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Gender and Climate: Reframing the Eco-Social Contract
As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and the 2025 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) we...
Jean McLean and Paramita Dutta
Feb 26


Embracing care: a case study on care-based approaches to curation
In the heart of Birmingham, ORT Gallery is reimagining how cultural institutions can operate In the heart of Birmingham, ORT Gallery is...
Josie Reichert & Aaisha Akhtar
Jul 10, 2024


Women missing: Dismantling gender bias across diverse sectors
Gender biases are a real roadblock to achieving progressive change, so how can we move past them to unlock transformation?
Arijit Goswami & Rachel Masika
Jun 10, 2024

Measuring the true cost of care
The vital importance of emphasising care work to advance gender justice Lauren Danielowski is a PhD student in the department of...
Lauren Danielowski
Jun 4, 2024


Unveiling Eco-Ableism: The Hidden Costs of Green Policies on Disability Communities
Discover the unseen impacts of 'eco-ableism' as green policies collide with the needs of people with disabilities.
Dr Cathy Mungall-Baldwin
Mar 28, 2024


A world reimagined: using art to shape a better future
Exploring the role of art in just transition
Dr Dominik Havsteen-Franklin
Mar 1, 2024

A People’s UN: Social Work, People’s Assemblies and New Eco-Social Contracts
Social workers and their representative organizations can engage more effectively to foster the creation of new eco-social contracts.
Sebastian Cordoba, Swetha Rao Dhananka and Anne Deepak
Feb 25, 2024


Reimagining the Social Contract: An African Perspective
This contribution is published as part of the UNRISD Think Piece Series, The Time is Now! Why We Need a New Eco-Social Contract for a...
Eseosa Joy Sowemimo
Dec 29, 2023

An Eco-Social Contract for Sustainable Digital Societies
In today’s world in which analogue and digital lives are ever more intertwined, the fight for just and sustainable societies must be...
Ellen Ehmke
Jun 27, 2023

Putting Women at the Centre of Sustainable Development: Rethinking the Eco-Social Contract
The time is now to put women at the centre of development not only because it is sustainable, but it is the right thing to do.
ElsaMarie D'Silva
Mar 28, 2022

Un defensor para el pueblo: el potencial del ombudsperson energético
Esta contribución se publica como parte de la serie de artÃculos de reflexión, The Time is Now! Why We Need a New Eco-Social Contract for...
Carlos Villaseñor
Mar 7, 2022
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