Sites of Interest
Government Anti-Poverty Plans and Strategies
Newfoundland and Labrador
Poverty Reduction Initiative
Quebec
National Strategy to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
Government Action Plan to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
An Act to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
Le Centre d'étude sur la pauvreté et l'exclusion (French only)
United Kingdom
Government's latest report on progress to goals Tackling Poverty - March 2006
2003 Report (which sets out how the U.K. Government will measure poverty) Measuring Child Poverty - December 2003
Ireland
Office for Social Inclusion
Combat Poverty Agency - Working for a poverty-free Ireland
France
Engagement national contre la pauvreté (French only)
Human Rights and Poverty
There are a number of international agreements related to poverty, a key one being the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR):
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm
You can find recent reports on Canada and the CESCR at:
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/cescrs36.htm
You can find other related human rights information at:
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/pdp-hrp/index_e.cfm
Government
- Human Resources and Social Development Canada
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml - Provincial and territorial governments. Social assistance is legislated by each province and territory. Please contact your provincial or territorial government for help with such matters.
NGOs
- Caledon Institute of Social Policy
- Canadian Association of Food Banks
- Canadian Council on Social Development
- Canadian Policy Research Network
- Canadian Social Research Links
- Collectif pour un Québec sans pauvreté (English)
- Make Poverty History
- National Anti-Poverty Organization
- Un monde sans pauvreté (French only)
