The Promise of Cash Transfers from Mineral Resource Wealth
It’s a place of darkness. People hail from tribes and clans. They are poor and live in basic shelters in remote villages, with no running water or electricity, and...
Social Protection
Engendering Social Welfare Rights
Recipients of social welfare must routinely face the fact that many in society regard them as “scroungers” who are undeserving of the support they receive. Welfare recipients are thus compelled...
Studying Human Rights, Law and Practice
By Laurence Lustgarten After a busy two weeks on the blog, Laurence Lustgarten asks us to step back and reflect on the study of human rights. ‘Human rights’ is a...
Gendered Poverty: A Role for the Right to Social Security
By Beth Goldblatt The welfare safety net has been eroded in many developed countries over recent decades. Since the global financial crisis, austerity measures involving welfare cutbacks have worsened poverty...
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