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…

On Wednesday 29th May 2019, under the motto “Opportunities, Dignity and Empowerment “, the Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz launched the National Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Strategy…

This year, May marks the month of fasting, Ramadan, considered holy to the Muslims. A quick Google search about Ramadan in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…