Tuesday, August 4, 2020
According to research by Women’s Aid, one in five women interviewed said they couldn’t leave an abusive relationship because they had no money of their own, and the same number said financial abuse had left them unable to manage money. Meanwhile,...
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Global, Europe, United Kingdom
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Friday, July 31, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to wipe out hard-won gains in global development and gender equality. The World Bank reports that the world faces its first increase in extreme poverty since 1998, with between 71 million and 100 million people set to fall...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Zambia on Tuesday launched an emergency COVID-19 social cash transfer scheme to help vulnerable communities affected by the pandemic. Kmpamba Mulenga, Minister of Community Development, said the emergency social cash transfer will help mitigate the...
Monday, July 27, 2020
On 7 July, the IPC-IG invited researchers from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) to presente the Basic Income Project of the city of Maricá to officials of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare (MCLSW) of the Islamic Republic of...
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America, Brazil, Asia, Iran
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Thursday, July 23, 2020
Temporary basic income payments could stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by allowing the world’s poorest people to stay at home, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme. A six-month guaranteed handout for 2.7...
Thursday, July 23, 2020
The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 and enable close to three billion people to stay at home, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report...
