March/April 2005: Gender and Poverty
Gender equality remains more hope than reality in many respects. Despite some big steps forward, stereotypes and prejudices are hard to shift!
Press release – The European Constitution: strengths and weaknesses
At a time when Member States are in the process of ratifying the EU Constitutional Treaty, either through a Parliamentary adoption or by referendum, EAPN issues its analysis of the text, highlighting some of its major strengths and omissions in the eradication of poverty and social exclusion in the European Union, where 68 million people live ‘below the line’.
EAPN position paper – Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the EU Constitutional Treaty
In its analysis, EAPN judges the EU Constitutional Treaty in terms of whether it provides the legal and practical instruments, and shows the political intention, to eradicate poverty in the European Union and provide social rights and a voice to people experiencing poverty, social exclusion and discrimination.