Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Experiences of forced displacement are different for women and men. While these may be positive – such as opening up new opportunities for women in paid work and increased decision-making – they can also be negative, with long-term detrimental effects on...
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Humanitarian actors have tended not to be very good at working together with state social protection systems in countries where they work. Although they are often doing the same thing – identifying those who badly need material help and giving them money...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
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Use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) has soared globally, accounting for nearly 18 percent of...
Monday, September 14, 2020
The evidence is now clear, and the COVID-19 crisis has only made it more pressing that “now is the time” for universal child benefits – this was the message offered from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) webinar on the subject last week. The...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
The current global spread of Covid-19 offers the latest clarion call for building universal systems as a cornerstone of health policy. The outbreak highlights that effective containment policies must provide ready access to quality healthcare for all,...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
BLOG: With a High-Level Meeting on the topic at this year’s United Nations’ General Assembly and debate during the US presidential primaries and elsewhere, there can be little doubt that Universal Health Coverage – or UHC – has...
Friday, November 29, 2019
BLOG: The promise of new technology to meet the needs of people in humanitarian crises has been in the news recently, but not always for the right reasons. Humanitarian organisations have long sought to apply the latest technologies to better...