Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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 |
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World Merit |
Liverpool | UK | J | |||
World Missing Children Organization |
WMCO | Sliedrecht | Netherlands | N | ||
World Missionary Evangelism |
WME | 1958 | Dallas TX | USA | F | |
World Mountain People Association |
WMPA | 2001 | Paris | France | C | |
World Neighbors |
WN | 1951 | Oklahoma City OK | USA | G | v |
World Organisation for Animal Health |
WOAH | 1924 | Paris | France | B | g |
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 Shiology Forum |
WSF | 2017 | Beijing | China | J | |
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 Young Women's Christian Association |
World YWCA | 1855 | Le Grand-Saconnex | Switzerland | B | |
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 | |
Y Care International |
1984 | London | UK | G | ||
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 | |||
Zonta International |
1919 | Oak Brook IL | USA | F |