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, April 26, 2021
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In the months after the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),...
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Africa, Libya, Asia, Iraq, Syria, Yemen
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Humanitarian agencies are increasingly supporting displaced families with Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). This has raised questions about how CVA is affecting—and being inclusive of—specific populations, such as adolescent girls.
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Africa, Central African Republic, Egypt, Asia, Syria
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
The Government of Finland has renewed its commitment to support children’s rights in Syria through a generous contribution of €3 million to strengthen access and quality of learning for children across the country. The new grant will contribute to the...
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Asia, Syria, Europe, Finland
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019
The European Union adopted a new €297 million assistance package to support refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon via the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis. The EU has also decided to extend the mandate of the Trust...
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Asia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Europe
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
BLOG: Poverty, not war-related trauma, drives cognitive deficits in young people displaced by conflict, according to a new Yale-led study of adolescents affected by the crisis in Syria. The study, published in the journal Child Development, is the...
Monday, September 23, 2019
If you could purchase groceries not with cash or card, but simply by letting the cashier scan your eye, would you do it? Given the numerous privacy scandals involving tech companies recently, more than a few of us might be wary of biometrics. For...
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Asia, Jordan, Syria, Europe
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019
ACTED spoke to Ibrahim, a 46 year old Syrian who recently took part in an ACTED’s ‘Cash for Work’ scheme, to explore how such short-term employment opportunities are helping Syrian families to meet their most immediate and pressing needs. Cash-for-...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
BLOG: Over eight years of destructive conflict has taken a heavy toll on Syria’s economy. Massive internal displacement, emigration and mortality have greatly weakened the population, out of which more than half are estimated to be in the need...
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Despite criticism, the UK has only partially reversed a cash aid freeze in northeastern Syria and is still suspending monthly allowances to tens of thousands of displaced people that were halted last month to avoid the risk of diversion to members of so-...
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Asia, Syria, Europe, United Kingdom
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