Poverty Watch Norway | Poverty Watches Overview 2020 & 2021
2021 According to AROPE statistics, 15.6 per cent of the population had a risk of ending up in poverty or social exclusion in 2019. The proportion has been increasing since…
Poverty Watch North Macedonia | Poverty Watches Overview 2020
Simulations predict that the poverty rate will rise from about 17% in 2019 to about 20‒23% in 2020, and from 55,000 to over 130,000 Macedonians (depending on how long the…
Poverty Watch IFSW | Poverty Watches Overview 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…
Poverty Watch AGE Platform | Poverty Watches Overview 2020
On the World Day for the Eradication of Poverty, AGE warns of the increase in social isolation and loneliness of older persons in the COVID-19 crisis, which is aggravated by…
Poverty Watch Serbia | Poverty Watches Overview 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…
Important Advocacy Success of EAPN Latvia in fight for Minimum Adequate Income | EAPN Advocacy
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…
Protecting the Most Vulnerable during the Pandemic | BAPN News
Publication Impact Covid Covid-19 has tremendously shaken the world, which led to the destabilisation of national economies and political systems, as well as increased poverty rates and growing inequalities. As…
EAPN serving as Expert for EESC Explanatory Opinion “Decent Minimum wages across Europe” | EAPN News
Since March, Mathias Maucher, EAPN Policy Officer, has participated as an invited expert in the “Diversity Europe Group” (Group III) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in drafting…
Provide Adequate Social Protection Benefits and make Social Protection Schemes Poverty-Proof | EAPN News
Mathias Maucher, EAPN Policy Officer, contributed to a panel debate organised by DG EMPL and ICF to contribute to the implementation of the principles set out in the Council Recommendation on…
Poverty Watch Belgium | Poverty Watches Overview 2020, 2021 & 2022
2022 This year, people experiencing poverty put forward two key priorities that need to be addressed urgently: Raise minimum income schemes above the European poverty threshold as soon as possible Make…