point, reversing these gains as the number of individuals living in extreme poverty increased for the first time in a generation by almost 90 million over previous predictions.

Even prior to the pandemic, the momentum of poverty reduction was slowing down. By the end of 2022, nowcasting suggested that 8.4 per cent of the world’s population, or as many as 670 million people, could still be living in extreme poverty. This setback effectively erased approximately three years of progress in poverty alleviation.

If current patterns persist, an estimated 7% of the global population – around 575 million people – could still find themselves trapped in extreme poverty by 2030, with a significant concentration in sub-Saharan Africa.

A shocking revelation is the resurgence of hunger levels to those last observed in 2005. Equally concerning is the persistent increase in food prices across a larger number of countries compared to the period from 2015 to 2019. This dual challenge of poverty and food security poses a critical global concern.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Dayemi Complex Bangladesh

DCB 1969 Dhaka Bangladesh G

Debt Relief International

DRI 1997 London UK G

Déclaration des Principes Directeurs de L'utilisation de la Radiodiffusion par Satellites pour la Libre Circulation de L'information, L'extension de L'éducation et le Développement des échanges Culturels

1972 T g

Declaration of Guiding Principles on the Use of Satellite Broadcasting for the Free Flow of Information, the Spread of Education and Greater Cultural Exchange

1972 T g

Declaration Regarding Article 25 of the 1950 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

T g

Defence for Children International

DCI 1979 Geneva Switzerland F

Défi Belgique-Afrique

DBA 1987 Brussels Belgium G

Democracy International

TDI 1979 F v

Depaul International

2004 London UK G

Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung

DSW 1991 Hannover Germany G f

Deutsches Medikamenten-Hilfswerk - action medeor

1964 Tönisvorst Germany G

Development Alternatives

1983 Delhi India G

Development Perspectives

DP G

Development Workshop Austria

1986 Hallein Austria G

Dhaka Ahsania Mission

DAM 1958 Dhaka Bangladesh G

Diakonia

1966 Bromma Sweden G

DIAKONIE - Evangelischer Flüchtlingsdienst

Vienna Austria G

Dickens Fellowship

1902 London UK E

Dienst voor Internationale Samenwerking aan Ontwikkelingsprojecten

DISOP 1961 Brussels Belgium G

Digital Freedom Network

DFN 1998 Newark NJ USA G

Digital Society Foundation

2014 Glenside SA Australia G f

Diobass, écologie et société

DES 1996 Nivelles Belgium G v

Direct Relief

DR 1948 Santa Barbara CA USA G

Disabled Peoples' International

DPI 1981 St John's NL Canada B

Distance Education for Africa

DEAfrica Lanham MD USA D

Dolphinaria-Free Europe

DFE F y

Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary

Adrian Dominican Sisters 1923 Adrian MI USA R

Don Bosco International

DBI 1995 Brussels Belgium E

Don Bosco Network

DBN 2004 Rome Italy F y

Donau Soja

2012 Vienna Austria D

Donor Committee for Enterprise Development

DCED 1979 Cambridge UK E y

Dorcas

1980 Almere Netherlands F

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative

DNDi 2003 Geneva Switzerland F

Dynamo International - Street Workers Network

2001 Brussels Belgium G

Early Childhood Development Action Network

ECDAN 2016 Washington DC USA F y

Earth Commission

2019 Stockholm Sweden E

Earth Restoration Service

ERS 2004 London UK G

Earth Rights Institute

ERI 2001 Santa Monica CA USA G j

Earth5R

2014 Mumbai India F

EarthAction

EA 1992 Amherst MA USA F y

EarthSpark International

Washington DC USA G

East Africa Philanthropy Network

EAPN 2003 Nairobi Kenya D

East Africa Women's League

EAWL 1917 Nairobi Kenya G

East African Civil Society Organizations' Forum

EACSOF 2007 Arusha Tanzania UR F

East African Communications Organisation

EACO Kigali Rwanda D

East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights

ECAAIR 2003 Fredericton NB Canada G

East and Southeast Asia Federation of Soil Science Societies

ESAFS 1990 Tokyo Japan D

Eastern Africa Coalition on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

EACOR Nairobi Kenya G

Eastern European Risk and Insurance Association

EERIA 2021 G

EBM International

1954 Wustermark Germany F

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