As far as homeless deaths are concerned, we don’t yet have much to say about women and gender. We hope this will change soon, when we receive data from the Central Statistical Office. In the meantime, Magdalena’s article on women and gender in the production of knowledge on homelessness (in Flanders as an example) has …
Archiwum autora:Magdalena Mostowska
The data we’ve got – podcast
The Police, the Warsaw Municipal Police, Social Security, the Ministry…. each institution collects some kind of data on the deaths of people experiencing homelessness. We talk about the data we already have and what it can and cannot tell us…. Listen to the 7th episode of our podcast (in Polish). Jakie mamy dane – siódmy …
Discussion about our project – new episode of our podcast
We talk about the meeting at our Department at the University of Warsaw, where we presented our project and about the discussion that followed. Spotkanie Katedry – nowy odcinek podcastu Pojawiły się różnorodne perspektywy i kontrowersyjne tematy: „bezdomność z wyboru” i co by się stało, gdyby jakieś miasto faktycznie zakwaterowało „wszystkich swoich bezdomnych”. Rozmawiamy o …
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An update of the review essay
An updated version of Magdalena’s review essay about two recent Irish reports on homeless mortality has been published in the European Journal of Homelessness. Here’s the link: https://www.feantsaresearch.org/public/user/Observatory/2024/EJH_18-1_RE01_v05.pdf Nowa wersja eseju recenzyjnego Poprawiona wersja recenzji-eseju dwóch irlandzkich raportach o śmiertelności osób doświadczających bezdomności została opublikowana w European Journal of Homelessness: https://www.feantsaresearch.org/public/user/Observatory/2024/EJH_18-1_RE01_v05.pdf
Municipal Cemetery – new episode of our podcast
A short report on our visit to the municipal cemetery in Antoninów, where people are buried at the expense of the City of Warsaw. Cmentarz Komunalny – piąty odcinek naszego podcastu Krótki reportaż z naszej wizyty na Cmentarzu Południowym w Antoninowie, gdzie chowane są osoby na koszt miasta Warszawy. Fact-checking and sources Według informacji zawartych …
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Where is the data coming from?
Studying homeless mortality means obtaining data on mortality for the subpopulation of people experiencing homelessness. In theory, this could be done in two different ways: However, the problem is that the death register does not include homelessness status and homelessness databases do not record deaths. Linking different registers could be a solution. We look at …
Counting the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in Poland
People experiencing homelessness do not disappear, they die. From data collected in other countries, we know that they often die at a young age, and that, contrary to popular perceptions, deaths of hypothermia account for only a small percentage of these deaths. We also know that the experience of homelessness itself is a contributing factor …
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Cmentarz Południowy – Warsaw’s contemporary Potter’s field
Cmentarz Komunalny Południowy w Antoninowie
An investigation into UK’s homeless deaths
In the fourth episode of our podcast we present Maeve McClenaghan’s book and its impact on collecting data about homeless deaths in the UK. (in Polish) Śledztwo dziennikarskie – czwarty odcinek podcastu W czwartym odcinku podcastu przedstawiamy książkę Maeve McClenaghan pt.: „Bez stałego miejsca zamieszkania. Życie i śmierć zapomnianych bezdomnych w Zjednoczonym Królestwie”. Dziennikarskie śledztwo …
Health costs of homelessness
What is homelessness? How many people die in Poland per year while experiencing homelessness? What are the health costs of homelessness? Listen to the third episode of our podcast (in Polish). Zdrowotny koszt bezdomności – trzeci odcinek podcastu Co to jest bezdomność? Ile osób w ciągu roku w Polsce umiera doświadczając bezdomności? Jaki jest koszt …