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Op-Ed – A Welfare System Built to Exclude Will Never Reduce Poverty in the US
Common Dreams, 23 September 2022: The facts are clear: well-designed social protection programs slash poverty. And so—with an estimated 37.2 million...
Video – The Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of All Human Rights
1 September 2022: Watch the Special Rapporteur's intervention at a seminar on "The Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of...
Op-ed – Social protection must be extended to millions of excluded informal workers
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 7 July 2022: Worldwide, more than 60% of workers – some two billion individuals – make their...
Op-ed – Latin America is a global leader in COVID-19 vaccination. Now lessons must be learnt to combat the pandemic of poverty.
Post Opinión - The Washington Post, 27 June 2022: When COVID-19 first swept across Latin America and the Caribbean,...
Video – side event at UN Human Rights Council on non-take-up
28 June 2022: Watch back as panelists address "non-take-up": a phenomenon that sees millions around the world prevented from accessing...
Press release – Millions failing to access social protection entitlements
GENEVA (24 June 2022) – Millions of people, including some of the world’s most marginalized groups, are unable to benefit...
Presentation to the UN Human Rights Council on non-take-up
27 June 2022: Millions of people, including some of the world’s most marginalized groups, are unable to benefit from the...
Online side event on the occasion of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council
Join this online discussion (Friday 24 June, 13:00 - 14:30 CEST) as panelists address "non-take-up": a phenomenon that sees millions...
Panel – Transforming Education: Advancing Children’s Rights for Today’s World
The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights calls for the right to education to be expanded...
Press Release – Kyrgyzstan: Invest in people to reduce human capital flight, says UN expert
Watch press conference online here --- In Russian - In Kyrgyz BISHKEK (3 June 2022) – Kyrgyzstan's talented youth must not become...
Poverty in Kyrgyzstan: Follow the press conference online – 3 June 11.30am
Media invitation - Press conference UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights presents Kyrgyzstan mission findings Live-stream: click...