In this chapter I use sole parents in Australia as a focus to examine what it would mean to take a gendered, human rights approach to interpreting the international law right to social security. While this approach supports the ongoing provision of social security in the form of cash transfers...

South Africa has a large social assistance programme that plays a critical role in addressing extreme poverty. The strong constitutional rights framework, including a right to social security, underpins the development of this programme. Women are the major recipients of social assistance grants...

In this working paper, we interrogate the ways anti-gender, or "pro-family", actors and organizations are using the frameworks and language of "development" to advance arguments and policies that restrict the rights of LGBTIQ+ people and seek to limit how we understand sexual and reproductive...

To address the current multiple crises that are sometimes referred to as leading to "a breakdown" of current social contracts, civil society, academics and international institutions have been proposing a range of ideas for societal transformation, from "human rights economy" to "just...

This paper is intended as a contribution to the theoretical and conceptual development of a human rights-based focus in social protection policies and programmes, and analyses the lessons learned in flagship programmes around the region that have sought to advance the rights-based approach.The...