This ODI Country study draws out key findings on the impacts of Covid-19 on the mental health of adolescents between the ages of 11 and 19, living in project locations in Tanzania.
This blog is presenting an interesting combination of ââthe three Csâ â Culture, Climate and Conflict â at the forefront of the EUâs diplomacy. The question however arises namely how much can the EU afford to prioritise such complex âvalue drivenâ policy agendas in a rapidly changing world with more competition and uncertainty?
The Covid-19 crisis has brought social protection to the forefront as a crisis response tool. It has also exposed social protection gaps and limitations. Some of the population groups most adversely affected by the crisis â women, informal workers, urban dwellers, refugees – are also those excluded from or underserved by social protection.
The Covid-19 crisis encompasses multifaceted and interconnected risks and vulnerabilities, which extend to wide-ranging humanitarian, social, economic and environmental dimensions. The pandemic and its consequences also challenge the efforts to realize the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a holistic manner. As stated by the UNSG, Antonio Guterres, at the recent SDG Summit, âthe 2030 Agenda is designed to address the very fragilities and shortcomings that the pandemic has exposedâ.
The pandemic not only acts as a multiplier of existing developmental and socioeconomic challenges in Africa â and thereby contributes to increasing
migratory pressure in and out of the continent â but it also reveals interdependencies between Africa and the EU. It is hoped that the current health and socioeconomic crisis would also act as an opportunity to substantially rethink the relations between the two continents on, and well beyond migration.
COVID19 recovery and the mitigation of future ecological and social crises will be important topics in the super year 2021. What international negotiations will be crucial?
