Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Oman has launched the implementation of new social insurance maternity benefits that are set to significantly improve labour market opportunities for women in the Sultanate. The new scheme is part of ambitious and wide-ranging social protection reforms...
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Viet Nam’s social assistance schemes provide monthly unconditional benefits to the most vulnerable people in poor and disadvantaged households, including people with disabilities and orphans. Phuong’s story illustrates how social protection...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Over the last two decades most countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region initiated and strengthened social assistance programs, addressing long-standing regional challenges of poverty, inequality, lagging human capital outcomes, and...
Thursday, May 30, 2024
UN Women Multi-Country Office – Caribbean and the Government of Grenada, launched a partnership, which aims to implement a series of Gender-Responsive Social Protection initiatives to accelerate the progress of Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5 5): "...
Monday, May 27, 2024
Migration in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA) is characterised as mixed migration. The region is a source, transit, and destination for various migratory flows, with forced migration and labour migration continuing to drive the main movement trends...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Ensuring the right to social protection is a constitutional obligation in Bangladesh. To fulfil this obligation, the Government of Bangladesh adopted the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) in 2015, aiming to establish a lifecycle-based...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Air pollution, rising temperatures, crop failures, and water shortages are increasing pressures on health and agrifood systems. During these crises, households often reduce food consumption, sell assets, migrate or adjust labor allocation between men and...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
As greenhouse gases once again climb to record levels, countries are under pressure to make the move to a low-carbon economy. Policies that move in this direction are needed to mitigate against the worst impacts of climate change, but policy choices...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Government of Malawi has embarked on a new three-year social protection programme to empower the most vulnerable women and girls in nine districts to get out of extreme poverty. The districts are Mzimba, Ntcheu, Balaka, Chikwawa, Mulanje, Mwanza,...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The analysis assesses poverty and poverty reduction in the U.S. compared to six other high-income countries—Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom—that reduce poverty more than the U.S. does and/or achieve lower...
