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Advancing gender balance
16 de Setembro de 2014, 4:51
According to a recent study published by the Grant Thornton International Business Report, the proportion of women in senior roles worldwide has stagnated at 24%. At Oikocredit, the division of staff by gender has been equal for many years, with the management team achieving a full gender balance in 2013. In acknowledgement of this achievement,... ...AC attends Sustainable Energy Finance Forum on Net Metering
16 de Setembro de 2014, 4:06
In line with the Sustainable Energy Finance (SEF) Program of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Philippines, a forum on “What’s Happening with Net Metering” was held on September 11, 2014 at the IFC Manila Office. Net metering represents the first step of a paradigm shift from the traditional generation-transmission-distribution scheme towards individual and community based... ...Achieving development at the cost of the right to privacy? The promise and peril of new technologies in social protection programmes.
15 de Setembro de 2014, 21:00In recent years, donors, development agencies and poverty-reduction initiatives have increasingly turned towards social protection as an effective tool for addressing extreme poverty and accelerating development in the world’s poorest countries. Nevertheless, a number of significant practical, structural and institutional challenges exist when delivering social protection initiatives in developing countries which often impede the effectiveness... ...
Unpacking the ILO’s Social Protection Floor Recommendation (2012) from a Women’s Rights Perspective
14 de Setembro de 2014, 21:00The twentieth century witnessed the development of national social security and social protection mechanisms aimed at providing economic, social and public answers to address social risks. In the logic of the majority of these mechanisms, however, unless women were formally employed or were widows, they were not rights holders in any meaningful sense independent of... ...
Migrant Farmworkers Find Paths Out of Poverty Through Incubator Farms
13 de Setembro de 2014, 8:41
Incubator farms help seasonal workers start their own businesses, where they get better pay and the support of a community. Octavio Garcia and his brothers now manage their own 6.5 acres leased from ALBA. Photo by Nancy Porto / ALBA. by Lisa Gale Garrigues SolidarityEconomy.net via Yes! Magazine Nine years ago Octavio Garcia was a... ...Saskatchewan Renews Support for Immigrant Access Fund
12 de Setembro de 2014, 19:52
Newcomers and immigrant serving organizations in Saskatchewan have reason to celebrate with the recent announcement from the Government of Saskatchewan that they will be renewing the Immigrant Access Fund of Saskatchewan (IAF SK). Theme: Immigrants & RefugeesEcology Building Society – Newsletter September 2014
12 de Setembro de 2014, 18:15
Language English In the september issue of their newsletter our british member Ecology Building Society gives updates of their latest works in building a greener society, for example an introduction to self-building your home, the battle to save the silsden lime tree (we talked about that some days ago) or the Good Money Week. Read... ...The Case Against the Commodification of Social Protection
9 de Setembro de 2014, 21:00In May 2006, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights expressed its concern about the fact that a significant number of countries that had been ensuring a certain level of social protection through public intervention were transferring part of the responsibility to the private sector (CESCR 2006). More than bringing private actors into... ...
Korean Translation of UNRISD Book Launched at International Conference in Seoul
9 de Setembro de 2014, 21:00The Korean translation of the recent UNRISD publication, Learning from the South Korean Developmental Success: Effective Development Cooperation and Synergistic Institutions and Policies, was launched at the 8th Seoul ODA International Conference “Good governance and effective institutions”. Many of the 600 conference participants attended the launch seminar, and engaged in a lively debate on the... ...
Rural Development Institute Launches the Rural Policy Learning Commons
8 de Setembro de 2014, 16:45
Brandon University has been awarded a 7-year, $2.5 M SSHRC Partnership grant to support rural policy and its implementation. Theme: National Policy Work ResearchSenior Research Associate: A New Way to Engage with UNRISD
7 de Setembro de 2014, 21:00UNRISD has decided to form a select group of Senior Research Associates. This group will comprise experienced researchers, policy makers and practitioners who know the Institute well, share its normative and analytical orientation, and are keen to see its work and role in international knowledge and policy circles receive greater recognition. The group will play... ...
Do social protection programmes that impose conditionalities on women fail to confront patriarchy as a root cause of inequality?
7 de Setembro de 2014, 21:00The journey towards gender equality is both personal and political, and cuts across relationships and institutions. Interactions with institutions responsible for social protection cannot but be intricate and multi-layered. Yet, addressing whether social protection programmes that impose conditionalities on women fail to confront patriarchy and hamper women’s right to equality is urgent and imperative. It... ...
Etika annual report 2013-14
5 de Setembro de 2014, 5:53
Language English In august our member etika from Luxemburg published its annual report. In the period from end of june 2013 to end of june 2014 16 credits have been given to social and environmental responsible projects in Luxemburg. 1119 savers have deposed 45 million euros of which 65 % have been converted into credits.... ...ADFIAP Board Member Son Kon Thour appointed Cambodia Minister
5 de Setembro de 2014, 0:26
Long time ADFIAP Board Member and Chairman and CEO of the Rural Development Bank (RDB) of Cambodia, Mr. Son Kon Thour, was recently appointed by the Royal Government of Cambodia as Minister Attached to the Prime Minister in charge of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and MFI affairs and, concurrently as a Senior Advisor to... ..."UNRISD adds tremendous value"—UNOG Director-General in Video Address to UNRISD Stakeholder Meeting
4 de Setembro de 2014, 21:00On 1-2 September, nearly 30 UNRISD stakeholders gathered in Geneva to discuss future priorities for the Institute and the directions for research for the post-2015 period. The input from the meeting will prove extremely useful to UNRISD as it prepares a new Research Agenda for the future and develops an associated funding strategy.
