Monday, September 30, 2024
Humanitarian programmes are largely conceived and designed within the confines of one country’s borders. This remains true in Sudan’s escalating humanitarian crisis – even though it impacts at least five neighbouring countries. Cash and voucher...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
This blog explores the regional dynamics of the Sudan crisis and cash and voucher assistance in the different countries affected by the crisis. It examines the potential advantages of collaboration between Cash Working Groups across borders and how this...
Monday, September 23, 2024
In Gaza, 12-year-old Ahmad has lost nearly a year of schooling, as bombings and airstrikes drove his family from one short-lived shelter to another. Tired, sad and depressed, he is studying again - in a tent, as part of a temporary learning initiative....
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Governments are failing to make full use of the powerful potential of social protection to counter the effects of the climate crisis and support a just transition, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The report also finds...
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Social protection is essential to safeguard people from shocks, but half the world is without any coverage, including over 90 per cent of people living in climate-vulnerable countries, according to a new report released on Thursday by the...
Sunday, September 8, 2024
The Government of Kenya (GoK) recognized the need to expand social protection coverage and is gradually adopting a universal approach for children.
The journey started in 2017 during the Kenya Social Protection Sector Review II when there was a long-...
Monday, August 19, 2024
Ongoing violence is taking a devastating toll on communities in Haiti, particularly the hundreds of thousands of people who have been internally displaced. Livelihoods have been destroyed. Essential services have been starved. Humanitarian assistance has...
Thursday, August 15, 2024
UNICEF supports Child-Sensitive Social Protection programmes because childhood is a special window of opportunity where we can make a real impact on physical, cognitive, and social development. However, children aren’t the only ones that benefit from...
Monday, August 12, 2024
Governments in the Pacific and Timor-Leste have been investing in formal social protection for more than 50 years, but the last two decades have seen massive shifts. Across the region, expenditure on social assistance programs has almost doubled, and...
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Occupied Palestinian territory, (ILO-News)- A virtual workshop series of the Social Protection Cash and Voucher Assistance Thematic Working Group (SPCVA TWG), supported by the International Labour Organization, explored how partners can better meet the...
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