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.
EU SILC data on Income and Living Conditions in Ireland – Legacy from 2010 EY Against Poverty will be to drive more people deeper into poverty
Statistics released on 25 November by the Central Statistics Office show that the current crisis has driven more people into extreme poverty, with almost one in four households in arrears with their household bills at some time during 2009, and one in ten households falling into debt in the same period.
Government needs to publish detailed report on poverty impact of Budget 2011
Tuesday , 7 December, The Government needs to publish a detailed report on the poverty impact of Budget 2011 which it is committed to carry out in its own National Action Plan for Social Inclusion.
Human Ring in Oslo
{jathumbnail}The Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament) will be gathered by the Human Ring on the 19th November at 12:00. The meeting point will be Eidsvold square, where there will be different musicians.
Human Ring in Madrid
{jathumbnail}On 19th November at 20:00, the Human Ring will join up around the Monument to the Constitution in Madrid, located in front of the Natural Sciences Museum. It is expected that more than 300 people will get involved in this event.
Macedonian anti poverty NGOs launch their campaign for EU Year 2010
Macedonian Anti-Poverty Platform and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights launched on 29th October their campaign on the year 2010 in Skopje. The campaign aims to raise awareness and mobilize actors at national and local levels to join forces to combat poverty and social exclusion in the country.
Invalidiliitto (member of EAPN Finland): Accessibility, adequate income, inclusive education and employment guarantee equality for people with mobility disabilities
Six organisations of people with mobility disabilities from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania gathered for the first time at a seminar “Disability Rights and Reality” in Vilnius, Lithuania 28.–31.10.2010.