Today, October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has been officially celebrated since 1993. The commemoration, approved by the UN the previous year, has its origins in the 1987 protests in Paris in favor of the victims of poverty and violence called by the priest Joseph Wresinski, founder of the human rights movement ATD (Act for Dignity for All) Fourth World. Wresinski denounced that situations of extreme poverty give rise to human rights violations and, along these lines, the UN has drawn attention to the fact that poverty does not only refer to people's income, but to everything necessary for them to lead a dignified life at every stage, which includes, among others, the political context, the institutional capacity of their environment and access to basic rights and opportunities for participation, Education and employment. Below we highlight five keys to combating it.

Governance and absence of conflict. Although there are different ways of measuring poverty, for extreme poverty there is a consensus around the World Bank standard, which is an income per person of less than US$1.90 per day. core topic One factor in combating poverty is governance, since it is through the institutional capacity of the State that freedoms and respect for human rights are guaranteed. In this sense, although peace does not necessarily mean that there is no poverty, violence and wars, in addition to causing deaths, give rise to situations of extreme poverty due to the loss of goods and services, which in many cases lead to displacement.

issue According to data of the World Bank's own Poverty and Equity Portal , between now and 2030, the number of people living in extreme poverty status will be reduced in South and East Asia, the Pacific and Latin America. However, it is expected to increase in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is estimated that by 2030 nine out of ten people in the world will live in this status. In the latter case, it is also the region most affected, along with Asia, by corruption and lack of democracy, from agreement with Transparency International's 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index and Freedom House's 2018 Freedom in the World report , respectively.

Investment in health. In order to combat (or prevent) extreme poverty and as a starting point for people to lead a decent life, it is necessary to guarantee access to health and provide coverage of minimum services. For example, according to the World Health Organization, 56% of deaths on the African continent could have been avoided, as they were caused by health issues related to communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional situations, avoidable through access to drinking water, the ability to acquire food and access to a good health system.

Education. The Education is a human right that must be guaranteed to all equally. In the countries at development the fees of schooling has increased, but now efforts must focus on extending the issue of school years and guaranteeing quality access, translated into textbooks, quantity and quality of teachers, among others.

In addition, it is important to provide resources to parents so that they do not need their children's labor at work and to make them aware that schooling is profitable. For example, a recent study by the Navarra Center for International Development sample shows that in Guatemala, for each year of schooling, income increases by 6% and, if they finish higher education Education , income can be 113% higher than for those who do not finish.