Friday, July 14, 2017
PARLIAMENT approved bills providing for paternity leave, raising income criteria for child allowances, and maternity leave for both women in cases of surrogate childbirths. The House plenum also approved the payment of widow pension in cases where the...
Thursday, July 13, 2017
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of AUD$4 million (approximately US$3 million) from the Government of Australia to provide multi-purpose cash assistance for almost 23,000 displaced Iraqis affected by conflict in Mosul...
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Asia, Iraq, Oceania, Australia
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
Argentina will seek to increase the scope of public services aimed at promoting the development of physical, language, communication, cognitive and socio-emotional skills of children age 0-5, with a $200 million loan approved by the Inter-American...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
More than eighty percent of the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation’s 2017/2018 National Budget is focused on the Social Protection programs. The Ministry received a sum of a hundred and thirteen point four million dollars in 2017/2018...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), tasked with providing services to some five million Palestinian refugees, told Ma’an on Tuesday that cash was distributed to Palestinians whose homes were damaged during Israel’...
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Asia, Palestinian Territory
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Monday, July 10, 2017
The elderly people who became physically disabled will get their allocated allowances delivered at home through a new mechanism the government is planning to develop, officials said yesterday. The old people will not have to face hassles because...
