What is poverty anyway?

Global anti-poverty campaigner comes to Oxford: Thursday 13th November

What does it mean to be poor? Before we can fight poverty, we need to understand it. International poverty campaigner Sabina Alkire will be speaking at Oxford Town Hall next week about using multidimensional indicators of poverty to build up a detailed picture and advocate effectively for the world’s poorest people.

Dr Sabina Alkire is director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). She will be speaking at a free event organised by Oxford World Development Movement (WDM).

Sam Partington, chair of Oxford WDM, said: “Sabina Alkire’s research work with Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative is an excellent complement to WDM’s focus on activism and campaigning for a global economic justice, so I’m delighted that this event can bring Sabina’s work to a wider audience.”

“Poverty reduction and global economic justice are two key goals that OPHI and World Development Movement share. This will be a great chance to bring Sabina Alkire’s cutting-edge thinking and research to bear on those aims for which we campaign so hard.”

OPHI is best known for working with the United Nations Development Programme to develop the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), now the standard index for assessing a country’s poverty levels.

The talk will take place on Tuesday 13th November at Oxford Town Hall. 8pm-9:15pm. Entry is free. There will be the opportunity for questions and discussions after the talk.

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For more information, interview requests or photographs, contact:

Sam Partington
07754 686168
sam@samsolutions.co.uk