In 2018 as many as 243.000 persons lived below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold with this threshold being 12%. The at-risk-of-poverty threshold totalled EUR 703.00 per month for single-person households, EUR 1477 per month for four-member household (two adults and two children under the age of 14), and EUR 1055 per month for two-member household without children.…
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In Spain, the different manifestations of poverty and social exclusion are a shortage of income, lack of decent housing, material deprivation, more difficult educational and healthcare paths due to hardships, poverty of families living in disadvantaged environments, and limited or truncated access to basic services. In 2019, a total of 11,875,000 people, which represents 25.3% of…
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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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In Norway, the share of people living below the poverty threshold has increased in recent years. Measured with persistent low income (EU60), the share increased from 7.7 percent in 2011 to 9.8 percent in 2018. This is equivalent to 485 800 people. Poverty Watch Main Findings Most affected groups The unemployed Recipients of social service…
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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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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 dignity and thus non-constitutional, as reported in an article of the Baltic Times. This ruling was issued following a year-long research, policy and advocacy campaign…
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