EAPN Ireland: blog on income inequality and seminar video on accessing EU funding
Read the latest information about EAPN Ireland here…
EAPN Spain: 20.8% of the population under poverty threshold
{jathumbnail}With 20.8% of its population living under the poverty threshold, Spain has one of the highest poverty rate in the Union while, at the same time, equals Nordic countries in material deprivation levels, i.e. below 10%…
EAPN Ireland releases final report of the 2010 European Year regional seminars and interviews with people experiencing poverty
- Final Report of the 2010 European Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion Regional Seminars
- Series of Interviews with People Experiencing Poverty in Ireland
FNARS (member of EAPN France): 120 asylum seekers evicted on the street
{jathumbnail}On 9 December in Nice, 120 asylum seekers, including 35 children, were expelled manu militari from the place they had found as a shelter for the winter, as public authorities couldn’t provide them with any other place to stay.
EAPN Italy holds a successful 2010 Focus week
The week which was held in Bari was a great success, definitely beyond our expectations. The seminars and round tables were regularly followed by approximately 90 persons each time.
1st National Congress of People Experiencing Poverty
{jathumbnail}EAPN Spain first National Congress for visibility to people experiencing poverty and their rights as citizens, 18-20 November: listen to them! They’ve taken the floor to act
Macedonian anti-poverty NGOs launch their campaign for the EU Year 2010
{jathumbnail}On 29 October, Macedonian Anti-Poverty Platform and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights launched their campaign on the year 2010 in Skopje.
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland): Money Matters! Low Incomes Drive Unequal Life Chances
Commenting on the release Frank Field MPs report from the Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances, Peter Kelly, Director of the Poverty Alliance in Scotland, said….
FNARS (EAPN France member): homeless foreign people are not an ‘adjustment variable’
The daily newspaper Libération published documents on 29 November about administrative orders addressed to emergency shelters, which clear encourage to leave people on the street, so as to deal with the lack of room.