Denied Work: An Audit On Job Discrimination On The Basis Of Gender Identity In South-East Asia
Resources - Author: Catriona Davis-McCabe, Chu Thanh Ha, Cianán Russell, Dorian Wilde, Joe Wong, Peeranee Suparak, Sam Winter / Year: 2018
This report looks into employment discrimination faced by transgender people while seeking employment in four countries in South-East Asia– Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The findings from this study provide direct evidence of discrimination against trans people in job hiring practices in the...
Read MoreEU Social Protection Systems Programme (EU-SPS)
Resources - Year: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
The EU Social Protection Systems Programme (EU-SPS) is a 4-year programme supporting ten developing partner country governments and national expert institutions in their efforts to develop inclusive and sustainable social protection systems in close co-ordination with other international partners. Link to...
Read MoreComplementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A Framework for Action
Resources - Author: Heinz Schandl, Lewis Akenji / Year: 2018
ASEAN countries have committed themselves to the implementation of two parallel but interrelated processes: the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 (ASEAN Vision 2025) and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda). From the outset ASEAN Member States underlined the complementarity of these two agendas in their efforts...
Read MoreTransformation towards sustainable and resilient societies in Asia and the Pacific
Resources - Author: Arun Jacob, Bishwa Nath Tiwari, Hitomi Rankine, Smita Nakhooda / Year: 2018
This report takes stock of the changing nature of increasingly complex risks in Asia and the Pacific, and the stresses and shocks that are affecting a diverse region’s prospects for achieving the SDGs. It highlights the effects of selected natural hazards, commodity shocks and pollution shocks on the region’s...
Read MoreSocial Assistance in Vietnam: A review and proposals for reform
Resources - Author: Bazlul Khondker, Carol Watson, Sharlene Ramkissoon, Stephen Kidd, Tareq Abu-el-Haj / Year: 2016
The paper sets out the strengths and weaknesses of the current national social protection system and shows that, if Vietnam were to adopt a more inclusive life cycle social protection system – at a cost, initially of no more than 1% of GDP – the reforms would have significant...
Read MoreThe politics of gender and social protection in Viet Nam: opportunities and challengesfor a transformative approach
Resources - Author: Nicola Jones, Tran Thi Van Anh / Year: 2012
This Background Note reviews the extent to which Viet Nam’s social protection strategies and programmes are addressing gender inequities, with a particular focus on the political economy dynamics of implementation at the sub-national level. Link to...
Read MoreBarriers to health care for the poor and ethnic minorities in Northwest Vietnam
Resources - Author: Bettina Schwind / Year: 2010
The report presents the results of two studies undertaken by Bettina Schwind in Vietnam around barriers to health care services for poor and ethnic minority people inhabiting mountainous Northwest Viet-nam. It shows how issues such as distance to the next health facility or the quality of information campaigns can...
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