Thursday, December 12, 2019
OPINION: In October, the IMF published its first working paper dedicated to unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW). Globally, women perform 76.2 per cent of the total hours of unpaid care work. While recognition of UCDW by the IMF is welcome and...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
OPINION: The Trump administration unveiled a plan to disqualify 3 million Americans from receiving food stamps. The proposal, which would eliminate automatic enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for families that...
Monday, September 16, 2019
INTERVIEW: In conflict-affected areas, rural social insurance programmes such as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) can reduce violent events by half by shielding workers from income volatility caused by shock...
Thursday, August 22, 2019
OPINION: Asia and the Pacific is lauded globally for its rapid economic growth over recent decades and has lifted 1.1 billion people out of extreme poverty since 1990. Nevertheless, the region continues to have the largest number of poor people in the...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
El Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad (CERMI) ha planteado como reto del próximo decenio incorporar al menos 250 000 personas con discapacidad a un trabajo estable y digno para fortalecer los recursos de la...
Thursday, June 13, 2019
By law, all employees who work 24 hours or more per month are entitled to unemployment insurance. But more than 300 000 domestic workers are not registered, meaning they will not be paid out if they lose their jobs. Employers are required to...
Friday, November 23, 2018
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that the Austrian government must give the same social security benefits to refugees as it does to its residents.
The case came from action brought by Ahmad Shah Ayubi who had been granted refugee...
Friday, August 31, 2018
O Piauí pode perder R$ 15 milhões para a construção de Centros de Referência Especializado de Assistência Social (Creas) em 24 municípios do estado. De acordo com o Ministério Público, a União liberou o recurso para que ele seja aplicado até dezembro...
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Federal officials overseeing billions in benefit payments to millions of Canadians are hoping artificial intelligence can resolve ongoing snags in the system.
The government is looking to “push the boundaries” of what artificial intelligence can do to...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
A US$200 million emergency package to provide social support and employment for communities devastated in Iraq’s ongoing armed conflicts has been agreed by the World Bank.
The Emergency Social Stabilization and Resilience Project (ESSRP) aims to...