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Women still earn 20% less than men globally. Recognition matters: being paid means being seen as a worker. In our latest #WomensRightsInMotion, footballers Nadia Nadim, @NoraHeroum and @AriannaCaruso7 reflect on work, pay and true recognition. Watch

🗞️ New | UNRISD eBulletin 84 is out! Our special #CareDay edition explores care systems, care-centred just transitions, feminist foreign policy, climate justice, AI governance, inequality, and more. → Read the issue here:

RT @nopovertyhunger: The final stretch to 2030 is now underway. As members of the Global Alliance, countries and institutions are turning commitments into action and delivering progress against hunger and poverty.

Who caused the climate crisis, and who is paying for it? 🌍 Here’s the injustice: those least responsible are paying the highest price. #ClimateJustice asks: Who pays? Who decides? Whose voices are respected? More in #ECJBASICS ahead of #COP31 👇 📗

#Impact | Mexico is turning care into public policy. With support from @AECID_es, @UNRISD has helped shape one of Latin America’s boldest care agendas, advancing care as a social right, strengthening institutions and tackling inequality. Learn more →

Strengthening partnerships through dialogue and shared learning 🤝🌍 UNRISD was pleased to participate in high-level engagements in Beijing, reinforcing its growing collaboration with partners in China and across the global South. Read more

Care sustains people and the planet, from homes and hospitals to fields and forests. 🌏 Yet it remains undervalued, underpaid and underfunded. For the #DayOfCareAndSupport, explore these and more resources following the Publications link: 📚

This week we mark the #DayOfCareAndSupport 💚 What does #CareWork mean? #ECJBASICS 🌱 The paid and unpaid activities that sustain human life+the environment, from caring for families to caring for forests. Care is climate infrastructure. Find more: 🔗

As the energy transition accelerates, the challenge is no longer only how we govern resources, but how we govern transitions. Who decides what resources are for, and who benefits? Learn more @NRGInstitute

UN Secretary-General’s new report on the Social + Solidarity Economy highlights @UNRISD work on #SSE metrics. Next up: expanding research + open-access tools to translate policy recognition into actionable outcomes for communities worldwide. → Read more

🏆 UNRISD’s Sustainable Development Performance Indicators have been recognized in the 2026 ISAR Honours by UN Trade and Development (@UNCTAD) highlighting its contribution to more meaningful sustainability measurement and reporting. → Learn more

At #UNGA81, UNRISD Director @Magda_Sepul welcomed the proposed International Panel on Inequality, highlighting how independent, science-based evidence can inform coordinated action to address inequalities within and between countries. → Learn more

📢Join @fesnewyork and @UNRISD in Bangkok on 13 October for Delivering Beyond 2030, a high-level discussion on the financial and institutional foundations for the next era of global development. → Register now:

🟠In our latest policy brief we examine the governance conditions required for #feminist foreign policies to fulfill their promise for #genderequality and also for transforming unequal power relations in international affairs. → Download the brief now

On 17 September, at the Global Coalition for #SocialJustice Annual Forum, UNRISD highlighted why tackling #inequality requires integrated action on care, social protection, decent work, climate justice and AI governance. @ilo → Read more

New Issue Brief 🪨 The energy transition is adding critical mineral extraction on top of fossil fuels—not replacing them. Our latest research asks: how much extraction is actually needed, for what, and for whom? 🔗 Read more

UNRISD was pleased to take part in German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s Bürgerfest, alongside the @UNBonn family. A great opportunity to engage with citizens, showcase our research and celebrate UNRISD’s partnership with @BMZ_Bund and our presence in Bonn.

📢UNRISD at #UNGA81 🇺🇳 @UNRISD Director Magdalena Sepúlveda (@Magda_Sepul) joins policymakers, @UN representatives and researchers in NY for high-level debates on UN reform, #inequality, and resource #governance. 🔗Learn more:

🌱 A just transition connects more than climate and energy. Can you connect the dots? Week4 of the #UNRISD63 Puzzle Journal is here! Which connection did you make first? Tell us below 👇 Find the Answers. Shift Paradigms. Learn more about UNRISD work:

#ECJBASICS 🌱 #Decarbonisation What does it actually mean? It’s about transforming how we live, work and use energy to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions—while changing how land and natural resources are managed. Stay tuned for more 🌍 #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice