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4.1 billion lack social safety net
More than four billion people live without any welfare protection today to cushion them from crisis, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, while...
Pride vs. indignity: Political manipulation of homophobia and transphobia in Europe
World Pride is being celebrated on our continent this week, but a surge in intolerance towards LGBTI people in Europe is nothing to be...
Childless or Childfree as the Choice: Solution to Overpopulation or Part of Popular Culture?
Childfree news has mushroomed in Indonesian mass media and social media. Many people dismissed this idea as insane and bullied those who chose it,...
Saudi social and economic change proves to be a delicate balancing act
The World Bank issued a stark warning in its 2018 outlook for the Saudi economy. “The Kingdom likely faces a looming poverty problem,” the...
Why Pandemic Recovery Searches the Heart & Soul of Nations?
Nations, when silently morph into an enterprise of sorts, extreme value-manipulation priorities create geo-econo sound bites of socio-hysteria. Currently, our worlds, only a push button...
COVID-19 and social protection
The June segment of the 109th International Labour Conference has come to a close – the first virtual ILC in its history and one...
Reform, Reconstruction and Radicalization: A new Western stratcom for the Global South
Most countries around the world are now going through a reconstruction process, as the pandemic left marks everywhere. However, in some places, especially in...
The Macro Dimension of the ESG Paradigm
The application of ESG (environment, social, governance) principles has mostly been explored at the level of corporates, with less attention being accorded to issues...
Discerning the Human Element Amid the Pandemic
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
There is something about...
Gender Pay Gaps during Pandemic: A Reflection on International Workers’ Day 2021
Men, rather than women, have been disproportionately affected by job losses over time. Nonetheless, the harsh reality of this pandemic recession has shown that...