Tag: Poverty

The European Commission's proposal for a directive on adequate fair minimum wages has sparked controversy among member states and social ...

EU member states must invest more in children’s health, education, healthcare, housing, family support and childcare. EU will ensure that ...

EU debates humanitarian aid while action is facing an unprecedented set of challenges, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Humanitarian aid ...

Women in Europe should be given “greater economic independence” through equal pay, childcare support and the sharing of domestic duties ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, people and human rights worldwide are “being left behind – or pushed even further ...

EU humanitarian aid for Yemen will address the most pressing needs of people in Yemen for child malnutrition, famine and ...

Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and the situation for the millions of Yemenis is deteriorating. says the UN ...

To fight in-work poverty, MEPs want action on minimum wages and support for those most at risk including women and ...

To fight inequality and in-work poverty, MEPs call for a minimum wage, equal labour conditions for platform workers and a ...

The UN Special Envoy for Syria said there had to be “constructive international diplomacy” if the peace process is to ...

The current crisis is the chance for Europe to reinvent itself by placing social justice at its core to win ...

“Millions of women, children and men worldwide are out of work, out of school and without social support in the ...

Inequality between the rich and poor worsened during pandemic and poverty increased, for the first time in decades. UN labor ...

Since 2000, the largest increase in deaths has been for ischaemic heart disease. Find here in this WHO report the ...

Every one of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by the end of the century, unless there are drastic reductions ...

COVID-related school closures risk pushing an additional 72 million primary school aged children into learning poverty. Children are unable to read ...