The European Union (EU) has urged the Federal and state governments to increase funding for social protection interventions, emphasising its importance in reducing poverty nationwide. Mr Massimo De ...

Social protection policies and programs help individuals and families escape poverty, manage risks, and improve resilience and opportunity. Prioritizing poorer households in social protection programs ...

Sir:Over the years, Nigeria has witnessed huge and seemingly growing insecurity problems, rapid increase in poverty rate, high inequality and concurrent threats of instability. The recent report by ...

The World Bank-funded Socio-Economic Recovery Fund in Comoros has been pivotal in empowering women to establish successful businesses by offering both financial and technical support. Beneficiaries, ...

KAMPALA, July 06, 2018 - The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development together with UNICEF and the World Bank, are holding a 5-day conference to discuss how social protection programmes can ...

President William Ruto on Wednesday, July 30, assented to key legislative proposals, including the Conflict-of-Interest Bill 2023 and the Social Protection Bill 2025. The bills were sponsored by ...

ABUJA — THE International Labour Organisation, ILO, on Monday, urged policy makers and practitioners to strengthen Nigeria’s social protection systems through evidence-based policies and coordinated ...

Vital social protection programmes can be sustained even during conflict and protracted crises, according to findings from a five-year research initiative working across eleven countries. The BASIC ...

Malawi’s social protection programmes are facing serious pressure due to low funding, raising concerns about the government’s ability to support vulnerable groups, a new budget analysis has shown. In ...

Governor Umar Namadi has announced that Jigawa State has successfully completed the implementation of a life-cycle social protection framework—a comprehensive system that provides continuous welfare ...

Leila Patel receives funding from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the National Research Foundation for her Chair in Welfare and Social Development, the Faculty of Humanities, and ...