Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

No Poverty


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

2Build 4 Ward International Organization

2x4 International Sacramento CA USA F

A New Course

Bainbridge Island WA USA G

A Partnership with Africa

APA Dublin Ireland G

AARP Global Network

2006 Washington DC USA E

AARP International

1958 Washington DC USA G

ABANTU for Development

1991 Accra Ghana E

Academia Iberoamericana de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social

AIADTSS 1972 E v

Academic Council on the United Nations System

ACUNS 1987 E y

Academy of Business in Society

ABIS 2001 Brussels Belgium D

Access Agriculture

2012 Brussels Belgium F

Access Quality International

AQI Chiang Mai Thailand E

Acción Sanitaria y Desarrollo Social

ANESVAD 1968 Bilbao Spain G

Accord Européen Concernant la Sécurité Sociale des Bateliers de la Navigation Intérieure

1993 T g

Accord Network

1978 Washington DC USA G y

ACP Civil Society Forum

ACP CSF 1997 Meise Belgium F

ACT Alliance

2010 Geneva Switzerland E y

Act.Now

2015 Vienna Austria N

ACTEC - Association for Cultural, Technical and Educational Cooperation

1982 Brussels Belgium G

Acting for Life

AFL 1973 Le Bourget France G

Acting for Women in Distressing Circumstances

1996 Phnom Penh Cambodia G

ACTION

2004 Washington DC USA F

Action Against Hunger

1979 Paris France F

Action Children Aid

1966 Copenhagen Denmark G

Action Committee Service for Peace

1968 Bonn Germany G

Action for Animal Health

A4AH London UK C y

Action for World Solidarity

1957 Berlin Germany G v

Action pour le développement - SOS Faim

SOS Faim 1964 Brussels Belgium G

Action Reconciliation Services for Peace

ARSP 1958 Berlin Germany G

Action vivre ensemble

1977 Brussels Belgium G

ActionAid

1972 Johannesburg South Africa F f

ACTS International

1968 San Clemente CA USA G

Adara Development

1998 Edmonds WA USA F f

Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization

ILO Tribunal 1946 Geneva Switzerland F g

Adriano Olivetti Foundation

1962 Rome Italy G f

Adult Children of Alcoholics - World Service Organization

ACA Torrance CA USA G v

Advocates for International Development

A4ID London UK G

Aflatoun International

2005 Amsterdam Netherlands C

Afri - Action from Ireland

1975 Dublin Ireland G

Africa 2000

2004 London UK G

Africa 2000 Plus Network, Harare

1989 Harare Zimbabwe F

Africa Asia Development Relief Foundation

ADRF 1994 Seoul Korea Rep G f

Africa Centre for Open Governance

AfriCOG Nairobi Kenya G

Africa Civil Society for the Information Society

ACSIS 2003 Dakar Senegal D

Africa Community Technical Service

ACTS Comox BC Canada G

Africa Development Interchange Network

ADIN 1985 Douala Cameroon G

Africa Faith and Justice Network

AFJN 1983 Washington DC USA G

Africa Freedom of Information Centre

AFIC 2006 Kampala Uganda F y

Africa Humanitarian Action

AHA 1994 Addis Ababa Ethiopia G

Africa Network for Animal Welfare

ANAW 2006 Nairobi Kenya F

Africa Philanthropy Network

APN 2009 Dar es Salaam Tanzania UR F y

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