The Life Course Centre invites you to attend our Anti-Poverty Week 2019 event which will focus on Education as a Pathway out of Poverty. We are delighted to be hosting two international researchers on education and equality – Professor Rebekah Levine Coley of the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College, and Dr Matteo Sandi of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Our speakers will explore the human development and economics of education, and its role in addressing social and economic disadvantage and poverty. Their presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and the opportunity for audience questions.

We hope you can join us for this event, which coincides with the United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Thursday 17 October. This is our key event for Anti-Poverty Week 2019, running from 13-19 October, and we are proud to be a sponsor of the week and its efforts to increase awareness and understanding of poverty.

In Australia, more than 3 million people, or 13.2% of the population, live below the poverty line, including 739,000 or 1 in 6 children growing up in poverty. Anti-Poverty Week encourages us all to acknowledge these facts, engage in conversations, raise awareness, focus on positive solutions, and take action to end poverty.