- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on 17 October to raise awareness about people struggling with poverty and living low standards of living.
- The theme of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty for the year 2023 has been ‘Decent work and social protection: bringing dignity into practice for all’.
- A resolution to celebrate this day was passed by the United Nations General Assembly in December, 1992.
- This day was celebrated for the first time in the year 1993.
