Social Justice

Djibouti: Design, Implementation and Child-Sensitivity of Social Protection Responses to COVID-19

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth This article analyzes the Djiboutian social assistance responses to COVID-19 and draws lessons regarding shock-responsiveness and child-sensitive social protection. Article

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Djibouti: Design, Implementation and Child-Sensitivity of Social Protection Responses to COVID-19 [Arabic]

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth This article analyzes the Djiboutian social assistance responses to COVID-19 and draws lessons regarding shock-responsiveness and child-sensitive social protection. Article

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Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Saudi Families and Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Saudi Arabia: A National Perspective

Frontiers in Public Health This article explores the challenges, anxiety levels, and concerns of children with special educational needs and disabilities and their parents in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Article

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Inequalities in Jordan Before and After the Pandemic

Economic Research Forum This report provides an overview of inequalities in Jordan, before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report focuses on inequality in expenditure as a proxy for income inequality and on inequality in educational outcomes and opportunities as a proxy for inequalities in capabilities. Report

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Pandemic Effects: COVID-19 and the Crisis of Development in the Middle East

Development and Change This article explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic development and political mobilization in the Middle East. It argues that beyond its direct public health implications, the pandemic is serving to intensify the extreme inequalities in wealth and power that have characterized the region for many years. Journal Article

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Navigating beyond COVID-19 Recovery in the MENA Region

OECD This report reflects on the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on MENA countries and the potential changes it may bring to their reform agendas. It addresses the ongoing effects of the crisis and the long-term consequences and identifies emerging new trends. Report

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality and Food Security in the Arab region with a Focus on the Sudan and Iraq

Care Evaluations This report studies how the COVID-19 pandemic affected gender equality and food security in the MENA region. The regional focus of the study identified key themes, challenges, and norms across multiple contexts in the Arab region, while highlighting specific findings for Iraq and the Sudan. Report

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Addressing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugee Health

PLOS Medicine This article discusses the disparity in the experience of the pandemic between refugees and citizens and focuses on Syrian refugees. It acknowledges that refugees are often blamed by governments and members of the public for infectious disease epidemics and states that they may experience elevated risks of infectious diseases like COVID-19 through no…

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Recovering from COVID-19 Learning Losses [Arabic]

UNICEF This UNICEF article delineates the various challenges that the pandemic has posed for children and their learning in Egypt. The article focuses on marginalized children of color or refugee status and recognizes that despite the progress achieved in the education sector in Egypt, marginalized children are still far behind expectations for their age in…

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Recovering from COVID-19 Learning Losses

UNICEF This UNICEF article delineates the various challenges that the pandemic has posed for children and their learning in Egypt. The article focuses on marginalized children of color or refugee status and recognizes that despite the progress achieved in the education sector in Egypt, marginalized children are still far behind expectations for their age in…

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