Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
While global poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 2000, one in ten people in developing regions are still living with their families on less than the international poverty line of US$1.90 a day, and there are millions more who make little more than this daily amount. Significant progress has been made in many countries within Eastern and Southeastern Asia, but up to 42% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to live below the poverty line.
Poverty is more than the lack of income and resources to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion as well as the lack of participation in decision-making.
Economic growth must be inclusive to provide sustainable jobs and promote equality. Social protection systems need to be implemented to help alleviate the suffering of disaster-prone countries and provide support in the face of great economic risks. These systems will help strengthen responses by afflicted populations to unexpected economic losses during disasters and will eventually help to end extreme poverty in the most impoverished areas.
Name | Acronym | Founded | City HQ | Country/Territory HQ | Type I | Type II |
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World Libertarian Order |
WLO | 1983 | N | v | ||
World Literacy Council |
WLC | Melbourne VIC | Australia | G | ||
World Literacy Foundation |
2003 | F | f | |||
World Medical Relief |
WMR | 1953 | Southfield MI | USA | N | |
World Memom Organisation |
WMO | 2002 | London | UK | E | |
World Merit |
Liverpool | UK | J | |||
World Missing Children Organization |
WMCO | Sliedrecht | Netherlands | N | ||
World Missionary Evangelism |
WME | 1958 | Dallas TX | USA | F | |
World Neighbors |
WN | 1951 | Oklahoma City OK | USA | G | v |
World Organization of the Scout Movement |
WOSM | 1907 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | B | |
World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments |
UCLG | 2004 | Barcelona | Spain | B | |
World Pensions Council |
WPC | J | ||||
World Philanthropists Organization |
Hampton | UK | N | |||
World Relief |
1944 | Baltimore MD | USA | G | ||
World Relief Refugee Services |
WRRS | Baltimore MD | USA | G | ||
World Renew |
1962 | Burlington ON | Canada | G | ||
World Service Authority |
WSA | 1954 | Washington DC | USA | K | |
World Services for the Blind |
WSB | 1947 | Little Rock AR | USA | G | |
World Services Group |
WSG | Houston TX | USA | C | ||
World Society of Victimology |
WSV | 1979 | Holden Hill SA | Australia | C | |
World Spine Care |
WSC | 2008 | Toronto ON | Canada | C | |
World Trade Organization |
WTO | 1995 | Geneva | Switzerland | B | gt |
World University Service |
WUS | 1920 | Wiesbaden | Germany | B | |
World Urban Campaign |
WUC | Nairobi | Kenya | E | ||
World Villages for Children |
1964 | London | UK | N | ||
World Vision International |
WVI | 1950 | London | UK | B | |
World Welfare Association |
WWA | 1991 | Mananwala | Pakistan | G | |
World Wings International |
WWI | 1959 | New York NY | USA | G | |
World Youth Service and Enterprise |
WYSE | 1988 | London | UK | G | |
WorldFish |
1975 | Bayan Lepas | Malaysia | E | ||
WorldGranny |
2004 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | G | ||
Worldshare |
Seoul | Korea Rep | G | |||
WorldShare |
1946 | Doncaster | UK | G | ||
Worldwide Orphans Foundation |
WWO | 1997 | Maplewood NJ | USA | N | f |
Worldwide Support for Development |
WSD | Tokyo | Japan | G | ||
Worldwide Veterinary Service |
WVS | 2002 | Cranborne | UK | G | |
WOTRO Science for Global Development |
1964 | The Hague | Netherlands | G | f | |
ygap |
Richmond VIC | Australia | G | |||
YOU Stiftung - Bildung für Kinder in Not |
YOU Foundation | 1992 | Düsseldorf | Germany | G | f |
YourStory International |
YSI | Centerville MA | USA | N | ||
Youth and European Social Work |
YES Forum | 2002 | Stuttgart | Germany | F | |
Youth Express Network |
Y-E-N | 1993 | Strasbourg | France | F | |
Youth for Technology Foundation |
YTF | 2000 | Louisville KY | USA | G | f |
Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action |
YUVA | 1984 | Mumbai | India | G | |
Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation |
1992 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | G | f | |
Zoï Environment Network |
Geneva | Switzerland | G |