国际和平联盟
国际和平联盟
Ending Poverty
Building a World Where Opportunity Is a Right, Not a Privilege
The International Peace Alliance (IPA | AIP) is a global development and peacebuilding organization dedicated to ending poverty in all its forms and to addressing the structural causes of inequality.
Poverty is not only a lack of income — it is a deprivation of opportunity, dignity, and human rights.
“Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time.
Poverty has many faces, changing from place to place and across time, and has been described in many ways. Most often, poverty is a situation people want to escape. So poverty is a call to action -- for the poor and the wealthy alike -- a call to change the world so that many more may have enough to eat, adequate shelter, access to education and health, protection from violence, and a voice in what happens in their communities.”
— World Bank Organization
The Reality in Numbers
1%
The world’s richest 1% have more than twice as much wealth as 6.9 billion people.
$5.50 / day
Nearly half of the world’s population — 3.4 billion people — lives on less than $5.50 a day.
50% less wealth
Globally, women own around half as much wealth as men and face persistent income inequalities.
100 million
Every year, 100 million people are pushed into poverty due to out-of-pocket healthcare costs.
258 million
258 million children worldwide — 1 in 5 — are denied access to school.