Taking the stigma out of poverty
“Social Inclusion and Poverty Eradication: A Two-Day International Workshop” is being held today and Friday. It will bring together international experts in both poverty analysis and those whose work focuses on group discrimination, stigma, and exclusionary relations. Participants will assess the contribution of social inclusion policies, from affirmative action, inclusionary housing, and group rights, to basic income and social protection floors. For a full agenda, visit the website. Today and Friday, an international panel will come together at Harvard’s Center for European Studies for a two-day workshop titled “Social Inclusion and Poverty Eradication.” The talks will examine how different forms of exclusion contribute to the spread of poverty, and how social, political, and economic inclusion may reduce it. “The idea is to create bridges between anthropologists, economists, lawyers, and others who are working on poverty inequality on various parts of the planet,” said Michèle Lamont, director of the Weatherhead Center for International...