Building Back Better: Towards achieving SDG 8

Eva Izquierdo

By Caritas Europa All across Europe, work still fails to be ‘decent’. Minimum wages that are insufficient to meet basic needs trap many people in in-work poverty. We see increasing forms of non-standard employment that have little to no social protection coverage and a significant informal economy that exposes workers to exploitation. To raise awareness […]

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Deepened inequalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Secretariat

By Isabel Jerne (SDG Watch Europe) The short-term wellbeing costs of COVID-19 have been severe. The pandemic is having profound effects on poor and marginalized groups, increasing poverty rates and widening gaps between different groups in society. SDG Watch Europe calls for urgent actions! The pandemic has heavily impacted the progress in the fight against poverty […]

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