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Shared Goals podcast: Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

Run by Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

An episode of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission’s Shared Goals podcast, with Professor Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

Ending poverty is not only a matter of income, but it also involves dignity, justice, and human rights. In this episode, released for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), NIHRC staff talk with Professor Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, about the different definitions of poverty and how it engages human rights.

The wide-ranging discussion touches on what a human rights-based approach to tackling poverty looks like; examines the effectiveness of anti-poverty strategies; explores the criminalisation of homelessness and how poverty interacts with the criminal justice system; and highlights the need to include people with lived experience of poverty in designing anti-poverty policies and strategies.

Join us for an interesting conversation that makes us rethink the way we understand poverty and learn more about effective strategies to tackle this global issue.

First released on 17 October 2025. Listen on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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17 Oct

Storytelling

Inclusive Storytime

Join us in Irvinestown Library for a free event for all the family to celebrate Good Relations Week.

When
Sat 17 Oct · 10.30am–11am
Where
Irvinestown Library, Fermanagh & Omagh
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17 Oct
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Discussion or talk

A week where young people and families have a place and a voice while meeting people from different backgrounds, celebrating diversity and developing

Throughout the week Family Culture Café. Families are invited to share food, music, photographs, objects or stories connected to their heritage. clear, plain-language information; transport support where possible; The emphasis to be on people sharing thei

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Sat 17 Oct · 2pm–4pm
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Kingdom Youth Club, Newry, Mourne & Down
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17 Oct

Workshop, training or seminar

Ulster Wildlife talk on Northern Ireland's Marine World

Interactive workshop and talk about the Marine World in Northern Ireland, hosted by Belfast Central Library.

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Sat 17 Oct · 11am–12pm
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Belfast Central Library, Belfast
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