Direct Link to Full 91-Page Report:
Spotlight_Innenteil_2020_web_gesamt_.pdf (2030spotlight.org)
COVID-19 is a global catastrophe, but every one of the millions of infections has happened in the context of close local contact. While global mobility has spread the new coronavirus at fast speed all over the world, national capacities and policies to confront it are very different. Injustices and inequalities aggravate the impact of COVID-19 and without strong intervention from the State, the existing imbalances are reinforced. A few billionaires are getting richer while the slow-paced progress over decades to reduce global hunger and poverty is being reversed. Civil society organizations around the world are monitoring the impact of COVID-19 and reclaiming the streets, with revitalized leadership and a rainbow of demands that combine old and new issues. “Back to normal” is not possible nor desirable.
Извор: WUNRN – 12.09.2021
High-quality social connections are essential to our mental and physical health and our well-being. Social isolation and loneliness are important, yet neglected, social determinants of the health of older people
Social isolation and loneliness are widespread, with some countries reporting that up to one in three older people feel lonely. A large body of research shows that social isolation and loneliness have a serious impact on older people’s physical and mental health, quality of life, and their longevity. The effect of social isolation and loneliness on mortality is comparable to that of other well-established risk factors such as smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity.
A wide variety of face-to-face or digital interventions have been developed to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older people. These include social skills training, community and support groups, befriending, and cognitive behavioural therapy. Creating more age-friendly communities, by improving access to transportation, information and communication technologies and the built environment, can also help reduce social isolation and loneliness. Laws and policies that address marginalisation and discrimination can also foster greater social connection.
Social isolation and loneliness are increasingly being recognised as a priority public health problem and policy issue for older people. During the course of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030), the Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing Unit will be addressing social isolation and loneliness as one of the themes that cuts across the four main action areas of the Decade.
Извор: WUNRN – 09.09.2021
Direct Link to Full 76-Page Save the Children Report:
Извор: WUNRN – 09.09.2021
Family Law
Direct Link to Full 57-Page Report:
B_25_Report_EN.pdf (d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net)
Извор: WUNRN – 09.09.2021
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THE LANCET - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01651-2/fulltext
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have gone far beyond the disease itself. In addition to the increasing number of COVID-19 deaths, the pandemic has deepened social and economic inequalities.
July 16, 2021 – These indirect impacts have been compounded by pervasive gender inequalities, with profound consequences, especially for women, girls, and people of diverse gender identities.
There has been an escalation in gender-based violence within households, increasing risk of child marriages and female genital mutilation,and an increased burden of unpaid care work, with impacts on mental health.
Communities of people affected by HIV are, again, at the crossroads of injustice and targeted discrimination.
