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...
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Asia, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The International Labour Organization's (ILO) 2020-2022 World Social Protection Report revealed that 46.9% of the world’s population are “covered by at least one social protection benefit”, excluding health. Arab states fall below the global average, at...
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Africa, Asia, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
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Monday, August 23, 2021
Recent developments in labor reforms across the Gulf countries are encouraging signs of a much-needed overhaul of protective systems for migrant laborers. Qatar’s winning bid to host the 2022 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World...
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Asia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s Human Resources Development Fund (HADAF) supports the nationalization of professions in the private sector, where it announced it will pay part of the wages of Saudi men and women employed in the private sector after joining the Employment...
Friday, February 15, 2019
Saudi Arabia has told a UN meeting that it has developed a system of social protection to protect low-income families in cooperation with government agencies.
The system will give priority to eradicating poverty and raising the standard of living within...
Saturday, September 29, 2018
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) delivered 185 tons of food to Al-Azariq district in Yemen’s Dhale governorate. Distribution started upon arrival and will continue in the coming days throughout the district, in cooperation...
Thursday, May 10, 2018
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$18.6 million contribution from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) which will be used to provide urgent food assistance in Yemen and to support Rohingya refugees and...
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Asia, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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Monday, January 15, 2018
Overlook the lagging oil sector and the Saudi economy is in excellent health. That’s the conclusion from the latest BMI report into the kingdom, which cites the government’s fiscal stimulus packages, a further raft of which was announced this month, and...
Monday, January 15, 2018
A total of 800,000 Saudi families have received financial support of more than SAR900 (US240) in the second batch of the Citizen’s Account Program, knowing that the amount was deposited on January 10. More than 21% housewives registered in the...
Sunday, December 31, 2017
The Citizen Account program allows Saudi women to enlist themselves as family providers under certain conditions. In cases where the husband is not a Saudi, if he is absent, imprisoned or held in a social care home and if she has been deserted...
