Lisbon march against poverty ‘cancelled due to criticism’
A march scheduled to have taken place on October 17 in Lisbon to commemorate International day for the Eradication of Poverty has been cancelled due to criticism. The plan, explains
Poverty in Portugal: Marcelo wants more government action
President defends “global strategy” to eradicate poverty With 2.3 million people in Portugal (roughly one in five) in a situation of poverty, President Marcelo has appealed for a global strategy
Pandemic consigns 230,000 more Portuguese into poverty – the majority in the Algarve
The pandemic, this far, has consigned another 230,000 Portuguese to poverty. The figure refers to data published by national statistics institute INE, and only takes into account numbers for 2020.
‘Bed blockers’: another escalating concern for Portugal’s hospitals
Bed-blockers, or people who no longer need to be in hospital but have nowhere else to go, are returning to haunt the SNS health service. Explains SIC, before the pandemic,
Pre-school to become ‘compulsory’ as part of national strategy to combat poverty
Pre-school in Portugal is set to become compulsory as part of the national strategy to combat poverty 2021-2023. Explain reports, this effectively means that schooling will have to start at
Politics ‘returns’: PS congress in Portimão promises to eradicate poverty as minority parties campaign towards municipal elections
Politics was back on the agenda this weekend as all parties started the ‘home straight’ towards municipal elections next month. In Portimão, PS Socialists held their annual congress with Prime
Crisis provoked by pandemic plunges another 400,000 Portuguese into poverty
The crisis provoked by the pandemic has plunged a further 400,000 Portuguese into poverty. This is the bottom line of a study published this week by the Catholic University –
Unemployed woman supporting family on €400 monthly benefits
Isabel Aguiar was working as a kitchen assistant, and was about to sign a contract, when the pandemic forced her boss to close the restaurant’s doors. She is now supporting
Covid-19: Families in Algarve still relying on food banks
Food banks in the Algarve are still vital for many families a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Lusa news agency reported on Saturday. The southern Portuguese region’s economic dependence on
Portugal has more than two million people living in poverty, numbers expected to rise amid pandemic
A study by Pordata has revealed that Portugal has improved “consistently” in its poverty and social exclusion, school dropout, and long-term unemployment indicators. But it still has a lower GDP