Anti-Poverty Week: taking a stand

19 October 2005

The Shadow Minister for Work and Family Tanya Plibersek will speak at UNSW on Thursday as part of Anti-Poverty Week. The forum is one of a range of events being hosted by the Social Justice Project, which is co-ordinating UNSW's involvement in the national initiative.

Anti-Poverty Week coincides with the United Nation's International Poverty Day. The event began as a UNSW initiative in 2002 and is now a national program run by major organisations around Australia that work to reduce poverty and hardship.

"The Week is designed to strengthen public understanding of causes and consequences of poverty and encourage research, discussion and action to address these problems," said the Chair and founder of Anti-Poverty Week, Professor Julian Disney.

"It's also about engagement. There are more than 100 activities taking place across Australia, all of which are designed to give the community the opportunity to express their concerns about examples of hardship in all its forms.

"My driving belief is that mainstream Australia is neither as greedy nor self-serving as politicians and the media seem to believe," said Professor Disney, of the Faculty of Law.


What: Shadow Minister for Work and Family Tanya Plibersek speaks on global poverty
When: 1pm, Thursday 20 October
Where: Ritchie Theatre, The Scientia

For a full program of activities see the website or contact the Social Justice Project at sjp@unsw.edu.au

This month's Uniken features a story on Professor Julian Disney.