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Social Protection in the MENA Region: Realities, Challenges, and Horizons

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  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - August-September 2025
Featured Article From Global Newsletter - August-September 2025By Bachir Tamer President of MENA Region of CIAS & Driss Guerraoui, Member of the Executive Committee of CIAS Social protection transcends the mere notion of a safety net; it serves as a pivotal instrument for forging a more equitable society, mitigating disparities, and fostering sustainable economic development. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, it manifests in diverse forms, encompassing social security programs, informal assistance, and governmental initiatives such as cash transfers, health...

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Challenges in Japanese society revealed after the COVID-19 pandemic and the future development of social welfare

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  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - June-July 2025
Featured Article From Global Newsletter - June-July 2025 By Mr. Kenichi Furuichi, Vice President of Japan National Council of Social Welfare (JNCSW) 1. The Challenges Faced by Japanese Society and Responses during the COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic further highlighted the vulnerabilities within Japanese society. Those facing financial hardship expanded across generations and demographic groups to an unprecedented extent. For example, the government’s declaration of a state of emergency led to restrictions on social activities, which initially caused an economic downturn and...

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Ronda Conference: Rethinking Participation for Responsive and Adaptive Welfare Systems

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  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - April-May 2025
Featured Article From Global Newsletter - April-May 2025 The recent conference held in Ronda, Spain, on 24–25 April brought together stakeholders, experts, and practitioners from across the social policy and development sectors to explore the urgent need to reimagine welfare systems in response to today’s unprecedented global challenges. The Presidents of the three partner organizations—Prof. Antoinette Lombard (IASSW), Dr. Sergei Zelenev (ICSW), and Prof. Joachim Mumba (IFSW)—actively participated in the discussions and endorsed the conference’s outcome documents. UNED provided vital...

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Statement submitted by the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council

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  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - March 2025
Featured Article From Global Newsletter - March 2025 The Secretary-General has received the following statement, which is being circulated in accordance with paragraphs 36 and 37 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. Statement The three core, interrelated themes addressed in the outcome documents of the 1995 World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) in Copenhagen – poverty eradication, full and productive employment, and social integration – remain highly relevant. The key messages of the WSSD significantly advanced global dialogue on social development, shaping the...

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ICSW Europe 2024 General Assembly

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  • Subtitle: Europe Newsletters - 04/2024
  • Excerpt: ICSW Europe 2024 General Assembly (GA) took place on 30 November 2024, Salvation Army (Frälsningsarmen), Stockholm, Sweden.
ICSW Europe 2024 General Assembly (GA) took place on 30 November 2024, Salvation Army (Frälsningsarmen), Stockholm, Sweden.

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President's Report: ICSW Global Assembly, April 2024 - Panama

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  • Subtitle: Global Newsletter - December 2024
  • Excerpt: ICSW has taken the lead in discussing the strategies and ways forward for a post-pandemic society that social welfare sectors around the world will need to be prepared for.
ICSW has taken the lead in discussing the strategies and ways forward for a post-pandemic society that social welfare sectors around the world will need to be prepared for.

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Report on the socio-environmental disaster in RS/Brazil in 2024

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  • Subtitle: Boletin Informativo Cooperacion Regional - 2024/11
  • Excerpt: The largest socio-environmental disaster in the State in its entire history occurred in May of 2024, due to the occurrence of heavy rains causing river flooding, floods, landslides and the isolation of areas, and the effects are still being felt.
The largest socio-environmental disaster in the State in its entire history occurred in May of 2024, due to the occurrence of heavy rains causing river flooding, floods, landslides and the isolation of areas, and the effects are still being felt.

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The Future of Civic Freedoms: Lessons from My Time at CIVICUS

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  • Subtitle: South East Asia & the Pacific Newsletter - 2024/10
  • Excerpt: When I joined CIVICUS in 2019, I came in with two decades of work on influencing and monitoring public policies through grassroots and global activism.
When I joined CIVICUS in 2019, I came in with two decades of work on influencing and monitoring public policies through grassroots and global activism.

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