Social Protection in the Arab Region: A Need for More Proactive and Preventive Policies

As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced countries around the world to reflect on inequalities and vulnerabilities within the context of a global health crisis, countries in the Arab…

Rapping about city space Mohamed is a rapper. Locally famous by his stage name “Khalifa” (after his Cairo neighbourhood), he sings about life in his community – the…

Dr Rana Jawad, MENASP Network Conveyor, from the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy at the University of Bath talks to Andy Dunne about her research and…

Dear friends and colleagues,    It is a pleasure to write the foreword of this issue of the MENASP network newsletter. We hope that the newsletters have helped keep you updated on…

No doubt, the foremost matter on our minds these days is the COVID-19 health crisis: how to protect our health, our livelihoods, our communities – we are all…

When the Middle East and North Africa Social Policy Network (MENASP) (convened by Dr. Rana Jawad) received funding from the Carnegie Corporation in New York to engage with…