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When citizens move, political will follows: Citizen Action and the future of the Doha Declaration
Political will does not emerge on its own. Pressure, incentives, and citizen action shape it. (Image credit: issafrica.org) The Second ...
Moving from Commitment to Fulfilment of Social Development: Reflections on the Second World Social Summit
Executive Director-Widows and Orphans Movement Steering Committee member of NETRIGHT The Second World Summit for Social Development took place from ...
From Copenhagen to Doha: hope and the unfinished agenda for social development
The Copenhagen Summit of 1995 was marked by optimism and unprecedented civil society participation in global social policy debates. (Image ...
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
GETSPA is inviting proposals for papers on Promising Social Policy Initiatives in Africa. The call seeks agenda-setting, policy-oriented papers that ...
Between Rhetoric and Reality: Hopes and Fears of the 2nd World Social Development Summit
This post echoes the ideas of discussants during the GETSPA webinar titled, “Advancing transformative social policy in Africa – towards an agenda for ...
The Silence on Macroeconomics: A Critical Miss for WSSD II
Mayada Hassanain The Second World Summit on Social Development, held in Doha from 4 to 6 November, was significant, marking ...
World Summit for Social Development: Reclaiming People-Centred Development in an Age of Retrogression; Reflections on Doha
Cynthia Sunu and Patricia Blankson Akakpo, Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) During the World Summit for Social Development ...
The Fairy Dust Of Digitalization: Why Tech Won’t Deliver Social Development
Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand The second World Summit for Social Development was a spectacular event. ...
When citizens move, political will follows: Citizen Action and the future of the Doha Declaration
Political will does not emerge on its own. Pressure, incentives, and citizen action shape it. (Image credit: issafrica.org) The Second ...
Moving from Commitment to Fulfilment of Social Development: Reflections on the Second World Social Summit
Executive Director-Widows and Orphans Movement Steering Committee member of NETRIGHT The Second World Summit for Social Development took place from ...
From Copenhagen to Doha: hope and the unfinished agenda for social development
The Copenhagen Summit of 1995 was marked by optimism and unprecedented civil society participation in global social policy debates. (Image ...
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
GETSPA is inviting proposals for papers on Promising Social Policy Initiatives in Africa. The call seeks agenda-setting, policy-oriented papers that ...