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2 Minute Speech On Poverty In The Philippines In English

Good morning to everyone in this room. I would like to thank the principal, the teachers, and my dear friends for allowing me to speak to you today about poverty in the Philippines. The Philippines has been able to lower this figure through a number of anti-poverty initiatives, including the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform, Lingap Para sa Mahirap, and the Social Reform Agenda.

The Millennium Development Goal milestone of reducing poverty, however, has taken a long time to achieve. Most of the self-employed farmers, fishermen, and other agricultural workers that comprise the poor in the Philippines reside in high-disaster risk areas. Although the quality of education has increased over time, more than 60% of households only have access to primary education.

The Global Hunger Index of 2022 placed the Philippines at position 69 out of 121 nations, with a “moderate” degree of hunger. Out of the 106 million people living in the nation, 4.5 million were homeless, with 3 million living in Manila, the nation’s capital.

The Philippines is indeed the region that is most exposed to natural calamities, which results in significant income disparity and low growth. Uncontrolled population growth, a lack of access to healthcare, and a lack of well-paying jobs are the three main causes of poverty.

Since 1990, natural catastrophes have cost US$23 billion in losses, which has slowed down progress. Farmers in the Philippines are among the most affected since floods and landslides significantly reduce their crops and revenue. The goal of the government’s programs to fight poverty is to make life better for those who are most in need. Thank you.

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[OPINION] Like a disease, poverty requires cure and prevention

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The eradication of poverty continues to be at the heart of the development agenda. The Philippines, together with 192 other countries, committed to attaining the Sustaining Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, which includes a goal to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere.”

To  systematically adress the problem, it is crucial to count how many people are in poverty, to examine why people are poor, and to develop interventions for empowering poor people to have a fighting chance of getting out of poverty in a more sustainable manner.  

While the government and various poverty stakeholders provide interventions to assist the poor, these programs are often directed at those who have been identified as poor , and may not necessarily include those at risk of becoming poor .

The scope of assessments and interventions must take into account the dynamics in poverty.

Some of the poor may exit poverty (from time to time, or even sustainably) and some of the non-poor can also slide into poverty, especially in the face of events such as sharp rises in prices, natural disasters, job losses, health problems or death of a family’s main income earner.

Addressing risk of future poverty

It is important to craft a roadmap where strategic interventions are based on a careful examination and reexamination of data not only on poverty, but also on vulnerability, which essentially pertains to the risk of future poverty.  

Poverty rates across the Philippines have been unchanged in the period 2003 to 2015, especially from 2003 to 2012, despite the robust economic growth in the last decade.

While gross poverty rates have been practically at a standstill, data on the poverty status of “panel” households interviewed in the 2003 Family Income Expenditure Survey (FIES) that were further interviewed in 2006 and in 2009 suggests that some poor households in 2003 have exited poverty in 2009, and some non-poor households in 2003 have fallen into poverty by 2009 ( see Table 1 below ).

Among   near-poor households (that are not poor but with incomes less than 1.5 times the poverty threshold) in 2003, three out of 10 fell into poverty in 2009.

Thus, the near-poor are more vulnerable to income poverty than the non-poor. 

Curative, preventive methods

Like a disease, poverty carries a stigma, and also requires interventions given its harm.  

Approaches to poverty can be either curative (i.e., alleviating the conditions of the poor, and/or helping them exit out of poverty, just like treating the sick), or preventive (i.e., protecting those vulnerable from the risks and harmful effects of poverty by building the resilience of the vulnerable, just like treating those at risk of getting sick).

The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), established to serve as the coordinating and advisory body for the implementation of the social reform and poverty alleviation agenda, espouses a comprehensive, universal, and transformative social policy , including a rights-based approach, to ensure that reaching zero (poverty) becomes the cornerstone of the country’s development policies.

The NAPC also takes cognizance of poverty’s many faces, including vulnerabilities stemming from risks to welfare such as uncertainties from lack of decent work and educational attainment of household members, insecurity from land tenure and lack of productive assets, imperfect and asymmetric information on opportunities, as well as food insecurity, uncertain access to public goods, and asset damages from disasters and violence.  

In the Philippines, social protection programs of the government such as Pantawid and SocPen , implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, were communicated as poverty reduction programs.

But they are actually meant more to build resilience of the poor, especially as cash transfers are meager and are not going to change their poverty status.

Nonetheless, cash transfers (including the government transfers to cushion the impact of tax reforms) reduce the poverty gaps (i.e., the difference between the poverty thresholds and the poor’s income) of the 4.4 million Pantawid beneficiaries   and the indigent elderly among the 3 million SocPen beneficiaries.  

Government needs to strengthen social protection to progressively include those vulnerable and implement specific programs that take account of varying circumstances of households that are poor or vulnerable to poverty.  

Protecting the vulnerable

Following previous work that use a “modified probit model” on per capita income data to predict the probability that a household will be poor in the future, vulnerability estimation was carried out using data sourced from the FIES for the years 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015. Used in this were a number of household characteristics, including employment,   education, location, dwelling characteristics, experience in price surges, and experience of severe storms.

Based on the resulting estimates of the probability of a household being poor in the future, households are classified as vulnerable if they their chance of being poor in the future exceeds the national poverty rate, and as nonvulnerable otherwise.

The vulnerable are categorized into highly vulnerable if the probability of being poor is greater than 50% and relatively vulnerable if the probability is between the national poverty rate and 50%.

The proportion of households that are vulnerable across the population for the years 2003, 2009, and 2015 by poverty status is shown in Figure 1 below .

Across the years, the proportion of households in the Philippines that are vulnerable to income poverty has been around double to triple the corresponding official estimates of the proportion of households in poverty.

Household vulnerability rates have been steadily declining from 55.1% in 2003 to 48.5% in 2015.  

Among poor households, the proportion that are found to be highly vulnerable to income poverty has also decreased from 54.5% in 2003 to 40.5% in 2015 ( Figure 1 ).

The overall percentage of households that are relatively vulnerable has also decreased but at substantially lesser rates from 36.7% in 2003 to 34.5% in 2015, on account of the increase in the proportion of poor households that are relatively vulnerable, which offset the decline in the proportion of non-poor households that are relatively vulnerable.

As of 2015, about three-fifths (58.8%) of non-poor households are classified as not vulnerable to poverty, but the bulk of vulnerable households continue to be non-poor households with non-poor households having 71.0% share of all vulnerable households.

In 2015, about one-seventh (13.9%) of households throughout the country were highly vulnerable and about a third (34.9%)  were  relatively vulnerable.

Thus, as of 2015, about half (48.5%) of Filipino households were vulnerable to income poverty, a third of which were highly vulnerable.

Rural vs urban

The rural population is more vulnerable than its urban counterpart, with vulnerability rates at two thirds (69.3%) of all households at in rural areas, compared to two-fifths (40.4%) of urban households, as of 2015.  

Although vulnerability is a largely rural phenomenon, the proportion of highly vulnerable households in rural areas has declined by 7.1 percentage points from 27.6%in 2003 to 20.5% in 2015.

Across the regions, ARMM is the most vulnerable region (83.3%) – more than two fifths of these are highly vulnerable ( see Figure 2 ).  

The Ilocos Region has the lowest proportion of households (3.8%) that are highly vulnerable among the regions, but as much as 52.0% of its households are relatively vulnerable, putting it in the middle among regions as far as vulnerability rate is concerned.

The NCR (26.6%) and Central Luzon (34.9%) are the only regions with (overall) vulnerability rates below 35%.  

Most vulnerable: Fishermen, farmers, children

Republic Act 8425 or the Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act provides the government’s framework for social protection and defining poverty.  

This law also identified 14 basic sectors, that require focused intervention for poverty alleviation.

These sectors are: (1) Farmer-peasant; (2) Artisanal fisherfolk; (3) Workers in the formal sector and migrant workers; (4) Workers in the informal sector (5) Indigenous peoples and cultural communities; (6) Women; (7) Differently-abled persons; (8) Senior citizens; (9) Victims of calamities and disasters; (10_ Youth and students; (11) Children; (12) Urban poor; (13) Cooperatives; and (14) Non-government organizations. The PSA has obtained estimates of poverty for 9 of the 14 basic sectors making use of merged Labor Force Survey (LFS)-FIES data.  

The share of the basic sectors that are highly vulnerable, relatively vulnerable and non-vulnerable to income poverty, also based on merged results of the LFS-FIES, can likewise be generated ( see Table 2 ).  

We can observe that vulnerability rates for the populations of the basic sectors are much larger than corresponding shares of the population in poverty.  

The vulnerability rates, and the proportions of the basic sectors that are highly vulnerable, are consistently highest for fishermen, farmers and children.  

Consistent also with patterns in poverty rates, the lowest vulnerability rates are also observed for persons residing in urban areas, and for senior citizens.  

Ways forward in tackling poverty

While the country has had some progress in reducing poverty from 1990, the rate has been rather minimal in recent years, with a substantial proportion (16.5%) of households remaining poor as of 2015 and about 3 times as many (48.5%) vulnerable to poverty.

To overcome obstacles in reducing poverty, government and all poverty stakeholders need to see the importance of forward-looking planning and risk resilience building in a context of uncertainty.  

Poverty alleviation and social protection efforts have typically resolved around the formulation and implementation of “one size fits all” strategies.

For instance, social protection actions involve the provision of a uniform cash assistance to all beneficiaries, rather than accounting for differentiated needs. SocPen, for instance, provides P500 monthly pensions for all beneficiaries, who are by law, supposed to be indigent senior citizens.

Pantawid provides P300 monthly education grants for pre-primary and primary students, P500 monthly education assistance for high school students and Php500 monthly health grants to households, without recognizing differences in opportunity costs for schooling between boys and girls.

Support from the development community during extreme crises, such as unconditional cash transfers (UCT) of monthly USD100 assistance provided by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to 10,000 poor households in the aftermath of the effects of super typhoon Yolanda have themselves been one size fits all, in both the assistance and the payment modes.

The TRAIN law also provides cash support of P200 per month for this year (and P300 monthly in 2019 and 2020) for 10 Million lower income beneficiaries, including the over 4 million Pantawid beneficiaries, and 3 Million SocPen elderly beneficiaries.  

To get more impact in efforts to reduce poverty, government needs to build an enabling environment for shared action and responsibility with local governments and other stakeholders.

We also need to formulate an action agenda that addresses all relevant risks to vulnerability jointly seeing synergies, tradeoffs and priorities in policy responses, using all available resources, institutions and means of implementation across different contexts.  

We not only have to “cure” poverty, but also “prevent” it, or at least mitigate its harm to people who are likely going to suffer from this disease.

An examination of data on both poverty and vulnerability will not only allow vulnerable households to reduce the effects of adverse events (such as natural calamities, price shocks, and idiosyncratic shocks) on their conditions but also empower them to seize the moment and take advantage of opportunities for improving their prospects for a better future today. – Rappler.com

( Editor’s note: This Rappler article is a condensed version of a Discussion Paper released at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS .  

Dr. Jose Ramon “Toots” Albert is a professional statistician and policy researcher. He is a Senior Research Fellow of the PIDS, the government’s think tank, and a past president of the country’s professional society of data producers, users and analysts, the Philippine Statistical Association, Inc . From 2012 to 2014, he was seconded by PIDS to the defunct National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) as the NSCB Secretary General.   He teaches part-time at the De La Salle University College of Business and at the Asian Institute of Management .  

Jana Flor V. Vizmanos is a Research Analyst at PIDS. She earned her degree in BS Economics at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2014 where she graduated cum laude.)  

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Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations

STATEMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, High-Level Week General Debate 74th Session of the General Assembly

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Theme: “Galvanizing multilateral efforts for poverty eradication, quality education, climate action and inclusion”

Mr. President, His Excellency Tijjani Muhammad-Bande,

The Philippines congratulates you on your election as President of the 74 th Session of the UN General Assembly. You have our full support. 

We congratulate Her Excellency Mrs. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the 73 rd Session, for her success in “making the UN relevant for all” in a time of determined efforts to make it irrelevant. Working here in the UN, I witnessed her heroic efforts brought off to brilliant effect. It was a privilege to serve with her.

Since the 1 st session of the General Assembly in 1946, member states have gathered annually to pledge their commitment to peace, because that is what the United Nations was founded for after the war.

Peace first; the big words and ideas proposing ways to create the right environment to make peace meaningful and thrive — or not, are secondary.  But peace we know comes for sure when the fighting stops. Not just long enough to wash the dead and bury them; but long enough for survivors to start over.

To be sure, never getting back what they loved and lost; but starting again with what little is left. Because hope springs eternal. We are in the UN to sustain that hope and fight off despair.

As we approach the 75 th anniversary of the United Nations, predictions are rife of the demise of multilateralism.

One evidence proferred is the democratic election of strong governments that talk tough and brush aside UN demands — well-meaning for the most part, about how governments should do their job kinder by standards more honored in the breach than the observance in the West. Weak governments, unable to protect their people, appear desirable; because they make the case for multilateral intervention at the prompting of conscience of course — but sometimes at the unilateral prompting of great powers or violent or civil non-state actors.

Strong government is better; that is why government was invented; to get things done — but always consistently constitutional in its actions. Firm is good and severity is justified; but all within the law.

Far from dying or dead the UN is alive and strong, though only as much as its members make it.

Most UN member states are democracies. And don’t say there are democracies and “democracies” in quotes.

All democracies are pretentions in some degree. The growing electoral trend toward strong governments does not change its democratic character. This trend proves the UN has achieved one of its key goals for peace: the spread of democracy because they incline more to peace than war. Although the jury is still out on that one.

Some in the rest of the world may not like the electoral result; but the people back home are happy with their choice. It is theirs to make; and regret; but it is not the UN’s to decide. The next election may change it more to one’s liking…or not.  Still we are warned of states eroding multilateralism by each one asserting “too much sovereignty.” But in what respect? Perhaps by insisting on carrying out a state’s defining duty: to protect its population against harm by any means efficient to achieve that purpose.

That may cause dismay among the civil in society; civil society is free to complain. Better yet, they should run for public office to gain legitimacy and be able to do something about it. But the UN is not free to interfere with the state in its defining function of protecting its citizens and stamping out threats.

In a reflective mood, my President asked me, “When it did happen that the rule of law no longer means the rule of law but the rules of crime. When did the presumption of innocence, which attaches only after arrest and arraignment, attach itself to the perpetrator the instant he is caught. That makes it legally impossible to suspect, let alone arrest him on probable cause. There are no more suspects; only victims of human rights violations when enforcing the law for the protection of citizens.” All I could say was, “I don’t know; I just don’t know.”

The nations herein united should not let this platform be used to threaten others with accountability for taking a tough approach to crime; instead of taking seriously what they cannot: the Western proposition that the sure-fire way to end crime is to legalize it. Then it is no longer criminal. Well, that works after a fashion: not to punish lawbreakers but sit down and talk them out of repeating the only thing at which they are any good: crime. That I learned at the Munich Security Conference on human trafficking — not as the evil it is but as a regular job. And the pay is not bad. Traffickers know only how to traffic — anything, a German expert said. And they won’t stop because they cannot stop.

Until they are stopped.

The threat to multilateralism comes, as much from its own vain attempts to usurp state functions, as from unilateralist attempts to oust it from the world stage. And return us to the anarchy of the pre-War period out of whose ashes the UN was born. Talk before fighting, is what the UN is about; and if talk fails, talk some more; war is really ultima ratio regis.

In ASEAN we are still talking; knowing that talk — so long as we give up nothing vital in the process — does not hurt. We are negotiating a Code of Conduct with China in the South China Sea.

We’ve had incidents with swarming Chinese ships and lost a reef in our EEZ. But, so far, we’ve had no interference in the joint exploration and development of oil and gas in areas within our EEZ but China claims them as well.

I crafted and China accepted a Memorandum of Understanding on Oil & Gas that allows us to move forward without the slightest compromise or diminution of our respective sovereign and international rights. But who can tell?

So the COC is a code of reality: the reality of the proximity of the soon-to-be biggest economy in the world in one place; with a commensurate industrial war-making capacity.

But war is a totally remote possibility. All parties have built so much and achieved such material progress that none of us, nor any outside power, will risk losing the richest market in the world. So, it is a code of live and let live with China — until it is not. We’ve all asked of each other — ASEAN members and China — for mutual restraint and complete respect for UNCLOS, to which we are signatories binding ourselves unqualifiedly thereto. Including China.

And then it is something else; we’ll come to that, and cross that bridge, when we get there. Maybe.

Multilateralism has come into question because it allows itself to be bent to unipolar purposes — or worse to the purposes of non-state actors — against multilateralism’s reason for being: the protection and safety of the weak and many, against the strong and few. Multilateralism is not owned by a select club of member states. It is by and for all — or no one.

The Philippines believes that the UN stands on the single pillar of the aggregated sovereignties of its members. That’s parlous but stable enough for a time. The UN is a collection of sovereign states, not a sovereign collective itself. It is only as effective as its members make it. It harnesses sovereignties, not for some against others, but to common purposes of peace and productive cooperation. 

Sovereignty is as much a duty of care as it is an assertion of unlimited freedom of action. In the UN the two combine in the willing assumption of that duty on the part of states toward the international order to ensure peace and the wellbeing of “We, the peoples of the United Nations.”

The Philippines is a proud founding member of the United Nations, present at the Creation even before we were independent. General Carlos P. Romulo proclaimed at the 1 st session of this General Assembly in 1946, “by the circumstances of our birth as a free and independent State, we are committed to the aims and purposes of the United Nations.” Even as our state was cloaked with sovereignty at birth, so was it saddled with the duty, commensurate with that power, to use it only for good.

Our engagement with the UN has been in the belief that the UN’s work must reflect the realities of the times — so as to be practical and useful in achieving the aspirations of “We, the peoples of the United Nations”: peoples as they are, in the real situations they are in; and not the member states. The UN does not work with abstractions; that’s for politicians and professional do-gooders.

Only then can the UN stay relevant and become effective. The aspiration of the vast majority of my people today — call them shortsighted or just plain wrong — is to be free of drugs and safe from crime. Is that so hard to understand? It seems impossible for some to accept. But the cartel can be persuasive in kind if not in reason.

The United Nations is the core of the multilateral global order. As long as the UN exists, none can trumpet the end of multilateralism. But it must be a United Nations strengthened and capacitated in its every member, so that all collectively may achieve its aim of peace and safety.

An increasingly complex security and global situation, which is to say an anarchy beyond that of the inter-War years between states — but which now includes non-state actors both violent and civil, require the Security Council to adapt, reform, and expand its membership. But only of formal states. Throw everything in the pot and nobody can eat it.

It needs to be representative, even at the risk of stasis. And democratic, for the sake of legitimacy. It cannot let itself be paralyzed when the situation screams for humanitarian action. It must be prompt, yet circumspect and sharply focused, when it takes action. Attempting no more than end the carnage; with just enough rebuilding to enable reason and compassion, not hysteria and the usual self-dealing, to find a good way forward. No one expects the best. 

We ask the Security Council to provide the General Assembly a plural number of candidates — especially women — for the post of Secretary-General, with due regard to gender balance and regional rotation. Something’s not right with its mindset and system if, after nearly 75 years, the UN has failed to have a woman Secretary General.

Don’t blame it on the vote; the vote goes only as far as the Security Council lets it. From my experience, women know best how to build; men how to tear down.

Central to UN reform is funding. The Philippines is deeply concerned with the UN’s deteriorating financial situation. States look to the UN to implement their priority agendas — peace and security, of course; humanitarian assistance foremost, along with human rights; and lately sustainable development, climate action, migrants and refugees.

But states will not provide it with the means to meet those mandates. They come to complain about what they expect of the UN; but step down from the podium without committing — what all states can spare: far more than even the poorest actually contribute. Almost all the countries of the world can afford to give more to the UN; as I know all governments have the capacity to do if they are careful not to waste and steal at home what they can well afford to give to the United Nations.

Some can give more money to peacekeeping; others more personnel. No country can take the lion’s share of credit there; they all wear the same uniform, with the same badges, the same Blue helmets; they bleed the same color; and give up their last breath like any other.

But the UN itself must engender trust in its use of funds. The Secretary General’s financial reform proposals would do well to uphold accountability, transparency, and sustainability. The public is awash with stories of fiscal irresponsibility.

POVERTY ERADICATION, QUALITY EDUCATION

With the 2015 SDGs, we vowed to end poverty. In the Philippines, poverty incidence fell from 27 percent to 21 percent from 2015 to 2018. But as my President says, the important number is the six million Filipinos still very poor. It can be done. And it has been done on a far greater scale than anyone thought possible. In 20 years, the New China lifted 800 million out of utter poverty into what is, by any economic indicator, a real middle class.  

Aligned with the SDGs, our development plan points to the direction of achieving the aspirations of the Filipino people.

These are no different than those of any other people or nation: getting out of poverty, attaining a comfortable lifestyle, feeling secure about the future especially for one’s children, and being safe by stopping crime, especially drug dealing which strikes at the victim’s reason and soul.

I know, I know: drug dealing falls somewhere between race, religion, political belief and gender as something to be equally protected. Admittedly, the drug experience is a bit religious. So taking it down is a crime against humanity up there with the others. But drugs is the reason my government was elected by a landslide; a mandate that has only grown to 80% because of unceasing criticism. In defending it, the public now own it. But that, as I said, is the problem with democracy; you cannot pick and choose the winner based on your delicacy; it turns entirely on the vote. The one with the most, wins; the others, more to one’s taste, lose. 

These aspirations, whatever the phraseology adopted to express them, are not captured by measuring poverty based solely on income per capita. To truly gauge the progress of our strategies, we have to stop reporting the wrong metric. That is why we have begun to use the Multidimensional Poverty Index.

Education is how people lift themselves out of poverty. It doesn’t do that by itself. Philosophers are poor. Charity is how we as individuals, and social programs is how governments lift them out faster. This year, even more Filipinos received basic education — with over 27 million enrolled. Over 600,000 out-of-school youth and adult learners benefit from an Alternative Learning System. Tuition is free in state-run colleges, universities, and state-run technical-vocational institutions both national and local. Tuition is tightly controlled in private institutions.

I urge all States to implement the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. It is telling that advocates of multilateralism conveniently leave out issues of migration. Migration is as multilateral as it gets.

Migration is the pervasive reality today. The positive contribution of migrants fosters growth in countries of origin by remittances and countries of destination by its industriousness. Migrant labor raises great cities out of deserts, mans the ships that enable global trade; migrant health workers care for the sick, the children, the elderly; giving to strangers as much care as they gave their own loved ones back home. Sure, they’re paid; and for that we are grateful to host countries for our migrant peoples. And migrants themselves are grateful for the love that is sometimes returned. And sad when they are hurt instead.

CLIMATE ACTION AND INCLUSION

Climate change — or as Secretary General Guterres calls it, the climate crisis — is the defining development issue of our time. Failure to address it nullifies all other endeavors in the long run. As an economist puts it, “climate change matters so much for poverty: it is the poorest who are, and will be, hit earliest and hardest.” [1] Yes, Keynes was prophetic: “In the long run we are all dead.”

            Climate change has brought my country – already one of the most vulnerable countries to disasters —extreme weather events of increasing recurrence and strength.     

            Disasters are the reverse of God; they can make nothing out of something already there; built with great sacrifice.  They wipe out socio-economic gains like an eraser wipes the lesson off the blackboard at the end of the school day. Disasters do more — they reverse economic growth so you start not just from nothing but with far less strength and spirit to try again.

                       If climate action does not measure up to what is needed, we all face the same fate: a diminished existence then extinction altogether. But the most to blame will suffer less; and only much later than those who are the least at fault.          

            We already have the global frameworks to address poverty, sustain development, and combat climate change. So, let’s just do it. To borrow from Kung Fu Panda, “Enough talk, let’s fight.” The Secretary General urges us to actually plant trees than plan some more to plant them. I think he’s fed up.

PEACE AND SECURITY

When President Corazon Aquino addressed the General Assembly in 1986, after her Peaceful People Power Revolution, she said, “perhaps it is only the tragedy of conflict that teaches us the true value of peace.”

Everything we have, such as it is; everything we work for; all for which we wish and strive; indeed, the world as it is with much to be desired and the better world we think we can make — all that will be erased in an instant by nuclear war. We must eliminate this possibility. And we have tried. The Universal Ban on Nuclear Weapons was overwhelmingly adopted in the UN and swiftly ratified back home, except for the Philippines for bureaucratic reasons no one can divine — unless you work in government.

Let us not wait for the conflict to make us value the peace we have. Let’s hope Cory Aquino is proved wrong; and that we will learn by reading and recollection, rather than living through our violent mistakes all over again —and again.

            Terrorism, with its links to drug trafficking and organized crime, is the most pressing threat to us all. The fight to retake the city of Marawi, which left it looking like Swiss cheese, was triggered by an attempt to serve a warrant of arrest for drug trafficking on the leader of an Islamic jihad. Some would argue; we should have just let him get on with his business. Unfortunately, my President won’t oblige. He wants to eliminate the drug trade. I know, I know; this is terrible; where will we get our fix?

Peace is out of the hands of peacemakers; it is entirely in the hands of lawbreakers, who have attained a level of organization far superior to poor states like mine. The violent initiative lies entirely with them.

But what lies with us is decency. How we fight, how we protect, how we defeat our enemies with arms when we are attacked with arms; with the truth when attacked with lies; always and ever — all constitutions mandate it — with only victory in mind; refusing anything less. Compromise throws away the advantage gained in a fight for survival, giving the other side time and space to recover and rally. But always and ever the fight must be fought with a decent regard for the civilized opinion of mankind.

Mr. President,

That the UN endures after nearly 75 years is an affirmation of the world’s abiding desire for peace in spite of its failures — which are broadcast; and the dispiriting silence, that greets its many successes.

With successes, continuing challenges, and unceasing criticism, the UN has demonstrated its resilience and affirmed its continuing relevance; something that cannot be doubted given the alternative: the terrible wars out of which the UN was born.

Shifting political realities, successive power configurations, and the increasing confused nature of global realities should not make the United Nations change its character and goals: peace and democracy, sustainable development if possible; climate action for our sake and our children’s. For God’s sake, they’re already screaming at us. They see what’s there and we refuse; none so blind, indeed.

Those grim realities teach no values; they only urge surrender by compromise. That is unacceptable to the community of civilized nations. There can be no other world order than the one established with the United Nations as its guardian.

As a sovereign country, the Philippines renews its commitment to the ideals of the United Nations: to end the scourge of war; to uphold justice and, yes, human rights but starting with the right of the many who are good, to be safe and be protected from the bad; and to maintain peace and amity among the nations under this one roof — united. Thank you. END

[1] “Poverty and Climate Change” (Afterword by Nicholas Stern) in Professor Anthony B. Atkinson’s Measuring Poverty Around the World (2019), p.232

Speech: Gender equality – just, prudent, and essential for everything we all aspire to

Closing remarks by un under-secretary-general and un women executive director sima bahous to the 68th session of the commission on the status of women, un headquarters, 27 march 2024..

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You have arrived at Agreed Conclusions for CSW68 [the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women] —congratulations! As the world was watching, you showed the very best of the multilateral system, and you came together to advance critical normative work for women and girls everywhere. You have recognized the inequalities that impact the lives of women and girls living in poverty and the solutions we have and we need to address them.

And you agreed that these inequalities do not define us, but that we are defined by wanting to urgently overcome them.

You adopted robust Agreed Conclusions [advance unedited version] , a blueprint that envisages a world with greater financial inclusion, increased spending on social protection, increased stability, equal opportunities, and great hope, rights, and freedoms for women and girls everywhere. A world that will no longer accept that one in ten women lives in poverty. A world that will accelerate the investment in women and girls and that urgently pursues the realization of the fundamental rights of all women and girls to live in peace and prosperity everywhere.

This is a special moment. I thank you all for your dedication and determination to bring this CSW68 to a successful close.

I thank His Excellency Ambassador Antonio Manuel Revilla Lagdameo of the Philippines for his able leadership as Chair of the Commission, together with the very able Vice Chairs, their Excellencies Ms. Yoka Brandt of the Netherlands, Ms. María Florencia González of Argentina, Mr. Māris Burbergs of Latvia, and Ms. Dúnia Eloisa Pires do Canto from Cabo Verde.

A special deep appreciation goes to Her Excellency Ms. Yoka Brandt of the Netherlands for her most skilful facilitation. Her Excellency, you would agree, shepherded you with grace and determination to reach the Agreed Conclusions. I also would like to thank her able team, in particular Robin De Vogel, for their support.

The Agreed Conclusions will only have value in as much as their implementation in countries makes a difference in the lives of women and girls, and in as much as they contribute to accelerating progress on the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] . We are a mere six years away from 2030. Gender equality remains our best chance to reach them.

I hope that you will use the Agreed Conclusions as you discuss the Pact for the Future , and that you will be bold and ambitious in advancing them, as we head to the Summit of the Future in September, to the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in 2025, and, of course, the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action next year.

This year’s CSW had two heads of state, three vice-presidents, and more than 100 ministers in attendance. Nearly 4,000 delegates in total contributed to the different deliberations.

We had a record number of close to 5,000 civil society representatives, the second highest number we have ever recorded. We saw more than 1,000 side events and parallel events. Partners came together to share experiences and dreams, and also to recommit.

And we benefitted from the creativity, energy, and substantive contributions from the youth delegates, including adolescent girls, who brought a fresh perspective to this year’s CSW . Upholding the Youth Forum and youth space is integral to our work here, which should be strengthened as part of the official Programme of Work of this Commission.

We also welcomed the adoption of the Resolution on women, the girl child, and HIV and AIDS , led by SADC [the Southern African Development Community], and commend Member States’ commitment to increase investment in gender equality and the empowerment of women in the HIV response.

It is not my wish to dampen this moment. Yet, in a world of cascading crises, de-democratization, gender equality backlash, and restricted civic spaces, women and girls will continue to be disproportionately impacted.

It makes the work you have done here all the more important.

I opened this CSW calling for a ceasefire in Gaza . I close it by reiterating this call and the call of the Security Council two days ago, for an immediate ceasefire, unhindered access to humanitarian assistance, the release of all hostages, and for peace. Sustainable, just peace for all women and girls everywhere must be our collective priority. In Gaza, in Sudan, in Haiti, in Ukraine, and elsewhere in the world.

UN Women stands with every woman and girl everywhere who is facing the scourge and the consequences of war and conflict.

We stand with all women peacebuilders, negotiators, human rights defenders who continue to pursue justice for women and girls—often at high personal cost.

As we close this session, we begin to turn our attention to next year when you will discuss 30 years since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action .

The scale of our ambitions, your ambitions for Beijing plus 30, must match the scale of our and your responsibility to achieve equality for every woman and girl, in all their diversity, not in 300 years, not in 100 years, not in 50 years, but urgently—now. There is much work to be done and much reward in doing it.

I look forward to working with the new CSW Bureau who will take this forward.

So, let us leave this room as collective champions for gender equality. Let us find new ways to do more, together, to accelerate progress and strengthen our partnerships.

And let us make the case, powerfully, for equality. Let the world hear what we have asserted over the past two weeks: that gender equality is just and prudent, and essential for everything we all aspire to.

I thank you.

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Speech on Poverty

Poverty is not just a lack of money, it’s a complex issue that touches many areas of life. It’s about not having enough food, a safe place to live, or access to basic services like education or healthcare.

You might think poverty only affects people in far-off places, but it’s closer than you think. Even in the wealthiest countries, many people struggle every day just to meet their basic needs.

1-minute Speech on Poverty

Hello, friends!

Let’s talk about a critical issue – poverty. It’s the state when people can’t get the basic things they need to live, like food, clothes, and a place to live. It’s a problem not just in one country or one region, but all over the world.

Imagine not knowing if you’ll eat today or not. Imagine wearing the same clothes every day, no matter if they’re torn or dirty. It’s a tough life, right? That’s what poverty looks like. Many people face this situation every day. It’s sad, but it’s the truth.

Now, why does poverty exist? Some people are born into poor families. Some lose their jobs and can’t find a new one. Sometimes, natural disasters like floods or earthquakes destroy everything they have. The reasons are many, and they’re all hard to control.

But there’s hope. We can all do something to help. We can donate clothes, food, or money to people in need. Schools can offer free meals to students from poor families. Companies can give jobs to those who can’t find work. Governments can build affordable houses for the homeless.

We can’t end poverty in one day. It’s a big task. But every small action counts. If every one of us does a little bit, we can make a big change. Remember, a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

In the end, let’s not forget about poverty. Let’s keep talking about it, learning about it and doing what we can to help. Because in a world as rich as ours, no one should have to live in poverty. Thank you.

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2-minute Speech on Poverty

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We’re here today to talk about a topic that is very real and very serious — poverty. Imagine not having enough food to eat, or a safe place to live, or even a warm sweater when it’s cold. That’s what poverty means. It’s when people don’t have the basic things they need to live a decent life.

In our modern world, it’s surprising that poverty still exists. It’s sad to see that in a world full of riches, some people go to bed hungry every night. In some parts of the world, kids don’t go to school because they can’t afford books or uniforms. They have to work instead, to help their families. It’s not fair, is it?

Poverty is like a big, scary monster. It’s not just about being hungry or cold. It affects people’s health too. When people are poor, they can’t afford to see a doctor or buy medicine. They get sick more often and stay sick longer. It makes life very hard and stressful.

But why does poverty exist? There are many reasons. Sometimes, it’s because of bad luck. Maybe there’s a drought, and the crops fail. Or maybe someone gets sick and can’t work. But often, it’s because of things that are unfair. Maybe some people have a lot of money and power, and they don’t share it with others. Or maybe the rules of the society are not fair, and they make it hard for poor people to improve their lives.

So, what can we do about poverty? It’s a big problem, but that doesn’t mean we can’t fight it. We can start by being aware of the problem. We can learn about poverty and talk about it. And we can help. We can donate money or food to people who need it. We can also volunteer our time to help in soup kitchens or community centers. And we can make sure that our leaders know that we care about poverty, and we want them to do something about it.

Remember, every person can make a difference. You might think that you’re just one person, and you can’t do much. But that’s not true. If each one of us does a little bit, it adds up to a lot. And together, we can beat the monster of poverty.

In conclusion, poverty is a big problem, but not a hopeless one. We can beat it if we work together. Let’s all do our part and make the world a better place for everyone. Because everyone deserves a chance to live a good life, don’t they?

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2 Versions – 2-3 Minute Persuasive Speech on Poverty

Here’re 2 Versions (Mandela’s perspective and historical perspective) of 2-3 minutes award-winning persuasive speech on poverty. Explore poverty definition, causes, outcomes, ways to eliminate it, and the advantages of poverty with examples from history.

Topics Covered – Content Outline

1. preface to the persuasive speech on poverty, 2. version 1 – a 2-minute persuasive speech on poverty (from mandela’s perspective), 3. version 2 – a 3-minute informative/persuasive speech about poverty, 3.1. opening remarks, 3.2. introduction to topic, 3.3. arguments/references in favor of the topic, 3.4. historical perspective of debate on poverty, 3.5. conclusive remarks, 4. how to start speech about poverty, 4.1. well-prepared for your speech on poverty, 4.2. appropriately dressed, 4.3. feel relaxed and comfortable, 4.4. remain focused, 4.5. mindful of the surroundings, 4.6. do rehearsal before making persuasive speech on poverty, 4.7. make and arrange points, 5. poverty persuasive speech outline, 5.1. salutation or opening remarks, 5.2. introduction to the speech topic, 5.3. stating whether you agree or disagree, 5.4. main body, 5.5. concluding remarks, 5.6. say “thank you”, 6. 20 tips to make your emotional speech on poverty powerful and heart-touching, 6.1. an impressive introduction, 6.2. begin persuasive speech on poverty with a low tone, 6.3. be clear and correct, 6.4. take steady flight to climax, 6.5. be precise in persuasive speech on poverty, 6.6. give examples from history, 6.7. include facts and figures, 6.8. a forceful voice, 6.9. speak from the depth of your heart, 6.10. tinge it with pain, 6.11. maintain fluency, 6.12. intonation, 6.13. body language, 6.14. eye contact with the audience, 6.15. use questioning in your poverty persuasive speech, 6.16. respond to listeners’ curiosity, 6.17. occasionally take pauses to grab & maintain attention, 6.18. follow a format and sequence, 6.19. manage and observe time limits, 6.20. spare something startling for the ending, 7. request to readers.

This informative speech on poverty was made by the winner of the District level speech and debate competition.

While anyone can talk about and participate in a debate on poverty, making a persuasive speech on poverty is not a cup of tea for everybody.

Renowned social and political figures have been doing so effectively which is perhaps the reason they rose to such prominence. Political speeches on global poverty are available over the web.

When you lack the means for providing yourself (and your family or dependents) with material needs and comforts, you are regarded as being poor.

Poverty has always been adding to the woes of human beings (and probably will keep doing so) as one of their worst enemies. All the struggle and over hard work you see around is actually an attempt to fight back poverty and root out its causes.

This poverty persuasive speech will also provide you with some solid ideas on producing a how to reduce poverty essay .

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Here is an award-winning how to eliminate poverty from Pakistan speech which is rich in arguments to help you speak on the topic for several minutes. However, you can shorten it for a 1 minute speech on poverty is a state of mind.

Also, a little modification will make it suitable for a political speech on poverty.

2. Version 1: A 2 Minute Persuasive Speech on Poverty (from Mandela’s Perspective)

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to all of you! Today, I’m going to talk about one of the most talked-about topics – poverty. It’s a nuisance that’s believed to have chased and troubled the humans ever since they came into being. Let’s see how far it’s true.

Addressing a staggering crowd of 22,000 people at London’s Trafalgar Square in 2005, Nelson Mandela equated poverty to imprisonment and slavery. He rightly said, “In the new (21 st ) century, millions of people are enslaved and trapped in the prison of poverty. It’s time to set them free”.

If you agree with Nelson Mandela’s figures and propositions, you must also agree to his argument, “Poverty is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings.”

And you must give heed to his warning against calling poverty a gesture of charity. According to him, eradicating poverty is just as protecting a fundamental human right, i.e. the right to live a dignified and decent life.

I do agree with all he said.

In my opinion, all humanity in indebted to all those living near to or below the international poverty line i.e. earning $1.9 a day. If we help them out – which we must – it won’t be a favor but the fulfillment of one of our greatest obligations towards them.

And I also have a message for the poor. That is, they can turn this misfortune into a good fortune. They can look at the examples of Prophet Muhammad – an orphan and the poorest yet the greatest man in history – Sir Isaac Newton, Madame Curie, and Jack Dempsey. Jack Dempsey – the world heavyweight champion – once said, “If I hadn’t been insulted beyond the limit due to poverty, I could never become a boxer.”

I’ll end my poverty speech with a quote from Mandela’s speech. He said, “Sometimes it (poverty) falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.”

3. Version 2 – A 3 Minute Informative/Persuasive Speech on Poverty for Students

I commence with the bounteous name of Allah Almighty whose supremacy is unchallenged.

Welcome to all of you.

3.2. Introduction to the Topic of Persuasive Speech on Poverty

Honorable chief guest, worthy teachers, esteemed judges, and dear audience, I thank you all for being here. Before I say anything, please accept my humble gratitude for blessing me with this golden opportunity to share my head and heart on the topic:

                                “Our decline is not come of poverty.”

                Days, months, years passed never went to the university,

                At the door when the failure danced, I blamed poverty?

Mr. President, first of all, I would like to briefly define and introduce the topic. The word ‘decline’ has been derived from the Latin ‘declinare’ which means to ‘bend down’ and the word ‘poverty’ also comes from the Latin ‘paupertas’ which means the state of being poor.

It means our lapse, downfall, and disgrace among the nations of the world is not due to our empty purse and bad circumstances.

I 100% agree with this statement and I have some strong arguments to back my claim.

Respectable participants, suppose we say that the actual cause of our descension is poverty but:

                                Where did this poverty come from?

It came from nowhere. It’s our own invention. And how did we discover it? Simply! Very simply!

                We just became rest-lovers and it automatically came into being but with some devastating consequences, we are encountered with.

A collection of shortcomings has made our decline possible. For example, we merely talk and chalk out plans but do nothing.

Charles Perrault says:

                A man of words and not of deeds

Is like a garden full of weeds.

And when your heart begins to bleed,

You are dead, and dead, and dead indeed.

In Islam, a person who works hard enjoys a friendship with Allah, the Creator of the universe.

So, it can be said that the real reason for our downfall is that we have stopped acting upon the teaching of Islam. Allah addresses us in the Glorious Quran, Verse 4, Chapter 90 (Surah Al-Balad):

                “We have verily created man into hardship (affliction).”

But, instead of struggling and utilizing our God-blessed potentials and resources, we extend our hand to beg alms from the foreign countries. Why are the Muslims on the downgrade and the Non-Muslims prosperous? Allah answers this question in the Noble Book, Verses 40 and 41, Chapter 53 (Surah An-Najm):

“And that his effort is going to be seen. And afterwards he will be recompensed (repaid) for it with the fullest recompense (payment).”

Now it becomes obvious that prosperous nations actually deserve prosperity.

While poverty is blamed for nations’ decline, it actually does more benefit than harm. In other words, there are many advantages of poverty which can help you to transform your misfortune into fortune.

3.4. Historical Perspective – Debate on Poverty:

If we have a glance on the pages of human history, we come to realize many bitter facts, such as:

• It was not wealth but character which made the Holy Prophet (PBUH) the greatest man in the world.
• It was not a pot of money but talent and hard work which made Isaac Newton, Sir Isaac Newton.
• It was not easy circumstances but the strain of every nerve which made Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova on the 16 th of June 1963 at 12:30 PM the first woman in space.
• It was not the command of money but a stroke of work which made Mania Scodovska, Madam Curie. She won two Nobel Prizes: one in physics in 1963 and the other in chemistry in 1911.
• It was not treasure but the poverty and sweat of his brow which made Jack Dempsey the world heavyweight champion. Once he said,

“Had I not been insulted beyond the limit due to poverty, I could never become a boxer.”

Mr. President, history reveals that two things are needed to make progress: natural resources and man-power which includes talent. We have both of them.

We should now start utilizing them before the time comes when we die, our body is decayed in the grave, our brain is decayed in the grave, our strength is decayed in the grave, out talent is decayed in the grave.

O people! Kindly omit the word of poverty from the dictionary. It has no meaning for we potentially energetic humans. We should utilize what we have. It is more than sufficient to make us a prosperous nation, to make us a successful generation, to make us a supreme power, and to make us rule the entire world as our ancestors did in our glorious history, as it is a tradition of nations, and as it is a fact.

At the end (of my persuasive speech on poverty), with the permission of the worthy president, I’d like to express my conclusive remarks.

Dear audience! Lessons taught by life enable me to reach the conclusion:

                “Poverty is not the cause of our decline. Poverty is a sign of our decline. As one of the greatest advantages of poverty, it acts as a stimulus to induce zeal for progress.

4. How to Start an Inspiring Speech about Poverty:

When it comes to making a speech in front of a crowd or gathering, speaking needs a lot of courage and skill which come from your background knowledge, experience, circumstances, practice, and emotional depth.

Delivering a public address about the hardships of the poor could be even more difficult if you haven’t passed through financially hard and squeezing circumstances. Especially, you would find it hard to add emotions to words.

Therefore, before you start speech on poverty, you need to make sure that you are:

Being well-prepared will not only enable you to deliver a successful speech but also boost your confidence level. Any deficiency, inefficiency or a loophole will only add to confusion and frustration and is likely to downgrade morale.

If your clothing is not up to the mark and does not correspond to the situation and hue of the audience, it may divert your attention from the main topic, i.e. delivering a forceful speech on poverty, while you are addressing a large gathering. So, always get neatly and appropriately dressed before embarking on such a demanding endeavor.

Before you begin a speech on poverty, relax yourself and do not allow the thoughts about an unwanted outcome occupy space in your mind. Feeling comfortable will give room to creativity, energy, and force in your speech.

4.4. Remain Focused on the Topic, i.e. Persuasive Speech on Poverty

While you address public about the financial woes of the depraved and the underprivileged, your only concern should be making an inspirational speech about poverty. So, free your mind from all sorts of personal, social, and background distractions. It will allow you to stay tuned and remain focused.

Before you talk to people, you must know:

Who they are?

Which cultural background do they come from?

What are their expectations?

What would be their possible reactions to what you say? and

How would you handle such responses to your speech about poverty?

4.6. Do Rehearsal Before You Deliver the Informative Speech on Poverty

Doing rehearsal is one of the most important things you need to do before you make a speech on poverty. Through practice, you can not only make up for any loopholes but also avoid any unwanted and unexpected situation while you deliver the speech.

Make points of all the things you want to share with the audience and put them in a logical sequence. Doing so will eliminate the chance of forgetting or skipping an important thing. Everything will go smoothly, fluently, and uninterrupted during your public address to the rich, the poor, or mixed audience.

Before you start the 2 minutes speech on poverty, make sure that it contains all the essential ingredients in a proper format. And you must manage to talk about all the planned points in the given timeframe.

Below are the major points/sections of the poverty persuasive speech outline:

Obviously, in the beginning of your public address, you say “Hello! Hi!” to your audience. If it’s a sort of a debate and you are going to be judged and ranked among your competitors, you will especially attract the attention of the jury and call them with an appropriate title in the very outset.

For example, your opening remarks could be like:

Honorable President, Esteemed Judges, Distinguished Guests, and Respectable Audience, please accept my humble greetings.

After making opening remarks, you will move forward to introduce the topic of your discussion or debate on poverty.

Here it would be pertinent to elaborate its meaning from various angles and perspectives.

You will need to state your position against or in favor of the topic especially when there is a debate on poverty. This is very important for the audience to know it from the beginning what you are going to prove later.

The body is the longest part/section of your persuasive speech on poverty where you have the freedom to look into and elaborate your topic from various angles. Similarly, here you can discuss different approaches to the solution of a given problem.

Also, here you can give strong arguments in the support of or against the given statement.

The following are the main things you would like to discuss in the body of the poverty persuasive speech outline.

5.4.1. Meaning/perception of poverty according to different schools of thought.

5.4.2. what are the major causes of poverty, 5.4.3. when do the poor feel comfortable with and want to live in poverty, 5.4.4. what are the outcomes/consequences of being poor, 5.4.5. what are the major hindrances to eliminating poverty, 5.4.6. which is the best way to wipe out poverty from your country and the world, 5.4.7. how you can mobilize the public for the achievement of this goal, 5.4.8. what are the responsibilities of the state and the international community in this regard, 5.4.9. how are different poverty elimination efforts/projects yielding desired results, 5.4.10. how an individual can bring a major change in transforming the lives of the depraved.

The concluding remarks of your informative speech on poverty are used to summarize your discussion or debate. Here you can reassert that the logical arguments expressed during the speech justify your stance on the topic.

The concluding remarks do not necessarily mark the end of your speech. A civilized way to end your persuasive speech on poverty is to thank the audience for their precious time, patience, and the attention they paid to your words, thoughts, arguments, and expressions.

And you don’t need to make long, twisted, or indirect statements. Saying “Thank You All” is enough. However, you should add your feelings to these couple of words.

The following twenty tips can add the elements of ‘persuasiveness’ and ‘touching’ to your speech on poverty.

Well begun is half done or say it “First impression is the last impression”. A powerful beginning will grab the attention of the audience and keep them tuned to the very end. Adding facts and figures in your opening remarks can serve the purpose.

6.13. Equip Persuasive Speech on Poverty with Body Language

6.18. follow a format and sequence, 11 faqs about persuasive speech on poverty, 1. why is poverty a problem.

Your inability to make for the basic necessities of life makes poverty a problem not only for you but also for others who might be dependent on you.

Poverty is also a problem for the state or country you live in because it has to spend on you instead of getting a share of your profits in the form of taxes and duties.

But, through an optimistic approach, you can transform poverty from being a problem to a blessing. It is because poverty inspires you to explore your hidden potentials to do something amazing in life.

Did you know? If you explore the list of the greatest persons in history, you will discover that most of them were extremely poor.

2. What is conclusion of poverty?

A simple conclusion of poverty is that it should not be treated as a curse or a nuisance but as a road to success and extraordinary achievements. While riches may cause laziness, poverty puts you on the path of action and progress.

3. What is the main idea of poverty?

While poverty is usually believed to a state of economic depravity, while the main idea of poverty also encompasses thoughtless and the inability to do something.

4. Why is poverty so important?

Poverty is so important because it can either ruin you or take to the new heights which were previously inaccessible.

5. What is poverty topic?

A poverty topic refers to the subject of your poetry, essay or speech on poverty. An example of poverty topic is: “Is poverty a boon or bane?”

6. What is poverty speech?

A poverty speech is an act of addresses public (a gathering or an audience) about the drawbacks of being poor and how to fight it back.

7. Is poverty a hindrance to success?

One can say that poverty is a hindrance to success, but that is not always true. A pessimist will always take it as an obstacle, but the individuals looking at the positive aspects of things will always utilize it as a stimulus for success.

8. What is poverty very short answer?

A very short but logical answer to what is poverty is: “Poverty is more a state of physical and spiritual dearth than economic depravity.

9. What is poverty line in simple words?

A precise answer to what is poverty line is that it is a level of income which enables you or your family to avail basic necessities of life. For example, if someone is earning less than $1.90/day (as of April 2002), they are living below the international poverty line.

10. How do you start a good persuasive speech?

You should start a good persuasive speech with facts and figures and the real situation prevailing in your vicinity. The beginning is the most crucial part of your persuasive speech on poverty. A good start will make a good and lasting impact.

11. What are the 3 types of persuasive speeches?

You make a persuasive speech to bring the opinion of the listeners in harmony with that of yours. Value, factual, and policy persuasive speech are the 3 types of persuasive speeches.

You make a factual persuasive speech to refute a prevailing falsehood through the use of logical arguments and concrete evidence.

While making a value persuasive speech, you support or challenge the ethical or moral authority of something and try to prove it right or wrong.

Similarly, you make a policy persuasive speech to convince your audience to accept or resist a policy change.

7. Request to Readers:

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Persuasive Speech About Poverty

Poverty is a major issue in the world today. There are many people who live in poverty, and many children who grow up in poverty. Poverty can have a huge impact on a person’s life, and it can be very difficult to escape from poverty if you are born into it.

There are many ways to help reduce poverty, and it is important that we all do our part to help those who are living in poverty. One way to help is to donate money to charities that work to fight poverty. Another way is to volunteer your time or skills to help those who are living in poverty.

It is also important that we raise awareness about poverty, and educate people about the effects of poverty on individuals and families. We need to show people that poverty is not just a financial issue, it is also a social and emotional issue. Poverty can have a devastating effect on a person’s life, and it is important that we all work together to help those who are living in poverty.

It’s all about food in the United States. In other countries, there are homeless people just as in the United States. Poverty is a bad way of life and it can corrupt even good people. The phrase “the poor will always be with us,” which has been used since biblical times, is not accurate any longer because poverty has changed its definition and function over time. It’s all about eating in the United States. Homeless individuals exist in numerous nations just like they do in the United States. Poverty is a terrible way of life that can damage even decent persons.

Poverty is being a slave to the rich and powerful. Poverty is not being able to vote or participate in the decisions that affect your life. Poverty is having to sell your body to survive. Poverty is insecurity, living in fear of violence and exploitation.

Poverty means being a refugee or an internally displaced person, having to leave your home because of conflict, persecution, natural disasters or development projects. Poverty means not belonging anywhere, not having a nationality. Poverty means being a migrant worker who is treated like a second-class citizen.

Poverty is all of these things and more. It is a complex issue that affects billions of people around the world. Children are especially vulnerable to poverty and its effects. According to UNICEF, there are close to 2 billion children living in poverty around the world. Poverty can have a profound effect on children, impacting their health, education and overall well-being.

Child poverty is an important issue because it not only affects the individual child, but also has implications for society as a whole. Poverty-stricken children are more likely to grow up to be poverty-stricken adults, creating a cycle of poverty that is difficult to break. Additionally, these children are more likely to experience poor health, lack of education and other negative outcomes that can limit their potential and hinder their ability to contribute fully to society.

There are many different causes of child poverty. Some of the most common include:

– Lack of access to basic needs like food, water, shelter and healthcare

– Poverty of the parents or caregivers

– Limited opportunities for education and employment

– Conflict and violence

– Natural disasters

– Illness or disability

What can we do to address child poverty? There are many things that can be done to help reduce child poverty, including:

– Providing food, water, shelter and healthcare to those who need it

– Supporting parents and caregivers in their efforts to provide for their children

– Promoting education and opportunities for employment

– Addressing the root causes of poverty, such as conflict and violence, lack of access to basic needs, etc.

It is important that we work together to address child poverty. No one organization or country can do it alone. By working together, we can make a real difference in the lives of millions of children who are living in poverty.

“Poverty is the most severe type of violence.” – Mahatma Gandhi. Poverty is defined as a situation where a family’s basic necessities, such as food, shelter, clothing, and education are not met. It can lead to additional issues like low literacy rates, unemployment, malnutrition, and others.

Because approximately half of the world’s population resides beneath the poverty line, poverty is a worldwide problem. Natural catastrophes, war, sickness and low levels of education are all examples of factors that may contribute to poverty.

Poverty has a significant impact on children as it can lead to poor health, malnutrition, and lack of education. Children who grow up in poverty are more likely to experience problems in their adult life like unemployment and mental health issues. Poverty also increases the risk of crime and violence.

There are many ways to reduce poverty, such as providing access to education, healthcare, and employment opportunities. We can also help by donating money or time to organizations that work to reduce poverty. By working together, we can make a difference and help reduce poverty around the world.

The million dollar question is: Where does this money come from? The answer, as we have seen above, is the charitable sector. This money comes from donations made by individuals who are inspired by your incredible story.

Charities often focus on health and education in order to relieve suffering via their various programs. -Poverty is associated with a number of negative situations such as substandard housing, homelessness, nutritional inadequacy, food insecurity, restricted child care access, unsafe communities, and underfunded schools. 

Poverty also is linked to diminished life opportunities and reduced earnings prospects over the course of a lifetime. Poverty rates are highest for female-headed families with children, followed by African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Poverty rates for white people and Asian Americans are lowest.

Nearly one in five U.S. children lives in poverty. In 2012, there were 16.4 million poor children in the United States, including nearly one in three African American children and more than one in four Hispanic children. Poverty rates are highest for female-headed families with children, followed by African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans. Poverty rates for white people and Asian Americans are lowest.

Children who grow up poor are more likely to have stunted physical and cognitive development, which can lead to lower academic achievement and a host of health problems. Poverty also increases the likelihood of high-risk behaviors such as crime, violence, and substance abuse.

A number of programs aim to reduce the negative effects of poverty on children. These include early childhood education programs, after-school and summer programs, school breakfast and lunch programs, and housing assistance.

The federal government’s primary program for assisting families in poverty is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. TANF provides cash assistance to families with children who are struggling to make ends meet. The TANF program has helped millions of families since it was created in 1996, but it has to keep pace with the changing needs of families in poverty.

In order to make sure that all children have a chance to succeed, we need to do more to reduce poverty and its effects on children. We must invest in early childhood education, after-school and summer programs, and school breakfast and lunch programs. We also need to ensure that families have access to quality affordable housing. When we invest in our nation’s children, we are investing in our future.

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Philippines: Speech on Social Protection & Disaster Risk Management Conference

Motoo Konishi, Country Director for the Philippines Conference on Strengthening Social Protection Systems to Manage Disaster and Climate Risk in Asia and the Pacific. Pasig, Philippines

Honorable Secretary Soliman…., Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning and welcome to Manila and to this conference on Strengthening Social Protection Systems to Manage Disaster and Climate Risk in Asia and the Pacific. 

The World Bank is honored to jointly host this conference, with the Philippines’ lead social protection agency, the Department of Social Welfare and Development.  This Conference is a great opportunity to share knowledge and experience on how countries cope with one of the greatest challenges in human existence: the climate change and related environment disasters, and also share knowledge and experience  on the role of social protection not only in dealing with aftermath of disasters , but also in adapting to climate change and decreasing the risk to disaster.   You will hear in the next three days the experiences of 17 countries from three continents --- Cambodia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, El Salvador, Panama, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Fiji, Kenya and the Philippines. 

All of us are gathered in this hall because we care deeply about the impacts of climate change  on our lives and well-being now  and in the future.  The Philippines is one great example of how  one extreme weather event such as typhoon Yolanda, experienced a year ago, can disrupt lives of millions of people, wipe out livelihoods and throw  many into poverty overnight. Super Typhoon Yolanda was indeed super! It was recorded to be among the strongest typhoons to ever make landfall, with over 8,000 casualties and close to 200 severely affected municipalities.  About 3 million households with almost 13.5 million members were affected directly. Half a million houses were destroyed and another half a million damaged. The total damage and loss has been estimated at almost 13.0 billion USD.  The loss of jobs, livelihood, houses and productive assets immediately pushed about half a million people into poverty, while those that were already poor, were pushed deeper into poverty and many into destitution. This corresponds to an increase in the poverty rate by 35.0 percent, in an area where poverty was already significantly above the national average. 

The Philippines has unfortunately been forced to accumulate a lot of experience in dealing with disasters. It is among the world’s countries most vulnerable to environmental disasters. Every year, it experiences strong typhoons and floods. Furthermore, it is prone to earthquakes and volcano eruptions. In response, it has put together a solid system for disaster risk management. However, the unprecedented strength and devastation caused by Yolanda put the Philippines’ Disaster Risk Management system under tremendous stress and test. One government Secretary described Yolanda as a “wake up call” – the Government thought that it already had an adequate DRRM system in place. This was certainly true for small and moderate size disasters, but not for the magnitude of disasters like Yolanda that has brought to the fore existing institutional weaknesses.

Typhoon Yolanda also warned all of us, including those from other countries, that this could be  the “new normal” where disasters of tremendous strength might become common. In response, the Government of the Philippines has been rethinking the institutional framework to effectively deal with large-scale disasters. There may be a valid justification for formalizing the management of disasters through a dedicated, permanent government institution, which would be the appropriate authority to coordinate and manage the recovery from such high-impact events. This entity would not replace the existing line agencies of the government, but would be in charge of two important functions: 1) distributing and monitoring the additional funds required for disaster recovery; and 2) undertaking prevention and risk reduction to reduce losses in the long term. 

Yolanda recovery also highlights the global debate on how to define recovery. Many have expressed that response, recovery and development should be thought of as overlapping processes instead of distinct steps. These terms and definitions affect every process of recovery, from response, to planning, to financing, to implementation, to monitoring.

A good example of this integrated approach is linking the post-disaster housing needs with the recovery of livelihoods. Social development needs to link housing with livelihood and basic services and should be delivered as a comprehensive intervention.

Each time the disaster hits, the Department of Social Welfare and Development  is the first to hit the ground. Secretary Dinky Soliman, a disaster response veteran, is going to tell you much more about the Philippines experience in making the social protection resilient to disaster, while ensuring that it responds rapidly to the consequences of disasters to help affected population recover as soon as possible. What I would like to emphasize is that DSWD is converging its three flagship programs - a conditional cash transfer program, a Community Driven Development program and a livelihood support program, and making the three flagship programs  disaster sensitive, so that they are becoming an effective tool in making households more resilient to disasters. What we have also learned from DSWD experience is that having well-designed and implemented set of integrated social protection programs, as well as a capable and well run organizational infrastructure that delivers programs is crucially important for disaster risk management and response.

Finally, before I close, I would like to note, that managing climate change, environment and disaster risk is one of the five key areas of engagement of the World Bank’s Philippines Country Partnership Strategy 2014-2018. In this way, we recognize that managing disaster risk is one of the key contributing factors to achieving poverty reduction and shared prosperity goals to which the Philippines government and the World Bank are firmly committed. 

I wish you a successful Conference. Thank you. 

And as Filipinos say to their guests, MABUHAY!        

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