Latest news and stories about inequality in Portugal for expats and residents.
A report indicates that wealth concentration is increasing in Portugal, with the bottom 50% of the population owning a very small fraction of the total national wealth.
Technical and financial disparities between local authorities may compromise equality in access to social support, which was decentralised in 2023. Municipalities are advised to create local poverty indicators.
Portugal marks International Roma Day today without a national strategy for nearly three years, as organisations warn of backsliding and persistent inequality in education, housing and health. The European Anti-Poverty The post Portugal marks International Roma Day with no strategy appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The civic movement continues to advocate for the right to housing and against inequality.
Initially, he was not allowed to attend school, then he was permitted, but lost his right to transport. Most days, his parents are left to pay for a ride-hailing service. This case illustrates inequalities in special education.
The headline asserts that inequality is the most pervasive global risk, affecting multiple sectors and regions.
The president of the ECB and the directors-general of the IMF and the World Trade Organization offered this Friday in Davos a recipe for dealing with a world that will not return to what it was just a few years ago. Reducing dependencies and inequalities, separating genuine signals from the noise and having nerves of steel were the key messages...
A new record of inequality: 12 people hold more wealth than half of humanity
Unlike a privileged boy from the 1940s or 1970s, a privileged boy of this century sees a poor person only in the role of a servant; he is not a schoolmate of poor children, nor does he mix with them on the street or in the armed forces.
The Constitutional Court rejected the Nationality Law, stating it involves inequality and violations of fundamental rights, and “they owe explanations to the Portuguese people”. We analyse one of the most anticipated debates, and abroad, the United States is reconfiguring its security doctrine for the world.
Carneiro accused the Government of undervaluing “the national strategy to combat poverty and inequalities” and argued that “the most vulnerable” are feeling this lack of protection from the authorities.
The candidate highlighted the existing inequalities in a “two-speed country.”
The poverty rate in Portugal indicates that 15.4% of Portuguese people lived in 2024 with incomes of up to 8,679 euros annually. This was slightly above the European average.
