Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Social protection programmes that recognise the different risks faced by women and men have proven effective in increasing food security and productivity, helping to support the livelihoods of India’s rural poor. But despite efforts to address gender-...
Monday, June 1, 2020
As COVID-19 grips the world, market economies have shuttered, schools have closed, and nearly half of the global population is confined to their homes. Yet millions of care workers step out every day to keep the lights on and support those in need, for...
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Friday, February 14, 2020
Thirty-eight-year-old Kokeni Posanna of Jaina Village of Jagtial District in Telangana, went to the United Arab Emirates in 2018 to work as a cleaner. For the next one year and ten months, Posanna cleaned swimming pools and worked at landscaping gardens...
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Asia, India, United Arab Emirates
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
BLOG: Amid a consumption slump, several economists have called on the government to “put money into people's hands". Some have even suggested the government to do that literally: through unconditional, regular payments to citizens as part of a...
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Besides working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, what can we do to lessen the toll of climate change on the world's poorest people?
Make government assistance programs climate-smart, suggests a new report from the International Institute...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
OPINION: The government announced a cash transfer scheme for farmers in the Union Budget of Rs 6,000 per annum per household. The Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto has promised to increase the coverage. The Congress party has multiplied the same by...
Monday, January 14, 2019
A controversial change to the age limit of an elderly welfare payment scheme is unlikely to be stopped, but officials should study how it could be implemented better, a top-level adviser to Hong Kong’s leader has said.
The Centre is weighing a host of...
Friday, February 2, 2018
The last full-fledged Budget of the current government was marked by an eye on the long term while addressing important concerns over the social safety net.
The commitment to a long-term build-out of the economy to enhance productivity and job...
Sunday, December 17, 2017
The Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Saturday approved a policy for the social upliftment of transgenders in the state by offering them pensions, ration cards, housing sites and other financial assistance for business activities. As per the transgender policy,...
Friday, October 27, 2017
According to a study conducted across three cities in India and Nepal by HomeNet South Asia, a network of home-based workers, and a research and policy network called Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising, home-based...