The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty's new report on “Banning discrimination on grounds of socioeconomic status” was presented to the UN General Assembly in October 2022.
The report addresses the issue of discrimination on grounds of socio-economic disadvantage. Discrimination is part of the daily experience of people in poverty. It restricts access to employment, education, housing or social services, among others.
The report discusses how discrimination against people in poverty operates and how it can be addressed. It acknowledges “povertyism”, i.e. negative stereotyping against the poor, as part of the experience of living on low incomes, and describes how the realization of socio-economic rights depends on people in poverty being protected from discrimination. It identifies the strengthening of the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of socio-economic disadvantage as a key tool towards poverty eradication.
More about the report can be found here: A/77/157: Banning discrimination on grounds of socioeconomic disadvantage: an essential tool in the fight against poverty
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