24 hours of action starting today

The mobilization will continue for 24 hours and hundreds of events will mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

The actions are organised by the UN Millennium Campaign, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance and a wide range of partners around the world. "Stand Up and Speak Out" calls on ordinary people to show courage and demand a more urgent political response to the growing crisis of global poverty and to demand that world leaders meet and exceed their commitments to the Millennium Development Goals.