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
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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
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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