ATD fourth world

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International Movement ATD Fourth World
(ATD Fourth World)
founding 1957 in Noisy-le-Grand
founder Joseph Wresinski
motto Together for the dignity of all.
Website www.atd-quartmonde.org

The ATD Fourth World Movement ( English International Movement ATD Fourth World ) is an international non-governmental organization that advocates human rights , peace and the recognition of human dignity .

history

The association was founded in 1957 as a self-help association in the "Château de France" emergency accommodation camp in the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand . Its founder, Joseph Wresinski , lived there from 1956 to 1967 as a pastor . He himself grew up in abject poverty and wanted the families and population groups excluded because of their poverty to contribute their experiences to society and help shape it as equal partners.

According to its own statements, the organization is politically and religiously neutral and has advisory status with ECOSOC , UNESCO , UNICEF , the International Labor Organization and the Council of Europe . It operates in over 30 countries on all continents. The head office is in Pierrelaye / France, the office for Germany in Gerswalde (Uckermark), the Swiss center in Treyvaux .

The initial ATD stands in English for All Together in Dignity (in German as: Together for the dignity of all, in French with Agir tous pour la dignité).

Together the members develop projects in the field of education and culture. They promote dialogue with one another and with society. One example is the “Fourth World People's Universities” in various European countries. Here, people affected by poverty and other people exchange experiences, learn to listen to each other and address areas of life such as work, culture, education or health. They practice the dialogue and also prepare statements.

effect

Through its research institute, the organization has made a significant contribution to raising awareness of the persistent poverty in rich countries since the 1960s. It has sensitized the international community to the connection between poverty and human rights, which led to the adoption of relevant guidelines by the UN General Assembly in autumn 2012. The Wresinski report of the French Economic and Social Council was pioneering here with its definition: “Economic and social insecurity [...] leads to severe poverty if it affects several areas of existence, if it persists over a longer period of time, if it affects opportunities to take over his responsibilities again in the foreseeable future and to regain his rights. ”At the initiative of ATD Fourth World , October 17th has been celebrated since 1987 as World Day to Overcome Poverty .

literature

  • Jona M. Rosenfeld : Emerger de la grande pauvreté. Le Mouvement international ATD Quart Monde et son action avec les familles les plus pauvres . Editions Quart Monde, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-904972-28-5
  • Joseph Wresinski: The poor are the church. Conversations with Joseph Wresinski about the fourth world . NZN Buchverlag, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85827-119-5
  • Jona M. Rosenfeld, Bruno Tardieu: Artisans of Democracy: How Ordinary People, Families in Extreme Poverty, and Social Institutions Become Allies to Overcome Social Exclusion. University Press of America, 2000, ISBN 0-7618-1666-6
  • Marie-Rose Blunschi Ackermann: Joseph Wresinski. Spokesman for the poorest in theological discourse (= practical theology in dialogue 28). Academic Press Friborg, Freiburg Switzerland 2005, ISBN 3-7278-1535-3 ISSN 1422-4410. ( PDF; 2.1 MB )
  • Nelly Schenker: "Slow down, slow wait for it golden Nüteli". My memories . edition gesowip, Basel 2014, ISBN 978-3-906129-92-1
  • Eugen Brand, Michel Sauquet: La dignité pour boussole. Un engagement avec ATD Quart Moons. Yvry-sur-Seine 2020, ISBN 979-10-91178-79-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marie-Rose Blunschi Ackermann: Joseph Wresinski. Spokesman for the poorest in theological discourse , Freiburg Switzerland 2005, pp. 109–155; Joseph Wresinski: The poor are the church , Zurich 1998, pp. 158–162 ( pdf; 76 KB )
  2. ↑ Statuts du Mouvement International ATD Quart Monde adoptés par l'Assemblée Générale du 29 avril 2009 , Art. 1 ( pdf; 741 KB )
  3. ^ François Rubio: List of the ONG ayant un "statut général" auprès du Conseil économique et social (ECOSOC) des Nations Unies. In: Blog ONG Humanitaire. Retrieved July 1, 2020 .
  4. ^ Geneviève Defraigne Tardieu: L'Université populaire Quart Monde. La construction du savoir émancipatoire , Presses universitaires de Paris Ouest, 2012.
  5. ↑ Sarah Haßdenteufel: poverty reporting, state and welfare organizations in France and the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1980s. In: Austrian History Journal , Volume 26, Volume 2015, pp. 149–169 ( pdf )
  6. ↑ Final draft of the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights, submitted by the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona , report of the UN Human Rights Council of July 18, 2012 (PDF; 576kb)
  7. ↑ Grande pauvreté et précarité économique et sociale . Journal Officiel de la République Française, February 28, 1987 ( pdf ).
  8. ↑ Ibid., P. 6