Tag: Poverty
two million people over 60 live below the poverty line
In France, two million people over the age of 60 live below the poverty line, warns the association Les Petits Frères des Pauvres, which is publishing a report on the…
poverty jumps with Javier Milei’s austerity policies
More than one in two Argentinians lives below the poverty line. Official figures published Thursday September 26, 2024 reveal a drastic increase in poverty, +11% in just six months. An…
Retirement: 8 out of 10 Italians are pessimistic about the future, 23% fear falling into poverty
(Finance) – Only 13% of Italians thinks he will receive a check that will allow him to maintain an adequate standard of living once he leaves the world of work.…
Emmaüs must carry out “work to raise awareness of what Abbé Pierre was able to do”
New complaints against Abbé Pierre in France, a man of the Church and fervent defender of the poorest. Seventeen new testimonies of sexual assault have been identified, in addition to…
Abbé Pierre targeted by 17 new accusations of sexual violence
Seven weeks after the first revelations, Abbé Pierre, who died in 2007, is the target of 17 new testimonies accusing him of sexual violence allegedly committed between the 1950s and…
3000 rubber ducks in the canal raise thousands of euros for children in poverty
Kooi does not yet know exactly how much money was raised. “That also depends on the costs, but if I have to estimate it off the top of my head,…
“Cooling poverty”, an anglicism to designate environmental inequalities
News Published on 11/08/2024 at 6:01 p.m. updated on 11/08/2024 at 6:01 p.m. Reading 2 min. We are not all equal when it comes to heat. Many studies have shown…
the detention of Gloria Sengha and Robert Bunda, from the “We are fed up with poverty” campaign, worries
A well-known figure in Congolese civil society has been languishing in the jails of the National Intelligence Agency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for nearly a month and…
for the 2024 Olympics, anti-homeless street furniture is multiplying in France
The La Cloche association and the Abbé Pierre Foundation fear a desire, with the Olympic Games approaching, to drive homeless people out of city centers. Near the Louvre Museum in…
with more than 12,500 people expelled, associations denounce “social cleansing”
After a year of observation, 102 associations united within the collective “The other side of the medal” report in a report a “social cleansing” in the French cities which will…