UNRISD
@unrisd.org
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development - Interdisciplinary #research and policy analysis on the social dimensions of contemporary #development issues.
🎧 Over 1000 hours of listening in 2025 — thank you!
Our most-played episodes:
1️⃣ Evolution of Anti-Gender Movements
2️⃣ Responding to Backlash Impacts
3️⃣ North American Religious Right’s Global Influence
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Acast & YouTube
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Our most-played episodes:
1️⃣ Evolution of Anti-Gender Movements
2️⃣ Responding to Backlash Impacts
3️⃣ North American Religious Right’s Global Influence
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Acast & YouTube
ow.ly/SgSu50XY3G5
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
🎧 Over 1000 hours of listening in 2025 — thank you!
Our most-played episodes:
1️⃣ Evolution of Anti-Gender Movements
2️⃣ Responding to Backlash Impacts
3️⃣ North American Religious Right’s Global Influence
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Acast & YouTube
ow.ly/SgSu50XY3G5
Our most-played episodes:
1️⃣ Evolution of Anti-Gender Movements
2️⃣ Responding to Backlash Impacts
3️⃣ North American Religious Right’s Global Influence
🎧 Listen on Spotify, Acast & YouTube
ow.ly/SgSu50XY3G5
📚 Which was your top research read in 2025?
Check our readers’ favorites last year:
1️⃣ Just Transition & Care Work
2️⃣ Ensuring Justice in Transition
3️⃣ Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality
🔗 Read more: https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1fa34ab85f52d0ea48d940fb&id=c863564202
Check our readers’ favorites last year:
1️⃣ Just Transition & Care Work
2️⃣ Ensuring Justice in Transition
3️⃣ Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality
🔗 Read more: https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1fa34ab85f52d0ea48d940fb&id=c863564202
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
📚 Which was your top research read in 2025?
Check our readers’ favorites last year:
1️⃣ Just Transition & Care Work
2️⃣ Ensuring Justice in Transition
3️⃣ Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality
🔗 Read more: https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1fa34ab85f52d0ea48d940fb&id=c863564202
Check our readers’ favorites last year:
1️⃣ Just Transition & Care Work
2️⃣ Ensuring Justice in Transition
3️⃣ Understanding Backlash Against Gender Equality
🔗 Read more: https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1fa34ab85f52d0ea48d940fb&id=c863564202
📚 From critical reports to policy briefs, 2025 was a year of crucial questions, engaged research and necessary publications.
Explore UNRISD open-access library in our website and dive into the insights that are shaping global conversations → www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
#unrisd2025impact
Explore UNRISD open-access library in our website and dive into the insights that are shaping global conversations → www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
#unrisd2025impact
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📚 From critical reports to policy briefs, 2025 was a year of crucial questions, engaged research and necessary publications.
Explore UNRISD open-access library in our website and dive into the insights that are shaping global conversations → www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
#unrisd2025impact
Explore UNRISD open-access library in our website and dive into the insights that are shaping global conversations → www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
#unrisd2025impact
What a year! 🌍 From groundbreaking research to global dialogues, 2025 has been full of impact and collaboration ✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us on this journey toward social justice and sustainability. Here’s to building even stronger connections in 2026! 💡 #UNRISD2025Impact #ResearchForChange
December 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
What a year! 🌍 From groundbreaking research to global dialogues, 2025 has been full of impact and collaboration ✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us on this journey toward social justice and sustainability. Here’s to building even stronger connections in 2026! 💡 #UNRISD2025Impact #ResearchForChange
At #COP30, governments agreed to develop a #JustTransition Mechanism that, for the first time, explicitly recognizes the care economy.
Read @unrisd.org’s reflections linking this shift to our research on care-centred transition policy → shorturl.at/iXdh7
#YearinReview #UNRISD2025Impact
Read @unrisd.org’s reflections linking this shift to our research on care-centred transition policy → shorturl.at/iXdh7
#YearinReview #UNRISD2025Impact
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
At #COP30, governments agreed to develop a #JustTransition Mechanism that, for the first time, explicitly recognizes the care economy.
Read @unrisd.org’s reflections linking this shift to our research on care-centred transition policy → shorturl.at/iXdh7
#YearinReview #UNRISD2025Impact
Read @unrisd.org’s reflections linking this shift to our research on care-centred transition policy → shorturl.at/iXdh7
#YearinReview #UNRISD2025Impact
📢 New UNRISD #ThinkPiece: #Taxes aren’t just revenue—they’re a foundation for health, equity & governance. L&MICs lose ~$500B annually to tax abuse. Rethink tax to fund health, justice & universal coverage.
📕Read more: ow.ly/L1am50Xz9F4
#WSSD #WorldSummit
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#WSSD #WorldSummit
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
📢 New UNRISD #ThinkPiece: #Taxes aren’t just revenue—they’re a foundation for health, equity & governance. L&MICs lose ~$500B annually to tax abuse. Rethink tax to fund health, justice & universal coverage.
📕Read more: ow.ly/L1am50Xz9F4
#WSSD #WorldSummit
📕Read more: ow.ly/L1am50Xz9F4
#WSSD #WorldSummit
Honored to join the 10th anniversary of the #2030Agenda! UNRISD Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social joined Minister @jmalbares.bsky.social & Spanish civil society leaders calling for global unity for peace, human rights & sustainability.
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Honored to join the 10th anniversary of the #2030Agenda! UNRISD Director @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social joined Minister @jmalbares.bsky.social & Spanish civil society leaders calling for global unity for peace, human rights & sustainability.
UNRISD welcomes and stands ready to support the historic commitment by #Brazil, #SouthAfrica & #Spain to promote an International Panel on Inequality at the @g20org.bsky.social !
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December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
UNRISD welcomes and stands ready to support the historic commitment by #Brazil, #SouthAfrica & #Spain to promote an International Panel on Inequality at the @g20org.bsky.social !
📰 Read full news: ow.ly/ROuq50Xz904
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@josephestiglitz.bsky.social
@magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social
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1.3B people live with disabilities. Proud to join 140+ partners in the new @who.int Disability Health Equity Network. On #IDPD, UNRISD reaffirms its commitment to evidence and policy for inclusive #health, #care and #socialprotection. Learn more : ow.ly/qUFN50XBa7y
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1.3B people live with disabilities. Proud to join 140+ partners in the new @who.int Disability Health Equity Network. On #IDPD, UNRISD reaffirms its commitment to evidence and policy for inclusive #health, #care and #socialprotection. Learn more : ow.ly/qUFN50XBa7y
“7 in 10 persons with disabilities remain unemployed.”
Explore our new #BeyondCopenhagen Think Piece on why inclusive hiring is vital to ending multidimensional poverty.
When workplaces embrace disability inclusion, societies and economies thrive. #IDPD
📕https://ow.ly/bt6i50XBbsO
Explore our new #BeyondCopenhagen Think Piece on why inclusive hiring is vital to ending multidimensional poverty.
When workplaces embrace disability inclusion, societies and economies thrive. #IDPD
📕https://ow.ly/bt6i50XBbsO
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“7 in 10 persons with disabilities remain unemployed.”
Explore our new #BeyondCopenhagen Think Piece on why inclusive hiring is vital to ending multidimensional poverty.
When workplaces embrace disability inclusion, societies and economies thrive. #IDPD
📕https://ow.ly/bt6i50XBbsO
Explore our new #BeyondCopenhagen Think Piece on why inclusive hiring is vital to ending multidimensional poverty.
When workplaces embrace disability inclusion, societies and economies thrive. #IDPD
📕https://ow.ly/bt6i50XBbsO
“Care is not charity — it is a #humanright.”
On this #HumanRightsDay we go back to July 2025 when @corteidh.bsky.social made history by recognizing care as an autonomous human right — a powerful step toward equality and social justice.
➡️ unrisd.org/en/activitie...
📷 Andrés Estefan/UNDPColombia
On this #HumanRightsDay we go back to July 2025 when @corteidh.bsky.social made history by recognizing care as an autonomous human right — a powerful step toward equality and social justice.
➡️ unrisd.org/en/activitie...
📷 Andrés Estefan/UNDPColombia
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Care is not charity — it is a #humanright.”
On this #HumanRightsDay we go back to July 2025 when @corteidh.bsky.social made history by recognizing care as an autonomous human right — a powerful step toward equality and social justice.
➡️ unrisd.org/en/activitie...
📷 Andrés Estefan/UNDPColombia
On this #HumanRightsDay we go back to July 2025 when @corteidh.bsky.social made history by recognizing care as an autonomous human right — a powerful step toward equality and social justice.
➡️ unrisd.org/en/activitie...
📷 Andrés Estefan/UNDPColombia
This #HumanRightsDay, check out two episodes from our #PrinciplesForChange podcast series, exploring what human rights look like in practice:
🎙️Kenya’s Constitution & Indigenous Rights
🔗https://ow.ly/GNQE50XHxmL
🎙️Disabilities in Eco-Social Contracts
🔗https://ow.ly/FhGe50XHxmI
🎙️Kenya’s Constitution & Indigenous Rights
🔗https://ow.ly/GNQE50XHxmL
🎙️Disabilities in Eco-Social Contracts
🔗https://ow.ly/FhGe50XHxmI
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This #HumanRightsDay, check out two episodes from our #PrinciplesForChange podcast series, exploring what human rights look like in practice:
🎙️Kenya’s Constitution & Indigenous Rights
🔗https://ow.ly/GNQE50XHxmL
🎙️Disabilities in Eco-Social Contracts
🔗https://ow.ly/FhGe50XHxmI
🎙️Kenya’s Constitution & Indigenous Rights
🔗https://ow.ly/GNQE50XHxmL
🎙️Disabilities in Eco-Social Contracts
🔗https://ow.ly/FhGe50XHxmI
Gender backlash is real, growing & organized.
At the @intgenderchampions.bsky.social, UNRISD launched new research w/ @unwomen.bsky.social on the rise of organized #GenderBacklash & threats to hard-won rights. Thanks to @FinlandGeneva #UNECE for hosting this important conversation.
ow.ly/FjEX50XIqYT
At the @intgenderchampions.bsky.social, UNRISD launched new research w/ @unwomen.bsky.social on the rise of organized #GenderBacklash & threats to hard-won rights. Thanks to @FinlandGeneva #UNECE for hosting this important conversation.
ow.ly/FjEX50XIqYT
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Gender backlash is real, growing & organized.
At the @intgenderchampions.bsky.social, UNRISD launched new research w/ @unwomen.bsky.social on the rise of organized #GenderBacklash & threats to hard-won rights. Thanks to @FinlandGeneva #UNECE for hosting this important conversation.
ow.ly/FjEX50XIqYT
At the @intgenderchampions.bsky.social, UNRISD launched new research w/ @unwomen.bsky.social on the rise of organized #GenderBacklash & threats to hard-won rights. Thanks to @FinlandGeneva #UNECE for hosting this important conversation.
ow.ly/FjEX50XIqYT
Care systems can’t be sustainable or equitable without strong, accountable and inclusive governance. At #WSSD2, UNRISD together with UN Women, ILO, ECLAC, Global alliance for Care, Ministry of Chile highlighted why care governance must be a pillar of a renewed social contract 🌍💜
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Care systems can’t be sustainable or equitable without strong, accountable and inclusive governance. At #WSSD2, UNRISD together with UN Women, ILO, ECLAC, Global alliance for Care, Ministry of Chile highlighted why care governance must be a pillar of a renewed social contract 🌍💜
At #WSSD2, ICSD, UNRISD & partners—including Katja Hujo, Leila Patel, Michael Sherraden, Jin Huang, Srinivas Tata, Stephen Kidd & Manohar Pawar—showcased how research, advocacy & practice accelerate social development, universal social protection & inclusive futures 🌍
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
At #WSSD2, ICSD, UNRISD & partners—including Katja Hujo, Leila Patel, Michael Sherraden, Jin Huang, Srinivas Tata, Stephen Kidd & Manohar Pawar—showcased how research, advocacy & practice accelerate social development, universal social protection & inclusive futures 🌍
#NoExcuse
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we highlight 4 key UNRISD resources on GBV, inequality and rising backlash:
📘 Backlash Report (2025)
🎙️ Backlash Unfiltered podcast
📗 Crises of Inequality (2022)
📚 Gender claims-making research
www.unrisd.org/en
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we highlight 4 key UNRISD resources on GBV, inequality and rising backlash:
📘 Backlash Report (2025)
🎙️ Backlash Unfiltered podcast
📗 Crises of Inequality (2022)
📚 Gender claims-making research
www.unrisd.org/en
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#NoExcuse
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we highlight 4 key UNRISD resources on GBV, inequality and rising backlash:
📘 Backlash Report (2025)
🎙️ Backlash Unfiltered podcast
📗 Crises of Inequality (2022)
📚 Gender claims-making research
www.unrisd.org/en
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we highlight 4 key UNRISD resources on GBV, inequality and rising backlash:
📘 Backlash Report (2025)
🎙️ Backlash Unfiltered podcast
📗 Crises of Inequality (2022)
📚 Gender claims-making research
www.unrisd.org/en
Youth forums don’t have to be tokenistic. At #WSSD2, Yuyu Chen (UNRISD) shared how IFWY puts youth in the driver’s seat—shifting from consultation to real co-creation.
From global surveys to regional dialogues to a final conference in Seoul, IFWY shows how youth can shape policy. 🌍✨
From global surveys to regional dialogues to a final conference in Seoul, IFWY shows how youth can shape policy. 🌍✨
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Youth forums don’t have to be tokenistic. At #WSSD2, Yuyu Chen (UNRISD) shared how IFWY puts youth in the driver’s seat—shifting from consultation to real co-creation.
From global surveys to regional dialogues to a final conference in Seoul, IFWY shows how youth can shape policy. 🌍✨
From global surveys to regional dialogues to a final conference in Seoul, IFWY shows how youth can shape policy. 🌍✨
At #WSSD2, UNRISD showcased threshold-based tools for measuring sustainability beyond ESG metrics. SDPI and other methods help countries, SSEs, and organizations align with planetary boundaries, living wages, & gender equality—turning commitments into measurable action.
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
At #WSSD2, UNRISD showcased threshold-based tools for measuring sustainability beyond ESG metrics. SDPI and other methods help countries, SSEs, and organizations align with planetary boundaries, living wages, & gender equality—turning commitments into measurable action.
At #WSSD2, youth proved they’re not just participants—they’re co-architects of inclusive, peaceful futures. IFWY & Beyond Lab delegates shared concrete, community-driven solutions for social inclusion, digital cohesion & peacebuilding. Youth leadership is essential for real change. 🌍✨
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
At #WSSD2, youth proved they’re not just participants—they’re co-architects of inclusive, peaceful futures. IFWY & Beyond Lab delegates shared concrete, community-driven solutions for social inclusion, digital cohesion & peacebuilding. Youth leadership is essential for real change. 🌍✨
At the Global Alliance Against Hunger & Poverty Leaders’ Mtg in Doha, UNRISD Director @Magda_Sepul called for country-led, evidence-based action to turn commitments into results.
Inclusion. Integration. Evidence. Resilience. Country ownership. 🌍
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Inclusion. Integration. Evidence. Resilience. Country ownership. 🌍
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November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
At the Global Alliance Against Hunger & Poverty Leaders’ Mtg in Doha, UNRISD Director @Magda_Sepul called for country-led, evidence-based action to turn commitments into results.
Inclusion. Integration. Evidence. Resilience. Country ownership. 🌍
🔗 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11...
Inclusion. Integration. Evidence. Resilience. Country ownership. 🌍
🔗 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11...
🎧 New #SSEEssentials episode for #IYC2025!
Professor Marthe Nyssens explores how social enterprises drive work integration and support people at the margins of the labour market.
Why the SSE matters for inclusive, sustainable development → listen now!
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Professor Marthe Nyssens explores how social enterprises drive work integration and support people at the margins of the labour market.
Why the SSE matters for inclusive, sustainable development → listen now!
🔗 youtu.be/SzfbEjOGD3k?...
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🎧 New #SSEEssentials episode for #IYC2025!
Professor Marthe Nyssens explores how social enterprises drive work integration and support people at the margins of the labour market.
Why the SSE matters for inclusive, sustainable development → listen now!
🔗 youtu.be/SzfbEjOGD3k?...
Professor Marthe Nyssens explores how social enterprises drive work integration and support people at the margins of the labour market.
Why the SSE matters for inclusive, sustainable development → listen now!
🔗 youtu.be/SzfbEjOGD3k?...
At #COP30, UNRISD highlighted why care is climate action. As Vichetratha Khlok noted, investing in care strengthens resilience—and care workers must be part of just transition strategies. UNRISD’s new workers’ inquiry brings their voices forward. 🌍💜
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
At #COP30, UNRISD highlighted why care is climate action. As Vichetratha Khlok noted, investing in care strengthens resilience—and care workers must be part of just transition strategies. UNRISD’s new workers’ inquiry brings their voices forward. 🌍💜
Just Transition must include Care! 💚
Join UNRISD on 20 Nov, 15:30–17:00 CET for the launch of “Just Transition and Care”, a new report showing why care workers must be central to just transition strategies.
👉 Register now | Online event
www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...
Join UNRISD on 20 Nov, 15:30–17:00 CET for the launch of “Just Transition and Care”, a new report showing why care workers must be central to just transition strategies.
👉 Register now | Online event
www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Just Transition must include Care! 💚
Join UNRISD on 20 Nov, 15:30–17:00 CET for the launch of “Just Transition and Care”, a new report showing why care workers must be central to just transition strategies.
👉 Register now | Online event
www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...
Join UNRISD on 20 Nov, 15:30–17:00 CET for the launch of “Just Transition and Care”, a new report showing why care workers must be central to just transition strategies.
👉 Register now | Online event
www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...
🌱 UNRISD at #COP30: We joined WGEO to discuss Green Jobs for Inclusive Transitions.
Zoe Brent emphasized: Green job creation must include care, education & community services, not just technical sectors. Need inclusive policies & fair access to financing!
Zoe Brent emphasized: Green job creation must include care, education & community services, not just technical sectors. Need inclusive policies & fair access to financing!
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🌱 UNRISD at #COP30: We joined WGEO to discuss Green Jobs for Inclusive Transitions.
Zoe Brent emphasized: Green job creation must include care, education & community services, not just technical sectors. Need inclusive policies & fair access to financing!
Zoe Brent emphasized: Green job creation must include care, education & community services, not just technical sectors. Need inclusive policies & fair access to financing!
🌍 Social Protection = Climate Action
At #COP30, UNRISD, ILO, FAO & UNICEF highlighted how universal social protection strengthens #ClimateResilience and supports a #JustTransition.
The session launched the #BelémDeclaration, affirming social protection as key to resilient climate action.
At #COP30, UNRISD, ILO, FAO & UNICEF highlighted how universal social protection strengthens #ClimateResilience and supports a #JustTransition.
The session launched the #BelémDeclaration, affirming social protection as key to resilient climate action.
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🌍 Social Protection = Climate Action
At #COP30, UNRISD, ILO, FAO & UNICEF highlighted how universal social protection strengthens #ClimateResilience and supports a #JustTransition.
The session launched the #BelémDeclaration, affirming social protection as key to resilient climate action.
At #COP30, UNRISD, ILO, FAO & UNICEF highlighted how universal social protection strengthens #ClimateResilience and supports a #JustTransition.
The session launched the #BelémDeclaration, affirming social protection as key to resilient climate action.