Tuesday, November 19, 2024
In a recent conference organized by the Danish Refugee Council in partnership with the Arab Reform Initiative, experts, policymakers, and stakeholders gathered to discuss ways to bridge the gap between humanitarian assistance and social protection...
Country:
Asia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen
Read More
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
The Arab countries in the Middle East have recently seen a wave of social security reforms, designed to bridge gaps in coverage and expand protection to previously underserved groups. Many of these reforms have sought to improve the sustainability of...
Country:
Asia, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Read More
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
A pension system is at the heart of social protection. By ensuring income security for older persons and other vulnerable groups, it prevents poverty, reduces inequality, and smooths consumption. A pension system also affects the working population’s...
Monday, October 11, 2021
When COVID-19 closed schools in Basra, southern Iraq, the academic prospects for many schoolgirls were put at risk. On International Day of The Girl Child, we look at a UN program which is helping girls in the region to keep learning. The 2,570...
Monday, April 26, 2021
The views, thoughts and opinions presented in this blog post belong to its author(s). They are not necessarily shared by socialprotection.org
In the months after the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),...
Country:
Africa, Libya, Asia, Iraq, Syria, Yemen
Read More
Monday, March 29, 2021
The collaboration between the agencies builds on existing efforts to accelerate the decent work agenda, including through the expansion of social protection architecture, as well as outlining new areas the partnership can support vulnerable populations...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Link to applying for the emergency grant 2020.
Sunday, April 12, 2020
The Higher Committee for Health and National Safety, which directs and coordinates Iraq’s national efforts to combat Covid-19, announced on Saturday that the Iraqi government was making available a temporary monthly grant to those affected by the...
Thursday, April 9, 2020
يتخذ تفشي فيروس كورونا (COVID-19) منحى تصاعدي مستمر في مختلف بلدان العالم رغم الاجراءات الاحترازية المتخذة لتطويق تفشي هذا الوباء الفتاك بين البشر. وفي العراق اتخذت خلية الازمة المشكّلة بموجب الأمر الديواني (٥٥ لسنة ٢٠٢٠) جملة من الخطوات للحد من تداعيات...
Friday, December 6, 2019
Iraq and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed the first Iraq Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP), as the country recovers from decades of conflict. The Programme, which runs from 2019 to 2023, supports national initiatives to...
