poverty
We fear that governments are yet again prioritising business instead of protecting people and that recovery instruments will not benefit the poor, or even risk generating increased poverty, with austerity looming again to restore public accounts.
Universal Basic Income in Europe is a proposal that makes sense, regardless of the pandemic, to end precariousness and poverty, and offering material guarantees to exercise one’s freedom.
The president of the Ahead association tells us about the projects in the organisation and how the poverty that is brought on by the pandemic is affecting the most vulnerable groups.
We have talked with BRAC to know how Covid-19 has affected Bangladesh and its rates of extreme and new poverty.
The director of knowledge management and learning for CARE talks about how Covid-19 has increased the number of people who are at risk of poverty and how reversing this growth.
EAPN publishes a report that describes the conditions of the most vulnerable people in the EU and makes recommendations to the authorities.
The poorest and most vulnerable people have been the most affected by the effects of the pandemic all over the world.
44% of new cases of child poverty will be recorded in Europe and Central Asia, according to Save the Children and UNICEF.
Where there is poverty the Coronavirus is considered a minor threat. Millions of daily wage workers are unemployed and with families to feed. We have talked with Hugging Nepal to know how Covid-19 is affecting the country.
The ONE’s policy officer focused on issues surrounding global health, remarks the importance of the global response as the only answer to a global pandemic, not only to fight against Covid-19 but also to face the consequent economic impact.
The program officer at Mumbai Smiles talks about how the Covid-19 and the consequent confinement are affecting the most vulnerable people in India.
Nonprofit organizations urge governments all over the world to take steps to protect the most susceptible from the impacts of the coronavirus.
