“With an agenda dominated by global security and U.N. reform, it appears that the decisions needed to lift millions of people from abject poverty are not being given the prominence they deserve.” PeopleGivenDecisionPovertyMillionsSecurityNeededDeserveReformLiftsAgendasProminence Author:Kumi Naidoo
“You seem to think that everyone can save money if they have the character to do it. As a matter of fact, there are innumerable people who have a wide choice between saving and giving their children the best possible opportunities. The decision is usually in favor of the children.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingChildrenMatterCharacterFactsSeemsChoicesOpportunityDecisionPovertyWideFavorsSavingMatter Of FactSaving Money Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.” IfsWellsChildrenMotherVoiceBornDecisionInspiringPovertyHealthyImpactHungerEducatedEmpoweringImmenseImperativesMothers DayPositive ImpactEnding HungerHealthy Children Author:Dionne Warwick
“Four hundred top-decision makers listed the myriad looming threats to global security, including famine, terrorism, inequality, disease, poverty and climate change. Yet when we tried to address each diverse force, we found them all attached to one universal security risk: fresh water.” FoundForceWaterDecisionPovertyFourRiskSecurityDiseaseHundredUniversalThreatClimateClimate ChangeIncludingTerrorismInequalityAddressesMakersDiverseFamineLoomingDecision MakersFresh Water Author:Margaret Catley-Carlson
“I made an effort to ensure social safeguards. But our economy has to grow - and Chile, with a population of 17 million, cannot depend entirely on its domestic market. Which is why the decision to focus on exports, made at the beginning of the democratic era, was the correct one. We are continuing to do so. For a long time, Chile has been successful in combating poverty. But now we must focus more on fighting inequality.” LongFightingDecisionEffortPovertyEconomySuccessfulFocusDemocraticInequality Author:Michelle Bachelet
“People do make considered choices about whether they want to fight, and how, and they do so from disparate circumstances. But I think there are two important frameworks in which those choices get made. One, their degree of immiseration. The greatest predictor of who will engage in criminal activity is poverty, which tells us that the decisions people make about how unlawful they're willing to be are decisively based in their own experience of immiseration. The second framework is that when people choose to act, they inevitably act where they are.” PeopleThinkingImportantChoicesFightingDecisionPovertyCircumstances Author:Joshua Clover