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We’re trying something new!

With 10 episodes of Poverty Unpacked Chats under our belt, we are now going to use the bi-monthly slot to celebrate!

Every two months, we’ll give a shout out to people, organisations, campaigns or any other initiatives that do amazing work to tackle poverty and that we think you should know about. It could be anywhere in the wor...


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What if welfare policy is premised on trust and dignity, rather than suspicion and punishment? What if people in poverty were truly supported rather than monitored and sanctioned?

“At the end of the day, poverty is not about statistics. It’s not only about financials. It’s about people.”

In this episode, we speak with Dutch MP


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Trust, solidarity, and rebellious spirit with humour and a smile: these are the ingredients of the Quiet communities that help soften poverty in the Netherlands.

Quiet – a reference to too many people suffering poverty in silence has grown from a glossy magazine –


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Time for another update on news about poverty!

First up, UNICEF published the 2025 version of its flagship report, namely the State of the World’s Children. It’s filled with the latest statistics on global child poverty, a discussion of five p...


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“For the oppressed, housing has always been in crisis. So, for many people, the housing crisis isn’t anything new. It feels like a crisis but for them it’s been a permanent reality … the only reason why we started talking about it in terms of a housing crisis is because white middle class people are now also feeling the impact.”

In In this episode, we speak...


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