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| Welcome to our January newsletter! |
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In the first issue of 2023, we share current social protection trends and the highlights of the field in 2022. Join us for three upcoming webinars, listen to a new episode of the Social Protection Podcast, featuring special guests, discover recent publications on digital social protection and USP, and apply for academic and job opportunities!
In addition, check out our 2022 recap and the platform’s most popular content over the past 12 months.
Happy New Year! |
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| Episode 21 | Looking Back at Social Protection in 2022—Can we forecast what the future of social protection might hold based on its latest developments? Ugo Gentilini (World Bank) and guests look back at the main social protection themes in 2022, including pathways for universality. |
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| Access additional recent publications curated by the socialprotection.org team |
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MSc in Comparative Social Policy
University of Oxford | Oxford | Apply until 1 March 2023
MSc Food Security and Development
University of Reading | Reading | Apply until 1 July 2023 |
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2022 in review: the increased role of social protection
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| Looking back at 2022, we recap the main challenges and opportunities related to social protection over the year: forced displacements, climate change, inflation, digital innovations, and others. Read a blog post about the highlights of social protection in 2022, check out our most accessed publications, enrol on micro-courses, browse a new gender-responsive database, join our most active Online Communities, and recall additional initiatives by socialprotection.org. |
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| 2022 Social Protection Highlights | by Isabela Franciscon and Tomás Borges | socialprotection.org—Discover what stood out in the field of social protection (SP), including: SP responses to global inflation; adaptive SP in the context of climate shocks; how SP was approached in COP27; and unconditional cash transfers geared at the working-age population. |
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This blog was especially produced for our January newsletter.
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Access additional publications that stood out in 2022, curated by the socialprotection.org team
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This international online conference was hosted by socialprotection.org and co-organised by several partners. It aimed at bringing together key actors working on disability-inclusive social protection and promoting technical sessions on key questions around the design and implementation of social protection policies, programmes, and delivery mechanisms for people with disabilities.
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From March to June 2022, socialprotection.org, with support from the United Nations Volunteers (UNV), promoted the 9th edition of its Ambassadors Programme, with the collaboration of 22 Ambassadors from 20 different countries, selected from over 200 candidates, along with six Alumni Ambassadors who acted as Leaders.
The participants wrote six blog posts, produced nine multimedia posts for social media, and mapped 56 pieces of content for inclusion in the platform, such as publications and policy and legal documents. In addition to supporting the platform’s activities, they brought unique perspectives from their countries and backgrounds.
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Resources on Gender-Responsive Social Protection
SPIAC-B, socialprotection.org
Navigate this living collection of resources on gender, launched in November 2022, and browse key documents providing guidance for working at the intersection of topics such as child protection, gender-based violence and wage inequality, among others. The aim is to facilitate research, policymaking and the implementation of gender-responsive programmes and interventions.
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Discover the most accessed Online Community (OC) of 2022! The Social protection in crisis contexts OC gathers over 380 members and more than 200 documents. Last year, it garnered over 7,200 unique page views, with visitors from 124 different countries, mainly from Brazil, the United Kingdom, United States, France, and Spain.
In addition, we invite you to join another popular OC, the Social protection responses to COVID-19 [Task force], and browse a myriad of resources related to COVID-19 and social protection.
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Primary Education Stipend Programme (PESP)BangladeshThe Primary Education Stipend Programme (PESP) aims to increase the enrolment, attendance, and cycle completion rates among primary school-age children from poor and vulnerable households, hence reducing dropout rates. The programme’s grant is paid to heads of households with children in primary education.
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