Collection of good practices on non-monetary measures in the area of women and poverty : questionnaire for preparing deliverable 2 (Country profiles)

Abstract

Statistics show that between 2008 and 2013, the number of persons unable to afford basic necessities has doubled. Those living at risk of poverty have risen by 20,000 to reach nearly 100,000. It has been noted that there is no concrete policy, but only a strategy and a Green Paper, which could lead to policy. The conceptual approach in the above-mentioned strategy explores four vulnerable groups in Maltese society, those being (i) children, (ii) elderly, (iii) unemployed, and (iv) working poor. The Green Paper promotes an action plan on income and social benefits, employment, education, social services and social welfare services. It recognises that these are of course important areas to tackle when it comes to fighting poverty on a national level.