Tuesday, March 14, 2023 to Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The newly launched Africa branch of the International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD) will be hosting its inaugural colloquium from 14 - 15 March 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The colloquium will be hosted as an intimate in-person gathering of...
Location:
South Africa, Africa
Thursday, March 09, 2023 to Saturday, March 11, 2023
This conference’s focus is on issues of poverty and its eradication, social inequality, race relations and policy management and mismanagement with an international perspective. As poverty continues to be an ongoing, often-inhumane problem, this conference...
Wednesday, October 05, 2022 to Friday, October 07, 2022
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES) convenes a three-day conference on reducing inequality, held in Bogotá, Colombia, on 5-7 October 2022....
Location:
Colombia, America
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 to Wednesday, September 21, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an acute health and economic crisis, exacerbating income inequality all over the world. The food and fuel price shock following the Ukraine war is adding to the difficulties. These shocks and developments are particularly...
Wednesday, June 08, 2022 to Thursday, June 09, 2022
This virtual meeting aims to provide a space for reflection on the main challenges to move towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems. At a time when the matrix of risks is being reconfigured, marked by high levels...
Thursday, April 07, 2022 to Friday, April 08, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified the importance of global access to social welfare while also highlighting the limits of our current welfare systems. This is situated in a global context of closing borders and decades of welfare cuts. This conference seeks...
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Social protection policies and programs help individuals and families escape poverty, manage risks, and improve resilience and opportunity. Prioritizing poorer households in social protection programs often can generate more progress on reducing poverty and...
Thursday, February 03, 2022
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French, Spanish and Dutch.
Social protection is not a privilege, but a human right. It is also the best insurance against inequalities, poverty and exclusion. To guarantee this right to social...
Thursday, February 03, 2022
Life course risks are generally considered to be the main drivers of stratification. The hypothesis is that the disadvantaged are more likely to experience such events, and once experienced, suffer more from their consequences, which might then lead to wider...
Thursday, January 27, 2022
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, January 27, 2022 its annual flagship report entitled Social Panorama of Latin America 2021, which examines the social impact of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19...
