In most European countries, the average income of people over 65 is lower than that of the total population, according to the OECD. In several cases, elderly incomes fall below 80% of the national ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Housing is a social right, yet tens of millions of Europeans are forced to live in cold homes. According to Eurostat, more than 41 ...

Romania registers one of the highest shares in Europe of people aged over 16 with disabilities who are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to Eurostat data processed by Monitorul Social, ...

Much of the world doesn’t have a clue what to do about child poverty, or even when to do it. In the UK the Labour government recently delayed its flagship policy on tackling the issue until the autumn ...

Children remain disproportionately affected by poverty, along with people with disabilities. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Energy poverty, defined by inadequate access to reliable and affordable energy services, remains a pressing issue across Europe. Addressing this challenge requires a comprehensive approach that ...

The cost of menstrual products remains a little-discussed form of inequality, even though it affects large numbers of women and girls in wealthy Western European countries as well as in the Balkans.