The workshop convened in April 2010 sought to create a platform for knowledge sharing and strengthening of collaborative action and advocacy on poverty and inequality. The workshop was co-hosted by the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII), the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) and Isandla Institute. It followed on from the national conference with the same title that the organisers, with the Presidency as a fourth partner, hosted in September 2010.