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Poverty

Family

Covid crisis increasing Finland's child poverty rate, experts say

Digital Services

Church raises funds to teach older people digital skills

Compulsory Education

Extension of compulsory education gets consti­tu­tional green light

Pest Control

Monday's papers: Poverty, pesticides and pandemic smiles

Socioeconomics

Monday's papers: Child poverty, empty apartments and a cold wind blows in

Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland

Finland observes partially virtual Night of the Homeless

Food Aid

Coronavirus worsens Finland's poverty problem

Income security

Report: Women's pensions one-fifth smaller than men's

Poverty and Social Security

Night of the Homeless highlights women

Family

Survey: One in six kids from low-income families insecure about the future

Gender Equality

Report: Women and girls in Finland still face violence, poverty, harassment

Statistics Finland

Over 16% at risk of poverty or social exclusion, statistics show

Classes (Education)

Author challenges idea of post-class Finland

Tampere City Centre

Watch: Voters in Tampere stress climate, immigration, economy ahead of election

Wages and Employee Benefits

Report: More people using income support to meet benefits shortfall as poverty rises in Finland

Student

Students, jobseekers most at risk of poverty in Finland

Education of Policemen

Wednesday's papers: Experts blast spending report, police academy abuse exposed, house fire claims lives

Inequality (Math)

Inequality focus of Left Alliance election campaign

Statistics Finland

January difficult month for poor families in Finland

Wages and Employee Benefits

Finland has 60,000 'working poor', tens of thousands at risk of poverty

Equality

Survey: Government failing to reduce inequality in Finland

Level of Income

Cost of living swells more for low income Finns

Demographics

Back from the brink? At least 78 rare Saimaa seal pups born this spring

Food Aid

Getting poverty off the streets: Should Finland replace bread queues with sit-down meals?

Childrens Ombudsman

Ombudsman: Urgent action needed to tackle child poverty in Finland

Eurostat

Study: Finland has lowest percentage of working poor in EU

Statistics Finland

Statistics: Nearly 12% of Finnish residents at risk of "living in poverty"

Poverty and Social Security

OECD: Basic income would increase poverty in Finland

Household

Friday's papers: Sipilä's recollections, Metro announcement, and food spending divide

Ministry of Social Affairs

Researcher: Bread queues have become an institution in Finland

Income security

Centre Party MP demands increase in basic pension

Tiina Korhonen (Author)

Jobseeker: 10 years of work trials, still no permanent job offers

Marketing Campaign

"Poverty-stricken" former President Halonen featured in Salvation Army ad

Poverty and Social Security

OECD: Universal basic income might increase poverty and inequality

Education

Millennial poverty on the rise

Income security

30% rise in pensioner income over last two decades

Veikko and Lahja Hursti’s Charitable Association

Christmas charity dinner caters to some 2,000 guests

Family

THL: Tenth of families with children considered poor

Bengt R. Holmström

Thursday's papers: Homework for educators, growing segregation and lengthening bread lines

Government Budget Deficit

Stubb seeks to reassure European Commission over Finland's economy

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