Tuesday, August 10, 2021
The economic disruptions of the pandemic showed the shortcomings in Canada’s out-of-date social safety net. Issues like the inability of the Employment Insurance (EI) program to process a large number of claims in a short period of time, self-employed or...
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Covid-19 lockdown measures resulted in an increase in care and housework in homes around the world. But with the greater presence of men at home as a result of lockdown and job losses, why are women disproportionately bearing the burden of unpaid care...
Monday, August 2, 2021
The world's essential workers have kept things running during the pandemic.
But many still lack the protections they deserve, such as maternity pay, pensions or paid sickness leave.
An upcoming summit, Essential for Recovery, will give these...
Friday, July 16, 2021
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Enhancing transition from informality to formality as a means towards improving living and working...
Friday, July 16, 2021
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Social protection systems play an important role in mitigating the negative social consequences of the Covid-...
Thursday, July 8, 2021
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A recently released report highlights how socities could move closer to a more gender equal distribution of...
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Africa, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
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Monday, July 5, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated socioeconomic inequalities within and across countries. The policy...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
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There can be no excuse for the fact that child labour has increased for the first time in two...
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Global, Africa, Zambia, America, Brazil
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Monday, June 28, 2021
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Millions of laborers in the six states of the Western Balkans work in the informal economy without contracts...
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Europe, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia
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Monday, June 28, 2021
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Labor markets continue to be a key transmission channel of the economic impact of COVID-19. As a result...
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Africa, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda
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