2022 These past few years, full of misery and terror, the Slovakia Anti-Poverty Network has focused on strengthening the physical and mental health of the most affected groups: Seniors excluded groups – especially children and youth Today, there is a new reality for poor people. The ‘unbearable cost of living’ is the priority of the…
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2022 Key findings of this year’s report: NGOs, which deal with people in vulnerable situations daily, are noticing combined poverty as a consequence of several factors, which are not being properly addressed by the state. Even though the state came to the assistance by one-time pay-outs for the alleviation of the effects of the (energy) crisis, the…
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2022 The Covid-19 pandemic widened the social and economic gap in Spain. Data from the Survey of Living Conditions published by the National Statistics Institute (INE) in June 2022 show an increase of both poverty and inequality. In 2021, the Spanish population at risk of poverty or social exclusion increased to 27.8%, eight-tenths more than in 2020. In this…
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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…
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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…
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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 2014, and this is the highest figure measured since the peak year of 2006. Poverty Watch Main Findings Most Affected Groups People with limited connections…
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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 crisis will last) would fall into poverty. Moreover, more than 75% of those who are likely to fall into poverty are currently not covered by any…
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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…
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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 the socio-economic conditions in which they live. We also call for specific policies to support older jobseekers during the recovery, as increased poverty and social exclusion…
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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…
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