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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

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2020 COVID-19 Solidarity Fund: Uruguay

    • Care Economy

  • 2004-Ongoing Senior Employment Program: South Korea
  • 2014-Ongoing Maternity Insurance: Jordan

    • Climate & Environment

  • 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
  • 1988-Ongoing Indigenous Land Rights: Brazil
  • 1972-Ongoing The Gross National Happiness Framework: Bhutan
  • 2008-Ongoing National Energy and Energy Efficiency Plan: Morocco
  • 2008-Ongoing Constitutional Reform Incorporating Indigenous Values: Ecuador
  • 2010-2045 Green Energy Transition: Germany
  • 2016-Ongoing Citizens’ Assemblies: Ireland

    • 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

  • Moroccan little girls walking to school
    2008–present Conditional Cash Transfers: Morocco
  • 1997-Ongoing Intercultural Bilingual Education: Mexico
  • 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
  • 1997-2019 Prospera Cash Transfer Program: Mexico
  • 1999-2009 Sure Start Services: United Kingdom
  • 2015-Ongoing Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers: Egypt
  • 2018–Ongoing Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities: Lebanon

    • Food

  • 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

  • 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
  • 2002-Ongoing Universal Health Coverage Scheme: Thailand
  • 2008-Ongoing Constitutional Reform Incorporating Indigenous Values: Ecuador
  • People in masks lining in front of a table to learn about COVID-19 cash transfer program in Timor-Leste
    2020 Universal COVID-19 Cash Transfer: Timor-Leste

    • Housing

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1960s-Ongoing Housing Cooperatives: Uruguay

    • Income & Wealth

  • 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
  • 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
  • 2008-Ongoing Employment Generation Programme for the Poorest: Bangladesh
  • 1972-Ongoing The Gross National Happiness Framework: Bhutan
  • 2020 Emergency Family Income: Argentina
  • 2008-2012 Land Tenure Reform: Rwanda

    • Information-Communication-Technology (ICT)

  • 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

  • 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
  • 2008-2012 Land Tenure Reform: Rwanda
  • 2022-Ongoing New Family Code: Cuba

    • Land

  • 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
  • 1993-2019 Aboriginal Land Rights: Australia
  • 2022-ongoing Land Rights: Sierra Leone

    • Labor

  • 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
  • 2008-Ongoing Elderly Cash Transfer Program: South Korea
  • 2006-Ongoing Unemployment Insurance: Bahrain

    • Language

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

    • Political & Civic Participation

  • 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
  • (2006-ongoing) Program for the Recovery of Neighborhoods: Chile
  • 2017-Ongoing Inclusive and Decentralized Development Planning: Sierra Leone
  • 1999-Ongoing Aboriginal Peoples Television Network: Canada
  • 1967-Ongoing Public Match Funds for Political Parties: Germany
  • 2011-Ongoing Reparations to Victims of Armed Conflict: Colombia
  • 1982-Ongoing Indigenous Self-Government: Canada
  • 2006-Ongoing Forest Rights Act: India

    • Redistribution

  • 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
  • 2011-Ongoing Reparations to Victims of Armed Conflict: Colombia
  • 2006-Ongoing Forest Rights Act: India
  • People in masks lining in front of a table to learn about COVID-19 cash transfer program in Timor-Leste
    2020 Universal COVID-19 Cash Transfer: Timor-Leste
  • 1993-2019 Aboriginal Land Rights: Australia
  • 2005 - Ongoing Rural Employment Guarantee Act: India
  • 2020 COVID-19 Solidarity Fund: Uruguay

    • Spatial Inequality

  • 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
  • 1988-Ongoing Indigenous Land Rights: Brazil
  • 2016 National Sanitation Policy: South Africa
  • 2013-Ongoing e-Procurement: Tunisia
  • 2008-Ongoing Constitutional Reform Incorporating Indigenous Values: Ecuador
  • 2002-Ongoing National Agricultural and Rural Development Program: Algeria

    • Social Protection

  • 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
  • People walking on a road, with one person holding a hand truck. In the distance there is a faded sign on the right with "Bienvenidos" written on it.
    (2021-ongoing) Temporary Protection Status for Venezuelan Migrants: Colombia
  • 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
  • 2020 Emergency Family Income: Argentina
  • 2002-Ongoing Universal Health Coverage Scheme: Thailand
  • 2008-Ongoing Constitutional Reform Incorporating Indigenous Values: Ecuador
  • People in masks lining in front of a table to learn about COVID-19 cash transfer program in Timor-Leste
    2020 Universal COVID-19 Cash Transfer: Timor-Leste
  • 2005 - Ongoing Rural Employment Guarantee Act: India

    • Tax

  • 2020 COVID-19 Solidarity Fund: Uruguay