Almost every third person is affected by poverty and social exclusion in Hungary. People experiencing poverty have worse access than most to health care benefits, education, cultural life and information. Every year the Hungarian Anti-Poverty Network organizes a public event – based on the active involvement of civil society organizations, volunteers, and activists – to…
On Monday 12 December, BAPN (Belgian Anti-Poverty Network), organized a round table discussion on good practices and what’s needed to be successful in the fight against child poverty. Mariza Mendoza from Vrienden van ‘t Huizeke, (a Brussels anti-poverty association), Claudio Pescarollo from RéBBUS (a project network from Namur) as well as Sian Jones, EAPN policy coordinator, presented…
Colin Hampton (EAPN UK): ‘Thanks to everyone for supporting the opening screening of I, Daniel Blake in Chesterfield on Friday. We had an attendance of over 200. Thanks to the Groups that sponsored the event and helped us to provide refreshments for the very lively discussion afterwards. We will be looking to put on Community…
EAPN Netherlands organized a conference to close the project “Include Experts by Experience in the Local Social Field”. During this conference, the Secretary of State, Jetta Klijnsma, discussed poverty and social exclusion together with the students of Bs Mikado (from Venlo). Please read the final Project Report here and watch the video here
EAPN Portugal is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark this date, several initiatives were organized throughout 2016, closing the year with the presentation of a publication that portrays the 25 years of EAPN Portugal, – “25 years to build pathways to eradicate poverty and social exclusion” written by Gaspar Pereira and an Exhibition – “WELTSCHMERZ”…
Poverty and income inequality featured among the key topics at the Central European Interfaith Forum (CEIF 2016), which hosted more than 150 participants representing 20 nations, 3 continents, 7 world religions as well as other religious, spiritual or humanist traditions. The gathering took place in Nitra, Slovakia, on 25 July 2016. The alarming trends of…
The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland, an alliance of over 250 national and local organisations, has welcomed provisions in the budget announced on 11 October 2016, which will mitigate some of the impact of policies of the last eight years on people on low incomes. However, the Network argued that it will take much more…
The Devil is in the Detail! On October 13, as part of the European Semester, the EPSCO (Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council) endorsed main messages on the EU’s social situation and priorities for social policy reform. Ministers also endorsed the Social Protection Committee’s report on key social challenges,2 based on its analysis…
Delegates to the Annual General Meeting of European Anti-Poverty Network, Ireland have called for urgent reform of public health policy. Delegates and speakers expressed their anger at policies which mean that people’s health and life expectancy depend on their income and ability to pay to get quality health services and jump queues. They welcomed the…
On 25 May 2016, the newly elected Members of Parliament who took their mandates in the March parliamentary elections were introduced to the activities of the Slovak Anti Poverty Network (SAPN). As one of the largest networks in Slovakia, the organization comprises 154 socially engaged non-governmental organizations representing more than 250,000 members. These organizations share…
