Panel Discussion – Inequality and The 1%: Is a Transformative Fiscal Policy Possible? UNRISD 2026-09-21 | Panel Discussion – Inequality and The 1%: Is a Transformative Fiscal Policy Possible?
How to Use UNRISD SDPI Platform 🟣 TUTORIAL UNRISD 2024-04-29 | UNRISD's Sustainable Development Performance Indicator (SDPI) Platform is an easy-to-use tool to assess the progress of companies or organizations towards sustainability.With a set of indicators that look at areas of business performance associated with equality, distributive justice, use of economic power and influence, and consumption of natural resources, the platform helps economic entities gauge whether their operations are consistent with the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.The platform produces an automatically generated report that features trend analysis and allows users to assess impacts or performance in relation to sustainability norms and thresholds. It provides a crucial means to gauge the extent of transformative change towards genuine sustainability.Chapters in this video0:00 Introduction0:12 Create your profile1:19 Use the indicators3:00 Download your reportThe SDPI platform offers users the ability to:🟣 Measure sustainability authentically with data designed to contextualize performance against normative thresholds.🟣 Empower people within organizations large and small with a comprehensive toolkit of 61 performance-based indicators that is both free and easy to use.🟣 Automate reporting so that organizations can focus on implementation and making a difference where it matters most.🟣 Build credibility and trust by showcasing real-world positive outcomes guiding users and organizations toward eco-conscious success.
Introducing UNRISDs Sustainable Development Performance Indicators UNRISD 2024-04-09 | With a set of indicators that look at areas of business performance associated with equality, distributive justice, use of economic power and influence, and consumption of natural resources, the UNRISD project on Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) helps economic entities gauge whether their operations are consistent with the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.The SDPI Online Platform offers users the ability to:🟣 Measure sustainability authentically with data designed to contextualize performance against normative thresholds.🟣 Empower people within organizations large and small with a comprehensive toolkit of 61 performance-based indicators that is both free and easy to use.🟣 Automate reporting so that organizations can focus on implementation and making a difference where it matters most.🟣 Build credibility and trust by showcasing real-world positive outcomes guiding users and organizations toward eco-conscious success.
Discovering How UNRISD’s SDPI Platform Can Redefine Sustainable Development Reporting UNRISD 2024-03-27 | With a set of indicators that look at areas of business performance associated with equality, distributive justice, use of economic power and influence, and consumption of natural resources, the UNRISD project on Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI) helps economic entities gauge whether their operations are consistent with the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This webinar convenes supporters of UNRISD’s SDPI framework and users of the new Online Platform to showcase how the SDPI is being used by pioneering organizations and marks the official launch of the easy-to-handle and open-access tool.SpeakersKatharina Herzog, CEO, money:careBill Baue, Senior Director, r3.0Michael Peck, Co-founder and Executive Director, 1worker1vote.orgHeike Grosch, Founder and Managing Director of Matching FusionZhen Lee, Research Analyst, UNRISDModeratorIlcheong Yi, Senior Research Coordinator, UNRISD
Naila Kabeer on UNRISD contributions to GENDER EQUALITY over the decades UNRISD 2024-03-08 | UNRISD is delighted to welcome Naila Kabeer, Professor of Gender Studies and Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), as a new member of its Board.
Let’s Talk: CULTURE, International MOBILITY and SOCIAL JUSTICE UNRISD 2024-02-20 | The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), together with SHAP SHAP and Antigel Festival, are pleased to bring you this virtual roundtable discussion commemorating World Social Justice Day. On 20 February 2024, panelists from the UN, academia and the art scene explore how cultural dynamics can serve as a powerful catalyst for changing narratives, breaking down stereotypes and fostering inclusive societies.Panelists discuss the multifaceted impacts of inequality on social and economic rights by examining how disparities in access to opportunities and resources influence international mobility. Two guest speakers will share their personal experiences to explore how people with intersecting marginalized identities—shaped by race, gender, sex, class, age, religion, ableness or nationality—experience discrimination differently within the context of international mobility. In particular, they will shine a light on how artists from the global South are underrepresented on global stages due to social, political and economic power imbalances.This year on World Social Justice Day, we aim to deepen understanding of how culture, mobility and social justice are intertwined to inspire new ideas and actionable solutions for a more inclusive, just and connected global society.Speakers—Lido Pimienta, Artist—DJ MJ, Artist—Katja Hujo, Senior Research Coordinator, UNRISD—Oliver Liang, Head of the Private and Public Services Unit, ILOModeratorPaul Ladd, Director, UNRISD
Social Justice Playlist 2024 UNRISD 2024-02-20 | Our research shapes minds, but music can shape hearts. In collaboration with SHAP SHAP we visited the Antigel Festival to find out what social justice means to people and what songs inspire them to create a playlist that goes beyond music. A playlist curated by us and people across the world to amplify messages of justice and inspire positive change.What song would you recommend to include in the list? Let us know in the comments!
The Rise of Anti-Gender Discourses in the Context of Development, Human Rights and Social Protection UNRISD 2024-02-06 | As part of UNRISD's Gender Justice and Development Programme* ongoing inquiry into the growing backlash against progress in gender equality and rights, this webinar examines the strategies of anti-gender movements that use development discourse to advocate for policies restricting the rights of women, LGBTIQ+ individuals and limiting the scope of discussions on sexual and reproductive health and rights. It explores the transnational support for these movements, highlighting the role of resource and idea exchange between the global North and South.Speakers at the webinar were Haley McEwen (Gothenburg University) and Lata Narayanaswamy (University of Leeds). The webinar was moderated by Fabio Velez (UNRISD).* Work in the Gender Justice and Development Programme aims to contribute to understanding and addressing the economic, social, cultural and political barriers to the kinds of transformations—in individuals and institutions—necessary not only for equality and empowerment, but for justice and for leaving no one behind through fair treatment for all people, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).The Gender Justice and Development Programme focuses on understanding, analysing and engaging with processes of policy change around the themes of gender, technologies and digital economies; feminist perspectives on climate change; and antigenderism and global governance.For more information about the programme, visit unrisd.org/en/research/programme-areas/gender-justice-and-development
Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs): What Do We Need to Know to Assess Them? UNRISD 2023-12-08 | Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) promised to deliver quickly and effectively on just energy transitions in a select few developing countries. However, forged among a small group of partners outside the multilateral climate policy space, it is not yet clear how ambitious, just and inclusive they are. This webinar introduces a common framework for assessing JETPs performance on justice and the energy transition.Speakers—Anabella RosembergSenior Advisor on Just Transition for the Climate Action Network International—Srestha BanerjeeDirector of the India Just Transition Centre at iFOREST—David BoysPSI Deputy General Secretary—Tetet LauronAdvisor for the United Nations Programme, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Moderator)Learn more → unrisd.org/en/library/publications/just-energy-transition-partnerships-toward-a-collective-assessment
Racism, Xenophobia and Migration Narratives | Policy Symposium on Migration UNRISD 2023-11-30 | Dominant global and national political, policy and media narratives about migration and migrants are often negative, lacking in nuance, unevidenced and exclusive of migrant voices. These narratives reflect and reinforce racism, xenophobia and intersecting forms of discrimination and have harmful consequences for migrants who may already find themselves in precarious situations. They are manifested in violations of migrants’ human rights, including in the lack of access to basic services such as health, education and justice, or discrimination in employment resulting in occupational segregation of migrant workers and lower remuneration received for work of equal value. These violations undermine both human potential and the potential for migration to contribute to development and and improved outcomes for migrants. The Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ) Hub works with a global network of partners in 12 countries in the Global South, organized into six migration corridors, to transform understandings of the relationships between migration, development and inequality. The project seeks to promote a better understanding of how structural inequalities—related to poverty, age, gender and race—drive migration and limit its potential to contribute to personal, societal and global development, and propose ways to overcome inequalities and improve migration outcomes. The Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ) Hub works with a global network of partners in 12 countries in the Global South, organized into six migration corridors, to transform understandings of the relationships between migration, development and inequality. The project seeks to promote a better understanding of how structural inequalities—related to poverty, age, gender and race—drive migration and limit its potential to contribute to personal, societal and global development, and propose ways to overcome inequalities and improve migration outcomes. See full programme : unrisd.org/en/activities/events/migration-and-inequality-in-the-global-south-geneva-policy-symposium Download the report free at: unrisd.org/en/library/publications/migration-and-inequality-in-the-global-south-evidence-from-the-mideq-hub
Gender Inequalities and Migration in the Global South | Policy Symposium on Migration UNRISD 2023-11-30 | Migration drivers, dynamics and impacts are highly gendered, with gender norms shaping migratory decisions on who stays, who moves and how resources are allocated. This session looks at comparative dynamics of gendered processes and outcomes in the context of South-South migration and explores the consequences of migration for gender inequalities, identifying potential areas of policy refom and political action at different levels which are likely to have positive impacts on migrants, their families and communities. The Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ) Hub works with a global network of partners in 12 countries in the Global South, organized into six migration corridors, to transform understandings of the relationships between migration, development and inequality. The project seeks to promote a better understanding of how structural inequalities—related to poverty, age, gender and race—drive migration and limit its potential to contribute to personal, societal and global development, and propose ways to overcome inequalities and improve migration outcomes. See full programme : unrisd.org/en/activities/events/migration-and-inequality-in-the-global-south-geneva-policy-symposium Download the report free at: unrisd.org/en/library/publications/migration-and-inequality-in-the-global-south-evidence-from-the-mideq-hub
Poverty, Income Inequalities and Migration in the Global South | Policy Symposium on Migration UNRISD 2023-11-30 | Migration dynamics are strongly determined by a balancing act between the need or desire to migrate and improve one’s livelihood possibilities and the financial capacity to carry through with it. In addition, migration may offer a pathway out of poverty or inequality, by providing a lifeline back to families through remittances, but also through the knowledge, skills and social contacts one brings back upon returning. As poverty and inequality are multifaceted, and as migration may provide a pathway out of such circumstances, understanding the interlinkage between poverty, inequality and migration is of central importance to policy. This session will explore the various ways poverty, inequality and migration interact, bringing to the fore theoretical foundations, empirical observations from the Global South and possible policy options. The Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ) Hub works with a global network of partners in 12 countries in the Global South, organized into six migration corridors, to transform understandings of the relationships between migration, development and inequality. The project seeks to promote a better understanding of how structural inequalities—related to poverty, age, gender and race—drive migration and limit its potential to contribute to personal, societal and global development, and propose ways to overcome inequalities and improve migration outcomes. See full programme : unrisd.org/en/activities/events/migration-and-inequality-in-the-global-south-geneva-policy-symposium Download the report at: unrisd.org/en/library/publications/migration-and-inequality-in-the-global-south-evidence-from-the-mideq-hub
Addressing inequalities through migration in the Global South: An intersectional perspective UNRISD 2023-11-30 | Keynote Speech by Louis Herns Marcelin, INURED Haiti at the Policy Symposium on Migration and Inequality in the Global South. The Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ) Hub works with a global network of partners in 12 countries in the Global South, organized into six migration corridors, to transform understandings of the relationships between migration, development and inequality. The project seeks to promote a better understanding of how structural inequalities—related to poverty, age, gender and race—drive migration and limit its potential to contribute to personal, societal and global development, and propose ways to overcome inequalities and improve migration outcomes. See full programme : unrisd.org/en/activities/events/migration-and-inequality-in-the-global-south-geneva-policy-symposium Download the report free at: unrisd.org/en/library/publications/migration-and-inequality-in-the-global-south-evidence-from-the-mideq-hub
OPENING CEREMONY 🔵 The Art of Equality: A Journey to Justice 🔵 UNRISD 60 Anniversary UNRISD 2023-11-01 | From 10–20 October 2023, the United Nations Office at Geneva becomes a canvas for change. In celebration of its 60th anniversary, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has invited artists from around the world to create a unique and immersive experience that transcends borders and time.
HIGHLIGHTS 🟡 Art of Equality: A Journey to Justice 🟡 UNRISD 60 Anniversary UNRISD 2023-10-17 | From 10–20 October 2023 , the United Nations Office at Geneva will become a canvas for change. In celebration of its 60th anniversary, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has invited artists from around the world to create a unique and immersive experience that transcends borders and time.
Investments in Childcare for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific UNRISD 2023-08-01 | Based on examination of the provision of childcare across 48 countries in Asia and the Pacific, this report highlights why and how investing in childcare could have positive impacts on gender equality, decent work and sustainable development in the region. It calls for greater investments in quality, accessible, affordable childcare, paired with ensuring decent work for care workers. The report furthermore provides policymakers, development partners, researchers, civil society and other care stakeholders with helpful analysis and recommendations for childcare policy and institutional frameworks for children aged 0–6 years old. It also includes more in-depth country case studies from Georgia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines and Sri Lanka that reflect the voices of parents, childcare providers and childcare workers.This report is the result of collaborative research undertaken jointly by the Asian Development Bank, the International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme, and United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.🟠 Download free at unrisd.org/en/library/publications/investments-in-childcare-for-gender-equality-in-asia-and-the-pacific
Research for social change: Panel discussion on UNRISDs journey and what lies ahead UNRISD 2023-07-10 | UNRISD’s programme leads reflect on the Institute 60 years journey and share their insights and visions on the future of research and practice on gender, environment, economic and social justice.In 2023 UNRISD celebrates 60 years of fulfilling its unique role as the only United Nations agency devoted exclusively to transformative, evidence-based and sustainable approaches to social development. The Institute is taking this momentous occasion to strengthen bonds with current and potential partners and donors.
60 Years of UNRISD UNRISD 2023-07-10 | Opening remarks by Azita Berar, Chair of UNRISD Board, at the Institute's annual stakeholder event, "A Celebration of 60 Years of UNRISD: Building Alliances to Overcome Inequalities".In 2023 UNRISD celebrates 60 years of fulfilling its unique role as the only United Nations agency devoted exclusively to transformative, evidence-based and sustainable approaches to social development. The Institute is taking this momentous occasion to strengthen bonds with current and potential partners and donors.
Care and Eco-Feminism: Consolidating Advances and Building Egalitarian Futures in Latin America UNRISD 2023-05-05 | In 2021 the Carolina Foundation and UNRISD launched a polyphonic project focused on reflecting, in a situated and critical way, on some of the most pressing challenges of Latin American in relation to gender justice. After the Covid-19 pandemic, several questions have guided the research: how to promote women's economic autonomy in a context of eco-social crisis, and how to recognize and redistribute the care historically assumed and provided by women?Various authors address these questions in the book "Care and Eco-Feminism: Consolidating Advances and Building Egalitarian Futures in Latin America", available in Spanish, open access, here: unrisd.org/en/library/publications/cuidados-y-ecofeminismo-consolidar-avances-y-construir-futuros-igualitarios-en-latinoamerica
Let Us Bundle Our Arrows. Indigenous Reflection by Hilary Weaver—WSWD 2023 UNRISD 2023-05-04 | World Social Work Day (WSWD) 2023 celebrates the social work profession for being a considerable force in demanding respect and defending diversity through the modalities of joint social action. This approach resonates strongly with the UN Charter and the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, which is grounded in a culture of respect and support for diversity in all of its aspects. Opening remarks by Hilary Weaver, Global Commissioner of the Indigenous Commission,International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW). Learn more on unrisd.org/en/wswd2023
Co-Building an Eco-Social World: Towards Cosmocentric Consciousness by Vishanthie Sewpaul—WSWD 2023 UNRISD 2023-05-04 | We are living in a world divided, characterized by deep social and planetary imbalances, the roots of which lie in a triad of obstructive giants: neoliberal, racialized capitalism; science of the logical-positivist tradition; and new public management. Underling these is the largest of obstructive giants – our taken-for-granted assumptions that normalize and naturalize these pervasive forces. The socio-economic and political reordering required in co-building an eco-social world calls for a reimagination of thought and attitude and a cultural reordering. It requires a shift from egocentric and ethnocentric worldviews towards a cosmocentric, Ubuntu worldview. Keynote by Vishanthie Sewpaul, Emeritus Professor at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa and Adjunct Professor at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Learn more on unrisd.org/en/wswd2023
Not So Exceptional: (In)Visibilities, Crisis and the Future by Kristín Loftsdóttir—WSWD 2023 UNRISD 2023-05-04 | Precarious migrants, such as refugees and asylum seekers, are often presented in the global north as a direct threat to the future by populist groups in particular. This presentation focuses on racialization, asking how past and present narratives have been embedded in claims of exceptionalism, and how exceptional circumstances have to be understood in a wider perspective, emphasizing interplay of visibilities and invisibilities within a historical understanding. Keynote by Kristín Loftsdóttir, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland.Learn more on unrisd.org/en/wswd2023
Towards Inclusive Social Contracts: Promoting Migrant Rights and Diversity—WSWD 2023 UNRISD 2023-05-04 | Migrants and refugees are often characterized by overlapping axes of disadvantage, some of which are created or reinforced by migration policies. The role of social work is to promote respect of diverse backgrounds and identities and to engage in eliminating all forms of discrimination and oppression, addressing both the individual consequences as well as structural drivers of exclusion and inequality. The roundtable will discuss good practices and innovative approaches in social work, social policy and civil society engagement promoting diversity and addressing intersecting inequalities. Panelists will share their insights and experiences in different contexts in the global North and South, including perspectives from social work, international organizations and lived experiences.Roundtable speakers:—Christiane Kuptsch, Senior Specialist in Migration Policy, International Labour Organization (ILO)—Iulia Hasdeu, Social Worker and Researcher, School of Social WorkGeneva (HETS-GE) —Sayed Masoumi, Junior Research Analyst, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)—Chali Chama, Senior Protection Assistant, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), ZambiaModerated by Simone Deslarzes, PhD Candidate, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès
Youth-led Solutions for a New Eco-Social Contract UNRISD 2023-03-23 | In this webinar, Srity Pal and Jack Johnson share how they tackled the intersecting issues of domestic violence, feminine hygiene and the environment in Bangladesh; Sayed Masoumi and Njavwa Mbao discuss equal access to education for women and girls in Afghanistan; and Noah Herfort and Nawshin Tabassum map the global youth climate movement to identify key moments of opportunity.Co-hosted by UNRISD and GEC, and as part of the activities of the Global Research and Action Network for a New Eco-Social Contract, this webinar convenes brilliant young minds for a just and equitable future. It is no secret that youth are often excluded from policy-making spaces or that their solutions to building fairer and greener societies are little known and underfunded. Here, young practitioners and youth leaders co-create a community practice to discuss innovative solutions to the opportunities and challenges ahead.→ Learn more about the Network unrisd.org/eco-social-network
Shaping the Eco-Social Contract: Perspectives on Just Energy Transitions from Around the World UNRISD 2023-02-23 | A basic principle of the just transition toward ecologically and economically sustainable societies is the need to address the challenges of the energy sector and accompanying crises of energy poverty and insecurity. The development of a reliable, sustainable and affordable energy sector that can meet these challenges is arguably the largest economic transition facing every society in every corner of the world today. To shape a new eco-social contract that works for both people and the planet, we must grapple with the practical and ethical challenges of a just energy transition that takes into account lessons learned from different regions.Co-hosted by UNRISD and the International Energy Poverty Action Week (IEPAW), this webinar draws on the work of the Global Research and Action Network for a New Eco-Social Contract and Carlos Villaseñor’s issue brief Evaluating Existing Transformations: The Case for a Just Energy Transition to open up a broader conversation on how different regions are shaping just energy transitions at a time of global energy insecurity.Privileging marginalized voices from the global South, panelists will respond to the Network’s recent research and present their own lived experiences and priorities to identify a possible path forward for achieving a just transition in the energy sector.📰 Download the issue brief on just energy transition unrisd.org/ib14
Towards a New Eco-Social Contract: The Case of Nepal and Chile UNRISD 2022-11-30 | At the core of any social contract—that is, the implicit understandings and agreements between citizens and the state—lies the responsibility of the state to be competent, accountable and transparent in protecting the welfare, security, freedoms and human rights of all people. Today, however, the multiple crises, rising inequalities and social divisions felt around the world suggest that the social contract is broken. And it is not only the social contract that is broken. Our relationship with nature is broken, too.Recognizing this, many diverse movements have been calling for the creation of a new kind of contract—an eco-social contract. Such a contract between people and governments is urgently needed to fight inequalities and spur the transformation of economies and societies to halt climate change and environmental destruction. Nepal and Chile represent two interesting instances of these efforts.In Nepal, historically marginalized members of society—including women, Dalits, and Indigenous Peoples—and social movements led by rights-based civil society organizations are keeping governments and policy makers accountable. The adoption of the 2015 Constitution set several key milestones in the social inclusion policy arena.In Chile, a three-year-long process to replace the constitution from the military-rule era resulted in the rejection (by 61.86% of voters) of a new and progressive constitution through a referendum. However, the experience has provided Chile with new alternatives and paradigms. Public support for a new constitutional reform has also remained.This webinar, organized by the Global Research and Action Network for a New Eco-Social Contract, examines these two experiences. The speakers consider whether and how they gesture to a 21st-century eco-social contract—one that protects and upholds the well-being of both people and the planet.Speakers—Alina Saba, Programme Officer, Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR)—Ananda Mohan Bhattarai, Honourable Justice, Supreme Court of Nepal—Pedro Cisterna Gaete, CEO, Nuestra América Verde—Isabell Kempf, Senior Research Coordinator & Head of Bonn Office, UNRISD (moderator)
📢 Convocatoria a periodistas: concurso de medios #CrisesofInequality UNRISD 2022-11-10 | Escoge un tema del informe insignia de UNRISD para 2022 y envía tu historia para ayudarnos a construir un nuevo contrato ecosocial basado en visiones de justicia, igualdad y sostenibilidad. Participa ahora en nuestro concurso y gana premios especiales → unrisd.org/concurso-medios ⏰ Fecha límite: 4 de diciembre de 2022
📢 Appel aux journalistes : Concours médias de lUNRISD #CrisesofInequality UNRISD 2022-11-10 | Choisissez un thème du rapport phare 2022 de l'UNRISD et soumettez votre récit pour nous aider à construire un nouveau contrat écosocial basé sur des visions de justice, égalité et durabilité. Participez à notre concours médias et courez la chance de gagner des prix spéciaux → unrisd.org/concours-medias ⏰ Date limite : le 4 décembre 2022.
📢 Call for Journalists: #CrisesofInequality Media Contest UNRISD 2022-11-10 | Pick a theme from the UNRISD’s 2022 Flagship Report, "Crises of Inequality", and submit your story to help us build a new eco-social contract based on visions of #justice, #equality and #sustainabilityEnter now our contest and get your chance to win special prizes → unrisd.org/media-contest⏰ Deadline for submissions: 4 December 2022
Crises of Inequality: Shifting Power for a New Eco-Social Contract UNRISD 2022-10-22 | At the Geneva launch of #CrisesofInequality, UNRISD 2022 Flagship Report, UN experts and special guests dive into the report’s vision for a new eco-social contract and an alternative development model that calls for transforming economic systems, implementing universal social policies, and strengthening solidarity and multilateralism across the globe.🟢 Download the report unrisd.org/crises-of-inequality
Between Fault Lines and Front Lines—Shifting Power in an Unequal World UNRISD 2022-10-01 | Inequality is one of today's greatest challenges, obstructing poverty reduction and sustainable development. As the power of elites grows and societal gaps widen, institutions representing the public good and universal values are increasingly disempowered or co-opted, and visions of social justice and equity side-lined.This newly released volume (Bloomsbury, June 2022) explores the roles of elites and institutions of power in the deepening of social and economic cleavages across the globe, by asking how inequalities have reshaped structures from the local to the transnational level, and what consequences they have wrought. It explores examples of peaceful processes of policy change that have made societies greener and more socially just, levelled-out social stratification, and devolved power and resources from elites to non-elites, or towards marginalized or discriminated groups. Based on cutting-edge empirical research, the chapters in this volume bring together conceptual thinking and a number of case studies from the global North and South, combining different levels of analysis and a range of qualitative research methods to present solutions for closing the inequality gap.During this virtual launch event, Ben Phillips, author of How to Fight Inequality (2020), leads an exciting discussion on the volume and the lessons it has to offer for reducing inequality, with presentations from volume editors Katja Hujo (Senior Research Coordinator, UNRISD) and Maggie Carter (Senior Research Analyst, UNRISD) and contributing authors Megan Tobias Neely (Assistant Professor, Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School), Graziella Moraes Silva (Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre for Democracy, Geneva Graduate Institute) and Laura Alfers (Director, Social Protection Programme, WIEGO; Research Associate, Department of Sociology, Rhodes University).Find out more about the book: unrisd.org/en/library/publications/book-release-between-fault-lines-and-front-lines-shifting-power-in-an-unequal-world-pre-order-now
«Necesitamos un gasto social redistributivo», Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva en #CLACSO2022 UNRISD 2022-08-01 | Cuando hablamos de desigualdades, tanto económicas como sociales, estamos hablando de quiénes toman las decisiones y para qué, dice Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva en esta entrevista de UNRISD en CLACSO TV.En nuestro paso por la conferencia, hablamos con el economista mexicano sobre la crisis económica después de COVID-19, la urgencia de conocer los impactos redistributivos de la pandemia y qué significa combatir la desigualdad desde la gobernanza y la participación.🟠 Para más contenido, visita el programa de Justicia de Género y Desarrollo de UNRISD: unrisd.org/en/research/programme-areas/gender-justice-and-development
We really need a new eco-social contract, Tarcila Rivera Zea, Quechua Activist, at #PeoplesSummit UNRISD 2022-07-25 | This keynote session, part of the Global Summit "Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind", features Tarcila Rivera Zea, founder of the International Indigenous Women’s Forum, on historical injustices and the need for a new eco-social contract.The video portrays her perspectives as an Indigenous woman on topics such as inequity and poverty; climate and gender justice; main historical injustices; and Indigenous visions for new eco-social contracts.The video also includes a brief presentation of the global research and action network and short video interventions from different organizations on why they decided to join the network.For more information about mobilizing research and action for a new eco-social contract, please visit unrisd.org/en/research/projects/global-research-and-action-network-for-a-new-eco-social-contractTo learn more about the People's Global Summit, please visit newecosocialworld.com
«Me preocupa que no veamos articulación de los feminismos», Marta Lamas en #CLACSO2022 UNRISD 2022-07-15 | En nuestro paso por CLACSO, hablamos con la pensadora y activista mexicana Marta Lamas sobre la necesidad de un debate político sobre cuidados en América Latina; los desafíos a los que se enfrentan los feminismos y otros movimientos sociales en México y el continente; y sobre cómo se podría avanzar, con acciones políticas y alianzas intersectorales, hacia la justicia de género y la igualdad.🟠 Para más contenido, visita el programa de Justicia de Género y Desarrollo de UNRISD: unrisd.org/en/research/programme-areas/gender-justice-and-development
«Cambian los gobiernos, pero la lucha sigue», Emma Saldaña en #CLACSO2022 UNRISD 2022-07-14 | Encargada por más de 10 años del Ministerio de la Condición de la Mujer (Chihuahua), y activista incansable por la igualdad de género en México, Emma Saldaña conversa con Francisco Cos-Montiel, Coordinador de investigación en UNRISD, sobre la gran deuda de justicia (de género) en su país, sobre cómo llegó a trabajar por y con comunidades de mújeres transgénero y lo que de ellas ha aprendido, sobre la vanguardista Fundación Fátima, así como de las luchas y embates que persisten en el tiempo.🟠 Para más contenido, visita el programa de Justicia de Género y Desarrollo de UNRISD: unrisd.org/en/research/programme-areas/gender-justice-and-development
Crises of Inequality: Shifting Power for a New Eco-Social Contract UNRISD 2022-07-07 | There is perhaps no stronger evidence of the pressing need to redesign our global system than the fact that a global health crisis doubled the wealth of the 10 richest men in the world while sending upwards of 120 million people into extreme poverty. This UNRISD Flagship Report shows how inequalities and crises reinforce and compound each other, leading to extreme disparity, vulnerability and unsustainability. It argues that this is not the result of a broken system but one in which inequality and injustice are built in by design. The social contract has broken down to the great detriment of people and planet.The report associates the multiple crises and increasing inequalities we are facing with policy choices promoted during the age of neoliberal hyperglobalization. It unpacks the implications for sustainable development and for disadvantaged social groups through the lens of intersectionality and power.To address inequality, break the cycle of multiple and interlocking crises, and work towards a more equal, just and sustainable future, the report proposes the creation of a new eco-social contract and a policy approach based on alternative economies, transformative social policies, and reimagined multilateralism and strengthened solidarities.
🟠 Vivir, trabajar, cuidar y morir en tiempos de #COVID-19 UNRISD 2022-06-03 | La pandemia intensificó lo que ya era una realidad en curso y, de esta manera, reveló lo que ya no podía seguir ocultándose por más tiempo.En esto parecen coincidir las cuatro lecturas que, desde diversos puntos de la geografía iberoamericana, presentan en esta serie cuatro pensadoras:—Marta Lamas (antropóloga y activista, México)—Alejandra Ciriza (investigadora y activista, Argentina)—Francisco Cos-Montiel (coordinador de investigación, México-España)—Diamela Eltit (escritora, Chile)En este video recogemos algunas de sus impresiones sobre los efectos diferenciados de COVID-19 en las subjetividades, en la afectividad, en los cuerpos; sobre los mundos virtuales que hemos abierto recientemente y sus paradojas.Lee los artículos completos → unrisd.org/en/library/blog-series/to-live-work-care-and-die-in-times-of-covid-19
WSWD 2022—Opening Statement by UNOG Director General Tatiana Valovaya UNRISD 2022-04-11 | The world is slowly and unevenly resurfacing from the devastating global crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has destroyed millions of lives and livelihoods and exposed deep inequalities, unsustainable practices and entrenched patterns of social exclusion. In this context, how can we unite to build a more sustainable and equitable future?By focusing on partnerships and alliances, the 2022 celebration of World Social Work Day at the United Nations in Geneva will contribute to the conversation on the values and proposals of different groups and communities for building a new eco-social world. At the heart of the discussion will be the transformative potential of social work in striving towards a new eco-social world that is inclusive of all people.Learn more unrisd.org/en/projects/world-social-work-day
Working-class environmentalism and just transition struggles in the Americas UNRISD 2022-03-23 | This session zooms in on questions of alliance building and seeking common ground in three case studies on working-class environmentalism. The case of Ecuador shows that workers’ struggles are not limited to areas typically examined by labour studies, but include struggles of Indigenous peoples and agricultural workers. Our Brazil case study analyses agrarian protest and resistance against environmental degradation, examining the role of faith and religious institutions in enabling resistance through teaching and connecting individuals to social movements. Finally, the example of Canada showcases the challenges of coalition building among different stakeholder groups by comparing a worker-focused approach with a more inclusive campaign for just transition. The session illustrates the diverse challenges of working-class environmentalism and explores strengths and challenges of environmental labour mobilizations for a just transition.AgendaConnecting Individual Trajectories and Resistance Movements in BrazilBeatriz Leandro (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo), co-authored with Patricia Viera Trópia and Nora RäthzelA Just Transition for All? A Debate on the Limits and Potentials of a Just Transition in CanadaBruno Dobrusin (International Transport Workers’ Federation)The Role of Ecuadorian Working-Class Environmentalism in Promoting Environmental Justice: An Overview of the Hydrocarbon and Agricultural SectorsSara Latorre (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Ecuador)DiscussantEdouard Morena (University of London Institute in Paris)ModeratorDunja Krause (UNRISD)🟢 Learn more about this research project unrisd.org/en/projects/just-transition-research-collaborative-just-transitions-to-a-low-carbon-world
🔵 It’s LIVE! Welcome to UNRISD’s New Website UNRISD 2022-03-22 | Find out what’s new at www.unrisd.org and discover how our redesign meets your needs. Our new look and features will help you find the research you need and engage with us to co-create a new eco-social world.📧 Subscribe to our newsletter unrisd.org/en/sign-up-for-email-alertsFollow us on social media twitter.com/unrisdfacebook.com/unrisdlinkedin.com/company/unrisdAnd don't forget to subscribe 🔔
Promoting Evidence-based Policies in the Global Alliance of Care UNRISD 2022-03-18 | This CSW66 side event contributes to the Global Alliance of Care by highlighting the need for research and evidence to make more effective care policies. In Latin America there are promising examples, but they come with their own challenges. For instance, when care services are expanded, what are the gendered economic outcomes in terms of both jobs created and earnings generated? How does the unpaid and paid workload of women and men change, and who is at risk of time poverty? Join us as we share the most recent research findings that are informing policy responses aiming to recognise, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work.SpeakersPaul LaddDirector, UNRISD—opening remarksMarta FerreyraDirector General for Gender Policy, InmujeresRania AntonopoulosSenior Scholar, Gender Equality and the Economy Program, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USADiana ParraSubsecretary of Care and Equality Policies, Government of Bogotá City, ColombiaGala Diaz LangouExecutive Director, CIPPEC, ArgentinaErin TanseyDirector of the Sustainable and Inclusive Economies Program, IDRC—closing remarksFrancisco Cos-MontielSenior Research Coordinator, Gender Justice and Development, UNRISD—moderatorFor more information about the research project, visit unrisd.org/en/research/projects/social-care-in-mexico-assessment-and-prospects
Shifting Narratives and Practices to Achieve Gender Just Climate Transitions UNRISD 2022-03-16 | This CSW66 side event brings together insights from ecofeminist research in global North and South arguing that both narratives and practices must change to secure gender just transitions: ecofeminism offers powerful alternative narratives that value care for people and planet, in contrast to mainstream development. Much just transition policy attention still focuses on male-dominated, formal work such as coal mining. Who is represented in narratives for just low-carbon transitions makes a difference. Women’s voices and lived experiences need to influence debates and decision making to achieve gender-egalitarian practices and low-carbon transitions that contribute to climate action and justice.SpeakersAbdelrahman Al TamimiGeneral Director, Palestinian Hydrology GroupErin TanseyDirector Sustainable Inclusive Economies, IDRCShehnaaz MoosaDirector, CDKNStefania Barca«Beatriz Galindo» Distinguished Researcher, Contemporary History, University of Santiago de CompostelaZo RandriamaroCoordinator, Centre de Recherches et d’Appui pour les Alternatives de développement – Océan Indien (CRAAD-OI)ModeratorDunja KrauseUNRISD🟢 Find out more about Environmental and Climate Justice unrisd.org/en/research/programme-areas/environmental-and-climate-justice
Rethinking the Eco-Social Contract UNRISD 2022-02-23 | This webinar brings together experts and activists to discuss the thinking behind eco-social contracts past and present from different parts of the globe. The webinar also throws light on how a 21st century eco-social contract can be fostered through a raft of changes to policies and institutions so that they are democratic, inclusive and promote gender and environmental justice, coupled with alternative economies and transformative social policies.🟢 Find out more unrisd.org/eco-social-network
Why We Need a New Eco-Social Contract for Just and Green Recovery from COVID-19 UNRISD 2022-02-09 | In this side event, we explored how to build solidarity between different actors and movements who are working towards a new eco-social contract and a just and green recovery from COVID-19, by integrating different perspectives on social, climate and environmental justice. The event drew on Finland’s experience of an eco-welfare state and on UNRISD’s work on the need for a new eco-social contract.AgendaIsabell Kempf, UNRISDZeenat Niazi, Development AlternativesLiisa Häikiö, Orchestrating for Systemic Impact (ORSI)Carlos Villaseñor, Ombudsman Energy MexicoSirjana Subba, Federation of Nepalese Indigenous NationalitiesModerator: Paul Ladd (UNRISD)To learn more, visit www.unrisd.org
A New Global Norm on Violence Against Women UNRISD 2021-12-06 | At this webinar, distinguished panellists debated the case for a new global norm on violence against women. They reviewed existing legal frameworks, treaties and instruments; considered lessons learned from successful interventions; and discussed priorities for policy change to end this human rights crisis.🟠 The webinar was hosted by the International Gender Champions and UNRISD as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, and the roll-out of the IGC Gender-based Violence Pledge.ProgrammeWelcome & Introductions—Paul Ladd, Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), IGC Gender ChampionRoundtable conversation with:—Jane Aeberhard-Hodges, Policy Director, Every Woman Treaty—Flavia Agnes, Women's rights lawyer and pioneer of the women's movement in India—Francisco Rivera, Director, International Human Rights Clinic, Santa Clara University School of Law—Patricia Schulz, Senior Research Associate, UNRISD, and member of CEDAW (2011-2018)Closing Remarks—Ambassador Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta, Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations in Geneva,IGC Gender ChampionModerator: Manisha Desai, Visiting Fellow, UNRISD
Launch of Eco-Social Contract Network UNRISD 2021-11-11 | UNRISD, together with the Green Economy Coalition (GEC), is proud to announce the launch of a new initiative: the Global Research and Action Network for a New Eco-Social Contract in order to explore the promise of a new eco-social contract as a way of responding to pressing social and ecological challenges.The network will be a space for dialogue, debate, co-construction and action around the meaning of a new eco-social contract; good practices for its design; and accountability frameworks for its application. It will bring together research, practice, advocacy and policy decision-making communities working for social, climate and environmental justice in a progressive knowledge and action alliance.🟢 Read our Issue Brief to find out more about eco-social contracts: unrisd.org/ib11Panelists— Welcoming remarks: Melanie Grabowy, Deputy Mayor of the City of Bonn— Rhoda Boateng, Programme Coordinator, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Africa— Paul Ladd, Director, UNRISD— Elisa Loncón Antileo, President of the Chilean Constitutional Commission— Kumi Naidoo, Activist, former director of Greenpeace and Amnesty International— Maristella Svampa, Member, Pacto Eco Social del Sur, Sociologist, Professor at the Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina— Moderator: Oliver Greenfield, GEC🟢 Find out more about the network unrisd.org/eco-social-contract-network
Research and Action Network for a New Eco-Social Contract UNRISD 2021-10-27 | A global network is being built to explore the promise of a new eco-social contract as a way of responding to pressing social and ecological challenges. The network will be a space for dialogue, debate, co-construction and action around the meaning of a new eco-social contract; good practices for its design; and accountability frameworks for its application. Research, practice, advocacy and policy decision-making communities working for social, climate and environmental justice are invited to join in this endeavour!🟢 Join the Network!We are looking for more members to join the Network, so come and co-create a new movement with us!Membership is open and free for organizations and individuals in the research, practice, advocacy and policy decision-making communities, in the public and private sectors. → More information on membership here: unrisd.org/eco-social-networkFor questions and further information, please contact one of the focal points: Najma Mohamed (najma.mohamed@greeneconomycoalition.org) or Paramita Dutta (paramita.dutta@un.org).
Bringing Capitalism Back into Social Movement Studies UNRISD 2021-07-14 | Greater analytical attention is again being paid to intersectional inequalities as a trigger of and challenge for progressive social movements. Using historical and current examples, Donatella della Porta sketches out new conceptual thinking on the interactions between capitalist transformations and social movements.
Harnessing #Research to Build Forward Better - A Side Event of the #HLPF2021 UNRISD 2021-07-07 | Scientific research has a critical role to play in addressing global challenges and achieving the SDGs. Its role is even more important as we seek to emerge from the pandemic while facing continuing crises due to environmental destruction, conflict and growing inequality. However, translating knowledge into action remains a complicated task.Research often fails to find its way into policy-making circles due to a number of technical, normative, cultural, political, institutional and financial barriers. With this in mind, a consortium of Geneva-based institutions has established a new channel through which research and knowledge from International Geneva and its global networks can amplify its impact on national and global policy making.Last fall, UNRISD launched evidence boxes to collect contributions on three entry points identified by the GSDR, which encompass all SDGs being reviewed at this year’s HLPF: human well-being and capabilities, sustainable and just economies, and food systems and nutrition patterns.This event presented some key findings from reports on these themes, with a particular focus on lessons for building forward better, creating a world that is not only more resilient towards crises, but also much more inclusive, egalitarian and in harmony with our planet.AgendaWelcome remarks* Ambassador Jacques Ducrest, Delegate of the Swiss Federal Council for the 2030 Agenda* Nikhil Seth, Executive Director, UNITARPresentations* Introduction to the project - Paul Ladd, Director, UNRISD* Overview of research findings - Maggie Carter, Research Analyst, UNRISD* Insights from International Geneva on Human Well-Being and Capabilities - Sophie Plagerson, Independent Consultant* Strengthening Science-Policy Engagement for Sustainable Development - Nicolas Seidler, Executive Director, Geneva Science-Policy InterfaceDiscussant* Andrea Ordóñez, Director, Southern Voice
Universities and Social Inequalities in the Global South UNRISD 2021-06-19 | Higher education has expanded globally over the last several decades. This event explores what this has meant on the ground in several countries in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Who can access these opportunities and at what cost, what disparities exist between such opportunities, and what are the implications for social mobility and inequality.
