Social Watch Report in Poland Instrument for Rising Awarness on Poverty Issues in Poland
Social Watch in Poland Part of the global Social Watch network Strong rights and gender approach Established in Poland in 2008 Coordinated by KARAT Coalition for gender equality in Central and Eastern Europe In 2010 they wrote short piece on poverty, homelessness and discrimination against women for European Social Watch report In mid 2010 SW PL decided to publish report on poverty and social exclusion in Poland
EAPN Poland engagement Two our members were also members of the Social Watch coalition We had several expert reports on different poverty issues from previous project (Norwegian Grants) Reports were publish only on our web page We had an academic expert who could be an editor of the Social Watch report We sought events and initiatives for European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion EAPN PL decided to be a partner of Social Watch, not a member
Polish Social Watch Report 2010 Financed by EU grant, coordinated by Kampania Przeciw Homofobii Twenty chapters on many dimensions of social exclusion and poverty in Poland Four parts Participation and participatory research on poverty Groups at risk and dimensions of exclusion Policies and solutions Voices of the ngos – comments on issues raised in the report Information about Social Watch Coalition and EAPN Poland and their members (over 30 federations and organizations)
Polish Social Watch Report 2010 20 chapters on Participation of people experiencing poverty and exclusion Participatory research on women poverty Child poverty Housing exclusion Educational exclusion Exclusion form law Indebtedness Health care system EU antipoverty policy and Polish Social Integration Strategy Social assistance policy Family support policy
Social Watch Report 2010 and Overview 217 pages long only in Polish 18 pages long, only in English
Follow-up Main presentation in Krytyka Polityczna (very active left oriented Polish Think Tank) in Warsaw (February 2011) Presentations in several Polish largest cities Presentation in Polish Parliament at the special meeting of the Justice and Human Rights Commission Some coverage in media mainly on poverty and numbers of people experiencing poverty in Poland Reports available on the web page, Facebook page with photos from presentations and parliamentary meeting
Main presentation in Warsaw With film about mothers strike – poor women with children illegally took up empty flats and were evicted in economically depressed city Wałbrzych (southern part of Poland)
Meeting with the MEPs in Parliament