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Poverty Watch Spain | Poverty Watches Overview 2020

EAPN National Networks NewsBy RebeccaOctober 23, 2020

In Spain, the different manifestations of poverty and social exclusion are a shortage of income, lack of decent housing, material deprivation, more difficult educational and healthcare paths due to hardships, poverty of families living in disadvantaged environments, and limited or truncated access to basic services. In 2019, a total of 11,875,000 people, which represents 25.3% of…

Poverty Watch UK | Poverty Watches Overview 2020

EAPN National Networks NewsBy RebeccaOctober 23, 2020

UK income and wealth inequality are high and wealth inequality is rising. London is the richest city in the UK, but has the highest concentrations of people in poverty, and of children needing free school meals, crowded into poor boroughs. Edinburgh is the richest city in Scotland, but 80,000 people live in poverty, including 1…

Poverty Watch Iceland | Poverty Watches Overview 2020

EAPN National Networks NewsBy RebeccaOctober 23, 2020

The Icelandic system of social benefits is a myriad of different systems that don’t always work together, but when they do, it seems to rather work to benefit the system itself, but not the claimant. This results in groups of people falling through gaps in the system (those who fall short of qualifying in all…

Poverty Watch Norway | Poverty Watches Overview 2020

EAPN National Networks NewsBy RebeccaOctober 23, 2020

In Norway, the share of people living below the poverty threshold has increased in recent years. Measured with persistent low income (EU60), the share increased from 7.7 percent in 2011 to 9.8 percent in 2018. This is equivalent to 485 800 people.  Poverty Watch Main Findings Most affected groups The unemployed Recipients of social service…

Poverty Watch IFSW | Poverty Watches Overview 2020

EAPN National Networks NewsBy RebeccaOctober 23, 2020

IFSW Europe has a focus on the role of social work and social care. Human rights and social justice are critical in any social workers thinking and actions. Social workers often advocate on behalf people requiring social protection and assistance and see first-hand the impact of Covid-19 on access to social services and people facing…

Poverty Watch Serbia | Poverty Watches Overview 2020

EAPN National Networks NewsBy RebeccaOctober 23, 2020

 The COVID-19 pandemic has altered realities and everyday lives of people around the globe, revealing more clearly gaps in resilience among social groups due to the inequalities, weaknesses of public social systems due to the stalled reforms and fragility of democratic institutions, human rights and freedoms in a country that has a long and strong…

Important Advocacy Success of EAPN Latvia in fight for Minimum Adequate Income | EAPN Advocacy

EAPN National Networks NewsBy RebeccaOctober 21, 2020

On 25 June 2020 the Latvian Constitutional Court ruled that the current Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) currently set at 64€ per month is too low to ensure a life in dignity and thus non-constitutional, as reported in an article of the Baltic Times. This ruling was issued following a year-long research, policy and advocacy campaign…

Interview Semaine de l’Europe | BAPN & EAPN news

EAPN National Networks News, EAPN News, News and publicationsBy RebeccaOctober 19, 2020

The poverty levels throughout the European Union increase significantly. Even prior to the pandemic, 109 million people in Europe were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Covid-19 only aggravated the situation. On top of that, climate change becomes ever more urgent, and a green transition has been rightfully determined as top priority for European…

Challenge Poverty Week | Poverty Alliance UK

EAPN National Networks NewsBy RebeccaOctober 15, 2020

Challenge Poverty Week In the run up to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Scotland organised the ‘Challenge Poverty Week’. Throughout this week, hundreds of events took place around the country. With this initiative, the Poverty Alliance (UK) wants to put a spotlight on poverty and call for action to protect the most…

Poverty Watches

EAPN National Networks News, EAPN News, Featured, Members-room, News and publicationsBy RebeccaOctober 12, 2020

What is the EAPN Poverty Watch Report? The EAPN Poverty Watch Reports do not attempt to provide a comprehensive academic report on poverty. They start from the reality of people experiencing poverty and the perspectives of the NGOs that support and work with them: our 31 EAPN national networks and 13 European Organization members. Their…

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