Society → Disadvantaged
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Description
The "disadvantaged" is a generic term for individuals or groups of people who:
- Face special problems such as physical or mental disability
- Lack money or economic support
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Organizations relating to Disadvantaged
ENDA Europe / Est. 1977
Distance Education for Africa / Lanham MD, USA
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1996
Inter-American Council for Integral Development / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1996
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture / Ibadan, Nigeria / Est. 1967
Water and Sanitation Programme / Washington DC, USA
Vienna NGO Committee on the Family / Vienna, Austria / Est. 1985
International Federation for Sustainable Development and Fight to Poverty in the Mediterranean-Black Sea / Venice, Italy / Est. 2004
Global Land Tool Network / Nairobi, Kenya / Est. 2006
Access Quality International / Chiang Mai, Thailand
European Network of the Unemployed / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1990
Maison Chance Organization / Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / Est. 1993
Aid to the Church in Need / Königstein, Germany / Est. 1947
Fourth World General Council / Swindon, UK / Est. 1980
Mission Without Borders International / Camarillo CA, USA / Est. 1960
MOKA International Foundation / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1976
Network of IFAD Supported Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean / Est. 1995
Microcredit Summit Campaign / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1997
ECLOF International / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1946
infoDev / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1995
World Council of Independent Christian Churches / New York NY, USA / Est. 1993
World Missionary Evangelism / Dallas TX, USA / Est. 1958
UN Millennium Campaign / New York NY, USA / Est. 2002
Global Aid Foundation / Est. 1993
International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty / Toronto ON, Canada / Est. 2002
International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics / Dearborn MI, USA / Est. 1992
Opportunity International / Chicago IL, USA / Est. 1979
Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation / London, UK / Est. 1971
International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation / New York NY, USA / Est. 1997
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God / London, UK / Est. 1977
HoverAid / Gosport, UK / Est. 1991
Restauradores Sin Fronteras / San Sebastian de los Reyes, Spain / Est. 1999
International Legal Aid Group / Glasgow, UK
International DRH Movement / Faxe, Denmark
TECHO / Santiago, Chile / Est. 1997
Grameen Foundation / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1997
Enhanced Integrated Framework / Geneva, Switzerland
Arab Campaign for Education for All / Ramallah, Palestine
Food not Bombs / Santa Cruz CA, USA / Est. 1980
Tear / Utrecht, Netherlands / Est. 1973
North-South Institute / Ottawa ON, Canada / Est. 1976
Self-Help International / Waverly IA, USA / Est. 1959
World Institute for a Sustainable Humanity / Bellingham WA, USA / Est. 1995
Links International / Littlehampton, UK / Est. 1985
World Hunger Year / New York NY, USA / Est. 1975
Breadline / Walmer, UK / Est. 1995
Landesa - Rural Development Institute / Seattle WA, USA / Est. 1967
Muslim Aid / London, UK / Est. 1985
International Rescue Corps / Grangemouth, UK / Est. 1981
Sri Agathiar Sanmaarga Charitable Trust / Turaiyur, India
View all profiles (764 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
World Problems relating to Disadvantaged
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialInsensitivity to the plight of disadvantaged people
Inequitable distribution of wealth
Abandoned children
Homelessness
Ethnic discrimination
Negative ecological impact of overpopulation
Unsustainable population levels
Alienation
Loneliness
Marginal level of family income
Social exclusion
Loneliness in old age
Unequal income distribution within countries
Illiteracy among disadvantaged people
Poverty-stricken women
Feral cats
Unmeaningful relationships to place
Subsistence agricultural income level in rural communities
Hunger
Beggars
Street children
Unwanted pet animals
Marginalization of second-generation immigrants
Inadequate income in old age
Underprivileged minorities
Action Strategies relating to Disadvantaged
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialAlienating
Missing
Begging
Sustaining relief with development
Strengthening international cooperation to combat poverty
Providing affordable loans to women
Evaluating poverty reduction programmes
Providing affordable housing loans
Promoting solutions to poverty
Empowering disenfranchised
Preserving land rights of the poor
Strengthening production capacity of the poor
Increasing public expenditure in favour of the poor
Improving data and information to combat poverty
Improving conditions for the working poor
Improving health care for the poor
Integrating poverty alleviation in vulnerable areas into national development strategies
Mobilizing domestic public sector resources for poverty alleviation
Providing foreign aid in support of social services for the poor
Giving generous debt relief terms to poorest and most indebted countries
Improving shelter for urban poor
Reducing fiscal inequality
Improving basic education for the poor
Providing shelter for the homeless
Improving participation and empowerment of the poor
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