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Never has the need for social protection been greater. In response to the economic and social fallout of Covid-19, almost every country in the world has introduced or expanded programmes that support those who are most vulnerable. Join the free online course by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to learn about the basics of social protection and its implementation around the world. Find out more and enrol»
Stephanie Guha / July 2020
The new World Social Report 2020 "Inequality in a rapidly changing world" documents deep divides within and across countries despite an era of extraordinary economic growth and widespread improvements in living standards. The report underscores how gender, along with ethnicity, race, place of residence and socioeconomic status, continue to shape the chances people have in life. It underlines how the inequality challenge is global, and intimately connected with other pressing issues of our times: the rapid technological change, but also the climate crisis, urbanisation and migration. In many places, the growing tide of inequality could further swell under the force of these megatrends. Read more»
Stephanie Guha / June 2020
The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report in 2020 is dedicated to inclusion in education. The report explores the challenges holding countries back from achieving this vision, where every girl and boy has the right to a relevant, high-quality education. It calls on education stakeholders to put diversity at the core of into their education systems, rather than seeing it as a problem, and to concentrate on all learners who are left behind, no matter their identity, background or ability. This is a particularly important message to send out at a time when countries are rebuilding their education systems after COVID-19 crisis. The main findings of the GEM report will be presented at the Swiss launch event on June 30th, 2020. Read more about the report and register for the Swiss launch event»
Antonia Does / June 2020
BRAC's Graduation approach is a comprehensive, timebound, integrated and sequenced set of interventions that enable extreme and ultra-poor households to achieve socioeconomic resilience in order to progress along a pathway out of extreme poverty. Participants become the agents of their own development and make sustainable progress in overcoming extreme poverty. Read more»
This second newsbrief features articles on Inequalities and Leave No One Behind, the estimated impact of COVID-19 on global poverty and what the current crisis has taught us about social protection, and more. Read more»
Stephanie Guha / May 2020
