Why we need to prioritise universal pensions for women
On International Women’s Day 2021, let’s think about pensions. Why? Women around the world still face highly unequal access to a minimum income in old age.
Challenging misassumptions behind policymaking: “Being gender aware promotes gender equality”
In this edition Maxine Molyneux, Professor of Sociology at University College London, debunks the notion that “Being gender aware promotes gender equality”.
Challenging misassumptions behind policymaking: “Cash transfers empower women”
For International Women’s Day 2022, we asked members of our team and Development Pathways collaborators to take a gender-based assumption behind decisionmaking in social policy and to challenge it. In this edition Maxine Molyneux, Professor of Sociology at University College London, debunks the notion that “cash transfers empower women”. Cash...
Are governments investing in caring and just economies?
This report for UN Women is based on an assessment of COVID-19 fiscal stimulus response and policy measures in nine countries in Asia and the Pacific (Cambodia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam).
Challenging misassumptions behind policymaking: “Women’s participation in social safety net programmes increases their agency and influence”
Anasuya Sengupta, Senior Social Policy Specialist and Holly Seglah, Social Policy Officer at Development Pathways, further debunk the notion that women’s participation in social safety net programmes increases their agency and influence.
Key takeaways: Are governments investing in caring and just economies?
This 8-page advocacy brief summarises an assessment of COVID-19 fiscal stimulus response and policy measures in nine countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Time to care: gender transformative social security for a Caring Economy
The unequal responsibility for unpaid care work is one of the main reasons why many women struggle to access paid employment outside the home.