2021
Poverty Watch Main Findings
Most Affected Groups
Roma people
Single women with children
Children
Working poor
People with disabilities
Main Priorities
- Improving the digitalisation process in society.
- Minimum income.
- Social protection.
- Fair wages and decent work.
- Access to essential services.
- Education
- Training and lifelong learning.
2020
Almost a million people live in Slovakia below the poverty line. Greater poverty is expected to also affect Europe, including Slovakia. In Slovakia, currently 16.3% of families are below the poverty line, which represents 872 thousand people. As a result of the pandemic, another 50,000 people may be in this category.
Poverty Watch Main Findings
Most affected groups
Children
Families with 3 children or more
Single parents
National minorities
Seniors
Homeless people
The unemployed
Main priorities
- Minimum wage!
- Reducing in-work poverty
- Assistance in material need
- Reducing the gender pay gap
- Minimum pensions
- Increasing living wages
Contact details
Slovenska siet proti chudobe (SAPN)
Jakubovany 211
03204 Liptovsky Ondrej, (Slovakia)
Tel/fax: +421 905 602 993
E-mail: Anna Galovicova: slovindia (@) hotmail.com; sapnoffice@gmail.com
