Hunger is a crime against the people of South Africa. Who are the criminals? South Africa’s Constitution commits the state, ...

In this podcast, researchers and policymakers examine why and how and when to use social protection approaches in different crisis contexts.

Agriculture and informal economies provide essential livelihoods in Nigeria, but they face challenges such as climate shocks, conflict, low investment, and financial exclusion. Resilience strategies ...

Natural-hazard related disasters continue to have a heavy toll globally, with marginalised groups, like people with ...

The media analysis of femicide presented in this working paper is part of the multiyear programme Lost Souls, White Bowls: Documenting Vietnamese Femicide through Art, Documentary, and Research. The ...

Role of women in citizens came together and voted out Yahya Jammeh in Gambia and women played an important role ...

Priorities for providing affordable housing and obstacles to addressing gaps in the housing market are examined in this K4DD ...

In every crisis – natural or man-made, short or protracted, ordinary people and their local structures help one other and organise support through networks that start at home and often stretch around ...

Land is central to contemporary debates about politics as anyone in Zimbabwe knows well. Land sustains the livelihoods of millions through farming, livestock keeping, hunting and collecting. Such ...

In the absence of adequate formal assistance, many communities rely on informal solidarity mechanisms for support in meeting daily needs, building resilience, and responding to multiple shocks and ...

Just a few weeks ago, the latest figures on Mexico’s poverty rate revealed a historic achievement: poverty fell by 12 percentage points in only 6 years. Nearly 13 million people were lifted out of ...

Unpaid care work and social protection are intrinsically linked. Women and girls’ uptake of social protection provisions is affected by their unpaid care work responsibilities. Conversely these ...