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Our #NewPaper shows how inclusive, lifecycle-based benefits can close key gaps in income security for children, persons with disabilities, new mothers, caregivers and older people in Jordan.

Paper: www.developmentpathways.co.uk/publications...

Summary: www.developmentpathways.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Are you attending the Bridging Divides Conference in Paris, happening 7th-8th Oct?

Join us at the 3rd parallel session as we discuss how universal social protection can best support building climate resilience in low- and middle-income countries.

📆 Wed, 8th Oct, 4:15 PM.

@afd-france.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happening now! Join us online to hear about childcare services in #Jordan and how they can be made more inclusive for all.

al-oulaecs.zoom.us/j/9208177887...
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
As #FFD4 gets into full swing, we commend the final draft of the Compromiso de Sevilla, which will be formally adopted by Member States during the conference. Here are 4 of our takeaways on social protection from this document.

Looking for more dialogue recognising the need for #universal systems!
June 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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📢 Join us at #FfD4 in Seville!

Financing Alternatives to Budget Cuts
🗓️ 2 July | 🕝 2:30–4:00 PM
💬 How do we fund universal social protection without austerity?
Hear from global experts & activists on real solutions.
#EndAusterity #FinanceOurFuture #EraOfJustice
June 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We're live and excited to take part in this webinar today! Come explore South Africa's social assistance programme and how flaws in the programme's design have led to the exclusion of many who are most at risk.
April 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🌟 Excited to be in Berlin for the Global Disability Summit today and tomorrow! Find us at our side event session in Hall 1 at 9:00 AM, or connect with us during the rest of the summit.
April 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
@jrf-uk.bsky.social(JRF) has released the UK Poverty Report 2025 and the findings are bleak.

With increased inequalities, insufficient social safety nets, and unacceptable levels of poverty for children and persons with disabilities, the UK must strengthen its social security system.
January 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In our work, we often talk about "extreme poverty", but it's also worthwhile to consider the other end of this spectrum - extreme wealth.

Whether that's wealth according to the global metric or localised inequalities, this blog's suggestion of an 'extreme wealth line' is quite provoking!
Extreme levels of individual wealth pose risks to our society, democracy & economy. Could an “extreme wealth line” anchor global action against the harms of unchecked wealth and power? @febalata.bsky.social explores in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
It is time to draw a line under extreme wealth
When a handful of individuals hold extreme levels of wealth, there are severe risks to democracy as well as to economic and ecological stability, writes Fernanda Balata. Could an extreme wealth lin…
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January 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📊 Breaking new ground: Jharkhand's universal cash transfer programme for women aged 18-50 could revolutionise social security in India. Dive into our analysis of the Maaiya Samman Yojana and its potential to transform millions of lives.
www.developmentpathways.co.uk/blog/how-jha...

#SocialSecurity
How Jharkhand is setting a precedent for universal social security in India: where there’s a will… - Development Pathways
Who would’ve guessed that one of the boldest moves in designing social security benefits would come from—not even a country—but a state in India called Jharkhand? For those unfamiliar, Jharkhand is on...
www.developmentpathways.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🌏 Help push Social Protection to the top of the UN's Second World Summit for Social Development agenda!
Take a few minutes to fill out UNRISD's critical consultation form: www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...
Deadline: Feb 3rd #SocialProtection #WSSD2025
www.unrisd.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Looking forward to learning from this timely and much-needed event!
🔔 NEW EVENT Next Tuesday, 1/28: Join TIMEP for “What Comes Next? Unpacking the Post-Assad Transition in Syria,” a virtual event featuring Suhail al-Ghazi, Karam Shaar, Muzna Dureid, and Wafa Mustafa, moderated by Obai Kurd Ali.

Learn more and register: timep.org/2025/01/21/w...
January 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thrilled to have 2 papers (#28 & #56) featured in @ugentilini.bsky.social's 2024 top 100 social protection papers! One on financing social security in the Pacific, another proving universal social security is feasible in LMICs.

Read the full list here: www.ugogentilini.net/links-dec-20...
January 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Take a look at latest by Richard Chirchir, who is not yet on here, and colleagues. It is a design report focused on evolving #SocialProtection #InformationSystem (i.e. #SocialRegistry & beyond) landscape in #Indonesia - pushing for more integration + inclusiveness www.unicef.org/indonesia/me... 1/3
November 27, 2024 at 8:49 AM