poverty, through all types of medium (written, audio, video, film, photo, objects). The ICJW thus serves to "reinforce the collective identity of people living in poverty" as well as an important tool for researchers investigating poverty and issues that interlink with poverty. As one researcher put it, "The issue of poverty is the subject of many reports, analysis, debate and resolutions. However, the experiences of those living in poverty are often not reflected in high level policy documents or economic reports. For UN staff, poverty and development experts, government representatives, and NGOs, the use of an expert language grounded in statistics has become the prevailing way to discuss poverty. In contrast, a reduction in the percentage of people living within the World Bank definition of extreme poverty has little impact upon those for whom poverty persists. What is unseen to most experts in the field of poverty is the story of real people – the mother who goes to the rubbish dump every day to work so her children can go to school; the father who walks the streets looking for work so he can bring home food to his family; the woman who refuses to be re-housed out of her cemetery home because she cannot bear to have a better life while others are left behind". In 2011 the ATD Fourth World sourced proposal paper Extreme Poverty and World Governance was published by the Forum for the new World Governance. The aim of the report is to place the eradication of extreme poverty at the heart of the political goals pursued by a renewed world governance, and to recognize the participation of the poorest members of humanity in elaborating new principles or shaping future world governance as an essential condition in the success of the enterprise. See also Extreme poverty Poverty Poverty in France Revenu minimum d'insertion Joseph Wresinski Human rights The Despouy Report on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty at Wikisource References External links ATD Fourth World website International Day for the Eradication of Poverty website UN website for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Joseph Wresinski website International non-profit organizations Organizations with participatory status with the Council of Europe