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How do we move forward, building on the political declaration made at the 2nd World  Summit for Social Development? Honoured to have guest blogger Naveen Gautam, human rights lawyer and Dalit rights activist,  Global Focal Point for the UN Major Group of Children and Youth, and representative of the Global Forum  of Communities Discriminated by…

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2025 saw a series of summits – political leaders’ meetings – in various constellations: BRICS – the so-called emerging economies; G7 – the largest economies; G20 – the most powerful economies globally; and the UN – the community of 193 states. What did such summits come up with in terms of human rights and social…

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I had the pleasure to interact with PhD and Diploma students at the Centre of International Health (CIH) at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU). My lecture slides on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, its SDGs, and implications for health and health policies here and on the Socio-economic challenges and the (potential) role of human rights…

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Panelists at the session on Rethinking Pre-Distribution and Fiscal Policies to Advance Social Justice, organised by UNRISD, International Budget Partnership, the Foundation for European Progress, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, WECF and many others.  More ideas.

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Greetings from the World Summit on Social Development. Social protection and the right to care getting good traction. Discussion piece

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14680181251394501

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From November 4 to 6, 2025, the second United Nations World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) will take place in Doha, Qatar. The summit aims to bring social development back into the spotlight of international cooperation. Among other things, the goal is to revitalize global efforts to combat poverty, overcome inequalities, promote gender equality, and…

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