The BOSS – Building a Network to Boost Social Secure Europe project aims to tackle poverty and social exclusion through an established quality framework, in which the civil society organisations are already familiar with the needs of their target groups and have an understanding of gender equality issues. EAPN Latvia is leading on this project,…
Joint Statement on the Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the EU In response to the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) meeting on 14 June, Social Platform and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) urge EU ministers to demonstrate their full political support for the proposed directive. The following elements are…
People Experiencing Poverty (PeP) are and have been at the forefront of the socio-economic effects of the pandemic and their stories deserve to be heard! We, therefore, introduce our ‘Voices From The Ground’ videos: a series of videos from all across Europe, giving first-hand accounts of poverty from people experiencing poverty. In addition to detailing…
The true story of Stella de Swart: from super villa to food bank . Stella, one of the featured people from our new Voices From The Ground video series, is releasing a new book describing her experience of living in poverty. Entitled Armoede krijg je gratis (You get poverty for free), she highlights how poverty can…
