He National Statistics Institute (INE) figure in 979,493 children and adolescents who suffer severe material and social deprivation in Spain. It is 10.8% of the minor population. Almost a million poor boys and girls. That number shoots up to 2,320,975 when talking about the child population below the moderate poverty threshold. These are the numbers that were worked on this Wednesday afternoon – and will be worked on in the coming months – in the Youth and Children Commission of the Congress of Deputies.
This Wednesday, in fact, all political parties except Vox voted in favor of the creation of a subcommittee to work on a State Pact to eradicate Gender Violence. It is a line that marked the Ministry of Youth and Children, which directs Sira Regoin collaboration with the socialist part of the Government.
Commission sources from both the Socialist Party and Sumar agree that there are a certain understanding between the different political forces, including the Popular Party, to address the issue.
The deputies consulted positively value the progress made along the lines of a State Pact. Not in vain, they are few times in the history of Spain in which similar consensuses have been reached with a document supported by all the political forces of the Chamber. Since Vox burst into national politics, reaching that total agreement that has been achieved on other occasions is very difficult.
For example, a button. As this media reported, there is currently a much more advanced negotiation to seal, early 2025the renewal of the State Pact against Gender Violence. There is a good climate among all the groups, except with the extreme right. Before the meeting of the Youth and Children Commission took place, there was a certain expectation regarding the attitude of those of Santiago Abascalwhen it comes to child poverty. Your vote to create the subcommittee has been negative.
What Sumar and PSOE also agree on is that the solution to eradicating child poverty involves combating it in a way multi-sector and that is why a State Pact makes sense. Furthermore, a deputy from Sumar who will participate in the negotiation insists that, at the end of the day, the crux of the matter is increase resources and the public money intended for the different areas involved: dwellingeducation, social services, etc.
Furthermore, the different voices consulted agree that the Pact must weave a strategy that unites the action of all Administrations. From the PSOE they emphasize that “an agreement must be reached from a global vision“.
He People’s Partyfor the moment, has voted affirmatively to create the subcommittee, which will allow work to begin. Beyond that, the popular They did not want to offer statements.
Gypsy, migrant and single-parent childhood
The idea of the ministry is to attack the problem from the three sides that, according to the diagnosis made by Rego’s team, are most delicate: childhood migrantthe gypsy and the sons and daughters who live together in single parent families. They back it up with data. 89% of the families of Roma children are affected by poverty in some way. A migrant boy or girl has a 2.4% more chances of ending up poor. For their part, single-parent families are at risk of poverty 20 times higher than the average. Those are the priorities in the preparation of the Pact.
The text is still non-existent and the negotiations, very incipient. At the moment, Rego has already met with several social actors, who have proposed measures. As reported by the Government, meetings have already been held with entities such as the European Network to Fight Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Spanish State (EAPN-ES), the Children’s Organizations Platform (POI), Caritasthe Association of Single Mothers by Choice (MSPE), Unicef Spain, Gypsy Secretariat FoundationMessengers of Peace and Red Cross. As the subcommittee advances in Congress, experts from these organizations and other fields will parade through Congress.
Sources from the ministry point out that, in addition to the dialogue with said third sector associations, the autonomous communities.
Since the beginning of democracy after the Franco dictatorship, only four State Pacts. The last was, precisely, the State Pact against sexist violence, the first version of which was published in 2017. Before, the Moncloa Pactsin 1977; he Pact of Toledoin 1995 and the Pact against Terrorismin the year 2000.
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