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November 5, 2010
France is not calling any more the poor Europeans it expels from its territory ‘Roma’, but prefers to refer to their nationality or simply to call them “nomads”. A year and a half ago, Italy avoided Commission criticism for discriminating against Roma in a fingerprinting campaign targeted at the ethnic group. The reason for […]
August 2, 2010
Part 2 of a summer series on real risks. 24,000 children died today from poverty. That is a real risk we can do something about. Climate change is a potential risk we can’t do very much about. Guess where we chose to put our money? That’s right – pet food.
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English, Human Rights, Poverty, poverty reduction, QualityofLife, social affairs, Social inequality |
June 16, 2010
I was looking over a list of jobs with various agencies in Brussels. A large number of these sought ‘interns’, for unpaid positions. The UK’s Tatler magazine recently had an article called The Interns: Never have so many battled to get coffee for so few. The Tatler article puts the issue into a […]
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40462, Economy and Finance, Employment, English, Equal opportunities, labour, Social Exclusion, Social inequality, Social Welfare |
May 21, 2010
Day 2 of the Biennale Firenze saw the event split into three simultaneous workshops. Each of these workshops brought together experts from civil society to discuss the role of education as a means of social inclusion. Specifically, they focused on social engagement, access to the labour market and the exercise of rights. By bringing together… » read more
