Goal 1 End poverty in all of its forms everywhere

For educators: In this section you find information on SDG1, read through this page to familiarise yourself with it, if its new for you. If you are teaching a subject that relates to poverty the teaching examples in this module can be useful for you, feel free to copy to your course. Poverty is seen in all communities regardless of income level. In order to help our students to recognise the challenge of poverty, educators are encouraged to take poverty from local, national and global perspectives while integrating it in their teaching.

According to United Nations, Globally the number of people living in extreme poverty declined from 36 per cent in 1990 to 10 per cent in 2015. But the pace of change is decelerating and the COVID-19 crisis risks reversing decades of progress in the fight against poverty. New research published by the UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increased globally in thirty years, since 1990.

More than 700 million people, or 10 per cent of the world population, still live in extreme poverty today, struggling to fulfil the most basic needs like health, education, and access to water and sanitation, to name a few. The majority of people living on less than $1.90 a day live in sub-Saharan Africa. Worldwide, the poverty rate in rural areas is 17.2 per cent—more than three times higher than in urban areas.

For those who work, having a job does not guarantee a decent living. In fact, 8 per cent of employed workers and their families worldwide lived in extreme poverty in 2018. One out of five children live in extreme poverty. Ensuring social protection for all children and other vulnerable groups is critical to reduce poverty. Poverty can be seen in all countries where low or high income https://www.stadsmissionen.se/sites/default/files/2022-10/Fattigdomsrapporten_2022_highres.pdf

Teaching example 1: SDG1 End poverty in all of its forms everywhere

Teaching Materials and tools needed for this interactive session

-Go to United Nations web page and read on SDG1

-read the sustainable development report on SDG 1

Sustainable development report-country profile

ILOs:

After completing this teaching instance students will be able to:

explain what is SDG1 and the situation of poverty worldwide
recognise the challenge of poverty and the impact of COVID-19 on the progress of SDG1
compare the progression of SDG1 between different countries

Teaching activity

For students: read the below sustainable development report on SDG 1 then go to Sustainable development report-country profile and do the followings: 1) Click on the flag of these countries (Sweden, Togo and Argentina) then look at SDG Dashboards and Trends of each of these countries, describe the performance of these countries with regards to SDG1 achievement 2) compare the SDG1 progression in these 3 countries and reflect on the whole situation with regards to poverty in terms of challenges (e.g. COVID-19) and solutions in each countries.; Hint: click on SDG1 indicators (e.g. the indicator Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90/day) to read more of the SDG1 progression. Task: to write maximum one page summary of what you have done in 1-2.