NGO says poverty hits single mothers, children hardest
► Women heading 82pct of single-parent families at higher risk of poverty ► Save the Children seeks 100 euros/child monthly income for…
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Gov’t recognizes child poverty still a problem in Spain
• Rajoy gov’t tells Congress that 29.7pct of Spain’s children at risk of poverty • NGO say nearly 600,000 children of working…
NGOs caution children, families still at risk of poverty
• Despite uptick in household income, child poverty rate remains at 29.7 percent • Nearly 1/4 of Spaniards at risk of poverty,…
NGO says 1.4 million Spanish children risk poverty
• Save the Children sees 55% increase since 2008 in children at risk of poverty • NGO says 760,000 Spanish children lack…
Insurance group foundation donates 23,000 euros
to help refugees & alleviate child poverty in Spain
• Funds raised by Mutua Madrileña foundation’s annual Christmas concerts • Donations to UN refugees comission and Spanish anti-poverty organization The philanthropic…
EU index sees child poverty on rise in Spain, despite return to economic growth
• Annual AROPE index shows those ‘At Risk of Poverty and/or Exclusion’ • 2.6 million Spanish children at risk, second highest among…
Guaranteed minimum income aims to reduce poverty
Spain’s coalition government has given the green light on Friday to a new Minimum Living Wage program, a guaranteed minimum income scheme…
NGOs urge regard for children’s health in confinement
Non-governmental organizations working to promote and defend children’s rights in Spain have urged the government to ease the coronavirus lockdown restrictions on…
Spain’s single-mother families at highest risk of poverty
► Women head 82% of single-parent households, highly vulnerable to poverty ► Study calls for ‘Monthly Living Income’, increase in child benefit…
Cáritas says 8.5 million suffer poverty, social exclusion
► 4.1 million Spaniards now living in ‘severe’ social exclusion due to poverty ► Situation worse than before ‘crisis’, Spain’s ‘social mobility…
NGO sponsors child malnutrition photo diagnosis app
University researchers working with the Spanish affiliate of international non-governmental aid agency Action Against Hunger (ACT International) have developed a breakthrough mobile…
Gov’t doubles summer food budget for children in need
Spain’s new government announced it is doubling the existing budget for a summer food program for children of families facing economic need…
Half of Spaniards know someone living in poverty
• Save the Children survey shows 1/3 know someone who can’t heat their home • Six in 10 people say gov’t does little, 54%…
#VIDEO: Children’s NGO rooted in Spanish Civil War
• Plan Internacional history began in 1937 during Spain’s bloody civil war • NGO fights child poverty, focus on root causes of…
Teenagers urge Congress to act to protect children
• Save the Children campaign to combat child poverty, protection from violence • Congressional reps say they’ll work to enact comprehensive child…
NGOFILE :: Save the Children España
• Save the Children España • Save the Children España is the Spanish affiliate of the international, non-governmental organisation Save the Children,…
NGOFILE :: Save the Children
• Save the Children • Save the Children is an international, non-governmental organisation working in more than 120 countries worldwide to defend…
Nearly 30% of Spaniards still at risk of poverty
• INE says 3.2 million Spaniards earned less than 332 euros/month in 2015 • Average income of Spanish households nationwide fell slightly…
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Gov’t sees gradual lifting of lockdown starting 27th April
► UPDATE: Gov’t to let children under 14 accompany parents on errands ► Criteria change OKs minors in supermarkets, banks, on walks…
Gov’t preparing to isolate ‘asymptomatic positive’ cases
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez has asked leaders of the country’s 17 regional autonomous communities to begin preparing for isolation of people who…
Court injunction suspends Murcia’s parental veto plan
A three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Justice of Murcia (TSJM) has ruled in a 2-1 vote to temporarily suspend the…
Gov’t, right-wing face off over new education legislation
The Consejo de Ministros of Spain’s new coalition government on Tuesday approved new legislation governing education in Spain that if approved by…
United Left (IU) ejects Feminist Party over trans dispute
Spain’s Izquierda Unida party, the junior political partner of the left-wing, anti-austerity Unidas Podemos coalition, has voted to expel from its ranks…
Oxfam backs Iglesias’ call for minimum monthly income
Oxfam Intermón, the Spanish affiliate of the UK-based international aid agency Oxfam, has called on Spain to establish a guaranteed monthly income…
Gov’t files lawsuit over ‘parental veto’ in Murcia schools
Spain’s new coalition government has filed a lawsuit against the regional government of Murcia over its failure to meet a 30-day deadline…
Protests as Murcia gov’t persists with parental veto plan
Hundreds of feminist, LGBT+ and union activists turned out to protest the Murcian regional government’s decision to push ahead with its policy…
Mothers of stolen babies demand government action
Family members of babies taken from their mothers at birth in Spanish hospitals both during and after the Franco dictatorship protested Monday…
Twitter suspends VOX account for ‘incitement to hatred’
Spain’s ultra-right VOX party has had its official account on Twitter suspended by the social-media platform after claiming falsely in a Tweet…
Gov’t vows court challenge to VOX ‘parental PIN’ plan
Spain’s government has vowed to challenge the regional government of Murcia in court if it proceeds with a plan that allows parents…
NGO says Spain’s poorest students at disadvantage
Child-rights campaigning organization Save the Children España has said that children from poorer families in Spain are four times more likely to…