Thursday, December 17, 2020
This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional years spent in...
Friday, December 11, 2020
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) have partnered to conduct the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the proper mechanisms for measuring the multiple dimensions of...
Wednesday, December 02, 2020 to Thursday, December 03, 2020
COVID-19 has more than ever highlighted the importance of having universal social protection systems in place alongside health system preparedness and resilience in tackling complex and interrelated health, wellbeing and human rights issues.
Given the...
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
The MENA Social Policy Network (University of Bath, UK) is launching a new four-year (2020-2024) research and public engagement programme (MENASP-CP), funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under the GCRF Network Plus scheme.
The...
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
The European Union — in partnership with the International Labour Organization, UNICEF and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors — is implementing a thematic flagship programme aimed to strengthen Social Protection systems and ensure sustainable...
Monday, November 30, 2020
In the margins of the public health and economic crises with which the world has contended through 2020, COVID-19 ultimately looms as a long-term, far-reaching global protection emergency. Where some of the world’s best-resourced countries have tracked a...
Thursday, November 19, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing labour market ravages in all regions, some of those trends are accelerating, thereby generating new challenges and opportunities for job creation. While advanced economies are responding promptly and stand ready to invest to...
Sunday, November 08, 2020 to Thursday, November 12, 2020
The Global Symposium on Health Systems Research is organized every two years by Health Systems Global to bring together the full range of players involved in health systems and policy research and practice. Beginning with the First Global Symposium in...
Monday, November 02, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a systematic, deep and disproportionate impact on young people. It has been particularly hard on young women, younger youth and youth in lower-income countries.
The Global Youth and COVID-19 Survey conducted by partners of the...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The Forum will be mainly virtual and divided into several sessions. Wednesday 28th October will be dedicated to 4 different thematic webinars.
These 4 webinars will be organised around the following topic: “The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on people in...