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Explore policies through themes of your interest on Inequality Solutions. From solidarity building policies, to housing, social protection and justice, our current themes cover a range of topics that impact people's lives. As the portal grows, more themes will be added to provide a comprehensive resource for policymakers and researchers. Browse policies by the groups impacted and the themes that matter to you, and join us in the fight for a more just and equitable world.

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Building Solidarity

  • Empty floor square and playground ferris wheel in the city park.
    (2022–present) Community-Based Urban Development: Amman, Jordan
  • Wheat being loaded onto a ship
    (2022-July 17, 2023*) Black Sea Grain Initiative
  • 2017-Ongoing Inclusive and Decentralized Development Planning: Sierra Leone
  • 1999-Ongoing Aboriginal Peoples Television Network: Canada
  • 2011-Ongoing Reparations to Victims of Armed Conflict: Colombia
  • 2000-Ongoing Community Justice Center: USA
  • Shot from behind, a woman in a fedora with a peacock feather, a red shawl, and a yellow sweater sits on a swing overlooking a city vista
    2008-Ongoing Constitutional Reform Incorporating Indigenous Values: Ecuador
  • 2022-Ongoing New Family Code: Cuba
  • 2006-Ongoing Abunzi Mediation: Rwanda
  • 1995-Ongoing Justice Houses “Casas de Justicia:” Colombia

    • Care Economy

  • Photo of children putting puzzle pieces together on the floor.
    (1975–ongoing) Universal Childcare Model: Sweden
  • Church & distant colourful apartment buildings in Prague, the Czech Republic
    (2008–present) National Social Inclusion Strategy: Czechia
  • 2004-Ongoing Senior Employment Program: South Korea
  • 2014-Ongoing Maternity Insurance: Jordan

    • Climate & Environment

  • (2011–Present) Local Adaptation Plans of Action (LAPA): Nepal
  • Photo of a solar farm with clouds in the background.
    (2013–Present) New York Green Bank: United States
  • (1996–ongoing) Payments to Landowners for Forest Conservation: Costa Rica
  • Empty floor square and playground ferris wheel in the city park.
    (2022–present) Community-Based Urban Development: Amman, Jordan
  • Businesswoman raising hand up to ask question with speaker in seminar conference.
    (2013-Present) Project Robin Hood: Melville, Australia
  • Aerial outdoor solar photovoltaic base in Asia under sunset.
    (2009–Present) Solar Energy Revenue Redistribution for Inclusive Development: Seoul
  • A diverse group of people raising hands in a classroom or seminar setting, with a focus on participation and engagement.
    (1996–Present) Participatory Development Plan: Kerala, India
  • Taxing Carbon Emissions at the Source:A Documentary Photographic of the Industrial Landscape
    (1991-ongoing) Carbon Tax: Norway
  • Trolltunga, Troll
    (2017–ongoing) Climate Change Act and its Policies: Norway
  • Oil and gas sea platform in the distance of a large body of water. Mountains and cloudy sky background.
    (1990–ongoing) Sovereign Wealth Fund: Norway

    • Corruption & Transparency

  • Stack of newspapers.
    (2019-ongoing) Media Freedom and Access to Information: Ghana
  • 2017-Ongoing Inclusive and Decentralized Development Planning: Sierra Leone
  • 1967-Ongoing Public Match Funds for Political Parties: Germany
  • 2013-Ongoing e-Procurement: Tunisia
  • 2005-Ongoing The Right to Information: India

    • Education

  • Blue and white solar panel on green bar outside.
    (2018–present) Digital Community Centers: Guatemala
  • A diverse group of people raising hands in a classroom or seminar setting, with a focus on participation and engagement.
    (1996–Present) Participatory Development Plan: Kerala, India
  • Photo of children putting puzzle pieces together on the floor.
    (1975–ongoing) Universal Childcare Model: Sweden
  • Church & distant colourful apartment buildings in Prague, the Czech Republic
    (2008–present) National Social Inclusion Strategy: Czechia
  • Islamic mosque minaret in front of crowded aerial cityscape view of Cairo, the densely populated capital of Egypt, Africa
    (2004–present) Digital Financial Inclusion for Rural Areas: Egypt
  • Moroccan little girls walking to school
    (2008–present) Conditional Cash Transfers: Morocco
  • 1997-Ongoing Intercultural Bilingual Education: Mexico
  • Shot from behind, a woman in a fedora with a peacock feather, a red shawl, and a yellow sweater sits on a swing overlooking a city vista
    2008-Ongoing Constitutional Reform Incorporating Indigenous Values: Ecuador
  • Hand holding a "Bolsa Família" yellow card.
    2003-2021 Conditional Cash Transfers: Brazil
  • 2012-Ongoing Recognition of Trans and Non-Binary Identities: Argentina

    • Food

  • Empty floor square and playground ferris wheel in the city park.
    (2022–present) Community-Based Urban Development: Amman, Jordan
  • Wheat being loaded onto a ship
    (2022-July 17, 2023*) Black Sea Grain Initiative
  • 2002-Ongoing National Agricultural and Rural Development Program: Algeria
  • 1997-2019 Prospera Cash Transfer Program: Mexico

    • Health

  • A diverse group of people raising hands in a classroom or seminar setting, with a focus on participation and engagement.
    (1996–Present) Participatory Development Plan: Kerala, India
  • Church & distant colourful apartment buildings in Prague, the Czech Republic
    (2008–present) National Social Inclusion Strategy: Czechia
  • Close up of a doctor
    (2022–present) Universal Healthcare: Morocco
  • Piles of vegetables in a street market.
    (2017–ongoing) Nutritional Support for Mothers and Children: Egypt
  • Portrait of happy Arab doctor handsome young man in workwear posing at modern clinic, sitting at workdesk with laptop and medical chart, cheerfully smiling at camera.
    (2018-ongoing) Telemedicine for Rural Communities: Morocco
  • Abandoned gas pump in the desert. Behind the pump are cacti.
    (2004-ongoing) Fiscal Commitment to Social Spending: Namibia
  • 2004-Ongoing Community-Based Health insurance: Rwanda
  • 2001-Ongoing Drug Decriminalization Strategy: Portugal
  • 1972-Ongoing The Gross National Happiness Framework: Bhutan
  • 2020 Emergency Family Income: Argentina

    • Housing

  • Church & distant colourful apartment buildings in Prague, the Czech Republic
    (2008–present) National Social Inclusion Strategy: Czechia
  • (1969–1998) Kampung Neighborhood Upgrades: Indonesia
  • View of old Porvoo, Finland.
    (2008–ongoing) Housing First Policy: Finland
  • Black and white photo: back view of a woman wearing a hijab standing alone looking at a lake
    (2013-ongoing) National Referral System for GBV Victims: State of Palestine
  • (2006-ongoing) Program for the Recovery of Neighborhoods: Chile
  • Shot from behind, a woman in a fedora with a peacock feather, a red shawl, and a yellow sweater sits on a swing overlooking a city vista
    2008-Ongoing Constitutional Reform Incorporating Indigenous Values: Ecuador
  • 2017-Ongoing Healthy Homes Guarantee: New Zealand
  • 2016-Ongoing Healthy Homes Initiative: New Zealand
  • 1964-Ongoing Public Housing System: Singapore
  • 2011–Ongoing Low-Income Housing: Egypt

    • Income & Wealth

  • Photo of a solar farm with clouds in the background.
    (2013–Present) New York Green Bank: United States
  • Illustration of a local township with different buildings.
    (2012–present) Community Wealth Building: Preston, UK
  • Town hall meeting scene with microphone in foreground, blurred audience, and panel of speakers in background, awaiting candidate answers to pressing community questions.
    (1989–Present) Participatory Budgeting: Brazil
  • Plant growing in savings coins with nature background. Saving money and investment concept.
    (2005-2011) Tax-free Savings Accounts for Children: United Kingdom
  • Taxing Carbon Emissions at the Source:A Documentary Photographic of the Industrial Landscape
    (1991-ongoing) Carbon Tax: Norway
  • Close up of a doctor
    (2022–present) Universal Healthcare: Morocco
  • Young nomad person in the desert with headscarf
    (2002–ongoing) Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Morocco
  • Egyptian Money, Egyptian pound, shots is selective focus with shallow depth of field.
    (2021–ongoing) Financial Inclusion for Rural Women: Egypt
  • Oil and gas sea platform in the distance of a large body of water. Mountains and cloudy sky background.
    (1990–ongoing) Sovereign Wealth Fund: Norway
  • Islam Businesswoman working with document paper of finance on wood desk.
    (2018-ongoing) Supporting Unemployment through the Startup Act: Tunisia

    • Information-Communication-Technology (ICT)

  • (2011– ongoing) E-Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Qatar
  • Stack of newspapers.
    (2019-ongoing) Media Freedom and Access to Information: Ghana
  • Asian senior couple are smiling and using a laptop near a window, with mountainous landscape in the background.
    (2017-2025) Digital Transformation Initiative: Taiwan
  • Portrait of happy Arab doctor handsome young man in workwear posing at modern clinic, sitting at workdesk with laptop and medical chart, cheerfully smiling at camera.
    (2018-ongoing) Telemedicine for Rural Communities: Morocco
  • 1999-Ongoing Aboriginal Peoples Television Network: Canada
  • 2013-Ongoing e-Procurement: Tunisia
  • 2008-Ongoing National Energy and Energy Efficiency Plan: Morocco
  • 2010-Ongoing Harmonized Measures to Track Equality: United Kingdom
  • 2005-Ongoing The Right to Information: India

    • Justice

  • Three Plan International Colombia staff members holding up signs to show support for the bill to eliminate child marriage in a room.
    (2024–ongoing) Outlawing Child Marriage in Colombia
  • Panoramic view at the condominium, apartment buildings at the exclusive area of Medellin called El Poblado, Colombia.
    (2023-ongoing) Incarceration Alternatives for Women Heads of Households: Colombia
  • Two people and a child walking in a street market in Marrakesh with their backs towards the camera. One of the adults has brown hair, and the other has a headscarf. The child is wearing a blue jacket.
    (2004-ongoing) Family Code: Morocco
  • Black and white photo: back view of a woman wearing a hijab standing alone looking at a lake
    (2013-ongoing) National Referral System for GBV Victims: State of Palestine
  • 2017-Ongoing Inclusive and Decentralized Development Planning: Sierra Leone
  • 1988-Ongoing Indigenous Land Rights: Brazil
  • 2011-Ongoing Reparations to Victims of Armed Conflict: Colombia
  • 2006-Ongoing Forest Rights Act: India
  • 2001-Ongoing Drug Decriminalization Strategy: Portugal
  • 2000-Ongoing Community Justice Center: USA

    • Land

  • (2011–Present) Local Adaptation Plans of Action (LAPA): Nepal
  • Aerial Tram in Chicamocha Canyon.
    (1996-Present) Indigenous Advisory Board: Colombia
  • A river running through a lush green countryside.
    (2014–present) Community-Based Water Management: Panama
  • (1996–ongoing) Payments to Landowners for Forest Conservation: Costa Rica
  • Empty floor square and playground ferris wheel in the city park.
    (2022–present) Community-Based Urban Development: Amman, Jordan
  • 1988-Ongoing Indigenous Land Rights: Brazil
  • 2011-Ongoing Reparations to Victims of Armed Conflict: Colombia
  • 2006-Ongoing Forest Rights Act: India
  • 2008-2012 Land Tenure Reform: Rwanda
  • 2002-Ongoing National Agricultural and Rural Development Program: Algeria

    • Labor

  • Illustration of a local township with different buildings.
    (2012–present) Community Wealth Building: Preston, UK
  • Architecture of the Old Town of Sana
    (1996–2000) Public Works Project: Yemen
  • Islam Businesswoman working with document paper of finance on wood desk.
    (2018-ongoing) Supporting Unemployment through the Startup Act: Tunisia
  • 2008-Ongoing Employment Generation Programme for the Poorest: Bangladesh
  • 2020 Emergency Family Income: Argentina
  • 2010-2045 Green Energy Transition: Germany
  • 2012-Ongoing Recognition of Trans and Non-Binary Identities: Argentina
  • 2023-Ongoing 2023 Minimum Wage Increase: Spain
  • 2005 - Ongoing Rural Employment Guarantee Act: India
  • 1960-Ongoing Disability Insurance: Switzerland

    • Language

  • 1997-Ongoing Intercultural Bilingual Education: Mexico
  • 1999-Ongoing Aboriginal Peoples Television Network: Canada

    • Political & Civic Participation

  • (2011–Present) Local Adaptation Plans of Action (LAPA): Nepal
  • Aerial Tram in Chicamocha Canyon.
    (1996-Present) Indigenous Advisory Board: Colombia
  • Panoramic view at the condominium, apartment buildings at the exclusive area of Medellin called El Poblado, Colombia.
    (2023-ongoing) Incarceration Alternatives for Women Heads of Households: Colombia
  • Businesswoman raising hand up to ask question with speaker in seminar conference.
    (2013-Present) Project Robin Hood: Melville, Australia
  • Aerial outdoor solar photovoltaic base in Asia under sunset.
    (2009–Present) Solar Energy Revenue Redistribution for Inclusive Development: Seoul
  • Town hall meeting scene with microphone in foreground, blurred audience, and panel of speakers in background, awaiting candidate answers to pressing community questions.
    (1989–Present) Participatory Budgeting: Brazil
  • A diverse group of people raising hands in a classroom or seminar setting, with a focus on participation and engagement.
    (1996–Present) Participatory Development Plan: Kerala, India
  • Young nomad person in the desert with headscarf
    (2002–ongoing) Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Morocco
  • Stack of newspapers.
    (2019-ongoing) Media Freedom and Access to Information: Ghana
  • Asian senior couple are smiling and using a laptop near a window, with mountainous landscape in the background.
    (2017-2025) Digital Transformation Initiative: Taiwan

    • Redistribution

  • Photo of a solar farm with clouds in the background.
    (2013–Present) New York Green Bank: United States
  • Illustration of a local township with different buildings.
    (2012–present) Community Wealth Building: Preston, UK
  • Businesswoman raising hand up to ask question with speaker in seminar conference.
    (2013-Present) Project Robin Hood: Melville, Australia
  • Aerial outdoor solar photovoltaic base in Asia under sunset.
    (2009–Present) Solar Energy Revenue Redistribution for Inclusive Development: Seoul
  • Islamic mosque minaret in front of crowded aerial cityscape view of Cairo, the densely populated capital of Egypt, Africa
    (2004–present) Digital Financial Inclusion for Rural Areas: Egypt
  • View of Amman Hillside with red blanket hanging off the clothesline between a pole and a wall.
    (2018–ongoing) Unified Cash Transfer Program: Jordan
  • Moroccan little girls walking to school
    (2008–present) Conditional Cash Transfers: Morocco
  • Oil and gas sea platform in the distance of a large body of water. Mountains and cloudy sky background.
    (1990–ongoing) Sovereign Wealth Fund: Norway
  • Abandoned gas pump in the desert. Behind the pump are cacti.
    (2004-ongoing) Fiscal Commitment to Social Spending: Namibia
  • 2022-Ongoing Stated-Backed Youth Savings Account: Republic of Korea

    • Spatial Inequality

  • Photo of a solar farm with clouds in the background.
    (2013–Present) New York Green Bank: United States
  • A diverse group of people raising hands in a classroom or seminar setting, with a focus on participation and engagement.
    (1996–Present) Participatory Development Plan: Kerala, India
  • (1969–1998) Kampung Neighborhood Upgrades: Indonesia
  • Architecture of the Old Town of Sana
    (1996–2000) Public Works Project: Yemen
  • Islamic mosque minaret in front of crowded aerial cityscape view of Cairo, the densely populated capital of Egypt, Africa
    (2004–present) Digital Financial Inclusion for Rural Areas: Egypt
  • Moroccan little girls walking to school
    (2008–present) Conditional Cash Transfers: Morocco
  • Fishermen working on small wooden ships in the river port of an ocean bay in Ziguinchor, South Senegal.
    (2015–ongoing) Emergency Community Development Program: Senegal
  • Portrait of happy Arab doctor handsome young man in workwear posing at modern clinic, sitting at workdesk with laptop and medical chart, cheerfully smiling at camera.
    (2018-ongoing) Telemedicine for Rural Communities: Morocco
  • (2006-ongoing) Program for the Recovery of Neighborhoods: Chile
  • 2008-Ongoing Employment Generation Programme for the Poorest: Bangladesh

    • Social Protection

  • (2011–Present) Local Adaptation Plans of Action (LAPA): Nepal
  • Illustration of a local township with different buildings.
    (2012–present) Community Wealth Building: Preston, UK
  • A river running through a lush green countryside.
    (2014–present) Community-Based Water Management: Panama
  • Three Plan International Colombia staff members holding up signs to show support for the bill to eliminate child marriage in a room.
    (2024–ongoing) Outlawing Child Marriage in Colombia
  • Church & distant colourful apartment buildings in Prague, the Czech Republic
    (2008–present) National Social Inclusion Strategy: Czechia
  • Close up of a doctor
    (2022–present) Universal Healthcare: Morocco
  • Architecture of the Old Town of Sana
    (1996–2000) Public Works Project: Yemen
  • View of Amman Hillside with red blanket hanging off the clothesline between a pole and a wall.
    (2018–ongoing) Unified Cash Transfer Program: Jordan
  • Piles of vegetables in a street market.
    (2017–ongoing) Nutritional Support for Mothers and Children: Egypt
  • Man with a mustache wearing a head scarf in the desert.
    (2014-ongoing) Social Protection: Tunisia

    • Tax

  • Photo of a solar farm with clouds in the background.
    (2013–Present) New York Green Bank: United States
  • Taxing Carbon Emissions at the Source:A Documentary Photographic of the Industrial Landscape
    (1991-ongoing) Carbon Tax: Norway
  • Trolltunga, Troll
    (2017–ongoing) Climate Change Act and its Policies: Norway
  • 2020 COVID-19 Solidarity Fund: Uruguay