WB Report on Learning Recovery to acceleration Highlights – especially those policy reforms which can help countries with model or best practices to fix their own systems by learning from each other. The points identified can be better legislated in all countries so that overall SDG regarding this education outcome is improved. Imagine the following […]
WB Group Gender thematic policy note series – Accelerating Gender equality through reforming legal frameworks. The main points of the policy note. Reforms of discriminatory laws key for economic development. Women have 3/4 of legal rights. Gaps persist in “human accumulation, access to jobs, ownership of assets, women’s voice and agency.” Key areas, availability, […]
“At the core of the tensions is an unfulfilled promise, which dates back to 2009: Developed countries had pledged to mobilize $100 billion per year from 2020 to help developing countries cut emissions and cope with climate change. On this condition, countries from the South agreed to step up efforts. However, in 2020, this amount […]
“On the initiative of the President of the Republic, France is hosting on June 22 and 23, 2023 more than 300 high-level participants, heads of state and government, international organizations and representatives of the private sector and civil society. The objective of this meeting is to lay the foundations for a renewed financial system to […]
The first time I heard of the word feminist foreign policy (FFP) was at a visit from the Australian Foreign Minister to Pakistan whilst I was Minister. It was an eloquent speech made at the Serena Islamabad for a wider audience other than cabinet Ministers and it certainly had an impact on me as a […]
Migration has been happening since time immemorial. No nation state is the product of a single ethnic race. Humanity has been tossed around, and stronger ethnic forces within a state have taken majority holding positions and minority ethnic forces have made pockets of their own little kingdoms from a sense of fear and deprivation. […]
My views on the highlights from all the speakers in the conference: Scale is the main priority. Existing SSN adaptive systems during crisis are key and useful for pandemics, natural disasters, war etc. Countries which have been successful are the ones who have protective systems especially for women and children. Multiple overlapping crisis require […]
Invisible women – exposing data bias in a world designed for men by Caroline Criado Perez I came across this book whilst browsing in a Karachi bookstore and it immediately caught my gender lens because I usually zoom into any issues which require legislative reinforcements to enhance the women empowerment agenda. It opens […]
The FT has recently published an article on the IsDB’s Lives and Livelihoods Fund (LLF). https://www.ft.com/partnercontent/lives-and-livelihoods-fund/empowering-indonesias-upland-farmers-to-work-sustainably.html?utm_source=FT&utm_medium=Premium_Native_Amplification In my view, as a former Social Protection Minister and current Advisory Council Member of the World Bank on Partnership for Economic Inclusion the following points are worth noting: IsDB is running 37 projects in 22 countries with […]
UNESCO Press Release and my thoughts in italics UNESCO calls for better oversight of private education to reduce inequalities Absolument true- There is a gap which is widening – When I would see state ghost schools and then see private schools catering to the same children charging fees which for the vulnerable were exorbitant […]
