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The climate-care nexus : input to the study on care and support, pursuant to HRC resolution 54/6

Ackzell, Anna Eknor; Cos-Montiel, Francisco; Estrada, María - 2025

There is a growing scientific consensus that climate change induced crisis and environmental degradation impact males and females differently and exacerbate pre-existing gender inequalities in the world of work. One main area of this gendered impact is paid and unpaid care work, which is...

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Unpacking the promise to leave no one behind in the Arab region

Vereinte Nationen / Economic and Social Commission for … - 2025

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Debt Management Programme or Plan (DMP) and financial or credit counselling in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia

Azmi, Ruzita; Indriyani, Rachma - 2024

The study focuses on programmes that offer assistance and guidance to those facing financial difficulties in emerging economies in Southeast Asia, specifically Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. This research aims to achieve the following objectives: (i) evaluate the Debt Management Programme or...

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Contestation movements and the emergence of eco-social contracts in India and Nepal

Saba, Alina; Koehler, Gabriele - 2024

In the past two decades, there have been considerable political changes in India and Nepal, starting in 2004 and 2007 respectively. In India, a broad coalition of progressive parties formed a new government. In Nepal, a 10-year armed civil conflict ended in 2006, and new forms of governance were...

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Pathways to a new eco-social contract in Nepal : judicial interpretations of constitutional guarantees and their implementation

Siwakoti, Sachin - 2024

Nepal's democratic transition led to the promulgation of its Constitution in 2015 that guarantees transformative rights across economic, social, cultural, environmental and developmental spheres. The Constitution signifies a shift in the societal contract by introducing an array of fundamental...

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Assessing the role of social enterprises in shaping eco-social agriculture : evidence from smallholder organic growers in West Bengal (India)

Laha, Arindam; Koner, Nilojyoti; Ghosh, Santanu Kumar - 2024

The potential of Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in the agricultural sector lies in designing people-centric and planet-sensitive approaches that recognize the multifunctional nature of agriculture in producing not only commodities, but also non-commodity outputs such as environmental...

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Human rights in the new eco-social contract : exploring a just transition through public services and social security

Aubry, Sylvain; McConnell, Matt; Saadoun, Sarah; Simet, Lena - 2024

To address the current multiple crises that are sometimes referred to as leading to "a breakdown" of current social contracts, civil society, academics and international institutions have been proposing a range of ideas for societal transformation, from "human rights economy" to "just...

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Eco-social contracting for environmental justice : assessing the effectiveness of community-based natural resource management

Sibanda, Nkosikhona - 2024

This working paper explores the role of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) in contributing to environmental justice as envisaged by the concept of a new eco-social contract. CBNRM actively involves local communities in sustainable resource management, aligning with the...

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System change for economic transformation : toward fair fiscal contracts

Hujo, Katja; Fuentes-Nieva, Ricardo - 2024

Club de Madrid has called upon its partners to rethink social development within the context of a new eco-social contract …Multiple interconnected crises and unravelling social contracts have created a challenging scenario for social … development, democratic governance and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At this critical juncture, the …

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Inequality in Access to Higher Education in India between the Poor and the Rich An Analysis of 64th and 71st Rounds of NSSO Data (2007-08 and 2013-14)

Tilak, Jandhyala BG; Choudhury, Pradeep - 2021

This paper is an attempt to unravel some specific inter-related dimensions of inequality in participation in higher education by economic status of the households. The importance of examining the linkages between economic status and participation in higher education also lies with the fact that...

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