Equinet is participating in the European Year for
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. This is

because:

-   Policy makers need to take account of discrimination as a cause of poverty.
-   Equality bodies need to take account of poverty

as a barrier to implementing equal treatment legislation.

Equinet wishes to encourage and support its members to participate in the European Year and to contribute their expertise in matters of discrimination to the success of the European Year.