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

Weltnotwerk der KAB

Cologne Germany G

West Africa Centre for Peace Foundation

WACPF 2008 Accra Ghana G f

West Africa Civil Society Forum

WACSOF F

West Africa Civil Society Institute

WACSI Accra Ghana G j

West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use

WASCAL Accra Ghana D g

Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission

WECAFC 1973 Bridgetown Barbados E g

WFTO-Europe

Brussels Belgium D

Wherever the Need

WTN 1997 Bath UK G

WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities

GNAFCC 2010 Geneva Switzerland F y

Whole Child International

2004 Santa Monica CA USA G

Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation

WISE 2006 Hull UK N j

WINGS

1998 Sao Paulo Brazil F y

Wings of Hope

WoH 1963 St Louis MO USA G

Winrock International

1985 Little Rock AR USA G

WIRED International

Montara CA USA N

Witness for Peace

WFP 1983 Washington DC USA G

WMO Climate Data Information Referral Service

INFOCLIMA Geneva Switzerland K g

Women Engage for a Common Future

WECF 1994 Utrecht Netherlands F y

Women for Peace, Sweden

WFP 1979 Stockholm Sweden G

Women for Women International

WFWI 1993 Washington DC USA G

Women in Need International

WIN International 2002 New York NY USA G

Women in Need International

Bishop Auckland UK N

Women Worldwide Advancing Freedom and Equality

WWAFE 2004 London UK J

Women's Feature Service

WFS 1978 Delhi India F v

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

WILPF 1915 Geneva Switzerland C

Women's International News Gathering Service

WINGS 1986 Denman Is BC Canada G

Women's World Summit Foundation

WWSF 1991 Geneva Switzerland F f

WomenStrong International

G

Working Committee of the Malting Industry of the EU

1959 Brussels Belgium E t

World Academy of Art and Science

WAAS 1960 Puducherry India B v

World Agricultural Information Centre

WAICENT 1992 Rome Italy K g

World Agroforestry Centre

ICRAF 1977 Nairobi Kenya E

World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty

WACAP 1997 New York NY USA F

World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples

WAMIP Ahmedabad India J

World Animal Protection

1981 London UK B

World Assemblies of God Relief and Development Agency

WAGRA Springfield MO USA K

World Assist

2008 N

World Association for Christian Communication

WACC 1975 Toronto ON Canada B y

World Association for Sustainable Development

WASD 2003 London UK C

World Association for Transport Animal Welfare and Studies

TAWS 1989 Chertsey UK G y

World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations

WAITRO 1970 Nanjing China B yt

World Association of Public Employment Services

WAPES 1989 Brussels Belgium C

World Bamboo Organization

WBO 1992 Plymouth MA USA C

World Benchmarking Alliance

WBA Amsterdam Netherlands C y

World Bicycle Relief

2005 Chicago IL USA G

World Buddhist Sangha Council

WBSC 1966 Taipei Taiwan F

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WBCSD 1995 Geneva Switzerland C

World Central Kitchen

WCK Washington DC USA G

World Children's Relief and Volunteer Organization

WCR 2002 Prescott AZ USA N

World Civil Society Conference

WOCSOC S c

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