Social Justice

Child Protection Services during COVID-19 in Oman, Child Protection Workers Views

Journal of Advanced Pediatrics and Child Health This article aims to assess the impact of COVID-19 on CPSs (child protection services) in Oman by studying the change in the number of reported cases of child abuse and the change in the reporting procedure at the Ministry of Social Development (MOSD). Journal Article

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Exacerbating Pre-Existing Vulnerabilities: An Analysis of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Human Trafficking in Sudan

Human Rights Review This article presents findings from a multi-methods study interrogating the impacts of COVID-19 on human trafficking in Sudan—a critical source, destination, and transit country. Journal Article

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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Immunoglobulin G Antibody during COVID-19 Pandemic in Fayoum District, Egypt: A Community-Based Pilot Survey

Pan African Medical Journal This article aims to assess the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic in one of the highly vulnerable populations in Egypt, the Fayoum district of Fayoum Governorate. Journal Article

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Economic Growth, Social, and Welfare Development during COVID-19 Pandemic: Do Country-Specific Characters Matter in the MENA Region?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research This article investigates the medium- and long-run impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the United Nation’s achievement of sustainable development goals in the MENA region. Journal Article

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Impact of COVID-19 on Poverty in Kuwait

The Borgen Project This article discusses the impact of COVID-19 on poverty in Kuwait, showing how it had the greatest impact on non-citizens who are more marginalized during normal times, thus driving a disadvantaged proportion of the population into further poverty. Article

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The Impact on Human Rights of the Management of COVID-19 and Climate Emergency – Libya

NOVACT This report shows how both crises, COVID-19, and the environmental emergency, have had a very strong impact on an already precarious situation regarding respect and defense of human rights by public institutions and civil society organizations in Libya. Report

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Photo Story: Looking Back at the COVID-19 Response in Somalia

International Rescue Committee This article delineates the response to COVID-19 in Somalia including the lack of resources, the spread of false or incomplete information about COVID-19, and unequal distributions of COVID-19 vaccines which were all determining factors in the low vaccination rates. Article

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Poverty in Algeria

The Borgen Project This article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty in Algeria as it experienced a double shock due to a sudden fall in foreign revenues and recession-induced lockdown measures. Article

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Knowledge Gap Hypothesis and Pandemics: COVID-19 Knowledge, Communication Inequality, and Media Literacy in Lebanon

Media and Communication This article examines Lebanon’s experience of severe social, political, and economic turmoil and inequalities by assessing knowledge gaps around COVID-19. Journal Article

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Beyond the Pandemic: The COVID Repsonse’s Long-Term Benefits for Sudan’s Healthcare System

Agence Française de Développement This article reflects on the partnership between Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Save the Children in response to the COVID-19 outburst in Sudan and delineates the subsequent everlasting positive changes to the healthcare sector there. Article

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