{jathumbnail}With 20.8% of its population living under the poverty threshold, Spain has one of the highest poverty rate in the Union while, at the same time, equals Nordic countries in material deprivation levels, i.e. below 10%…
Details{jathumbnail}On 9 December in Nice, 120 asylum seekers, including 35 children, were expelled manu militari from the place they had found as a shelter for the winter, as public authorities couldn’t provide them with any other place to stay.
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{jathumbnail}JOINT PRESS RELEASE by Médecins du Monde, the HUMA network, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN).
Details{jathumbnail}On 16 December, the European Commission published its Communication on the Europe 2020 Flagship Programme: Platform against Poverty.
DetailsAge, Gender and Demographic Change The Mainstreaming Group on Gender, Age and Demographic Change (GADC) was set up in 2009, in order to ensure that these issues are properly and consistently maintreamed in all of EAPN’s work. The Group also seeks to actively cooperate with other specialised NGOs at national and EU level in lobbying…
DetailsParticipation The key objectives of the group have been to promote the participation of people experiencing poverty and advance towards a more participative democracy and better governance. Main activities of the group have been to exchange and pull together the experiences of National Networks on participation of people experiencing poverty, and to ensure that the…
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{jathumbnail}Brussels, 16 December 2010 – EAPN first reaction to the Commission Communication on the Platform against Poverty.
DetailsThe week which was held in Bari was a great success, definitely beyond our expectations. The seminars and round tables were regularly followed by approximately 90 persons each time.
Details{jathumbnail}EAPN Spain first National Congress for visibility to people experiencing poverty and their rights as citizens, 18-20 November: listen to them! They’ve taken the floor to act