Year: 2026

Nepal launches national campaign to bring informal workers into social security

Stuart Mitchell

Nepal today launched a National Campaign on Social Security for Informal Workers and the Self-Employed, a major step toward ensuring that millions of workers currently outside formal safety nets can access protection across the life cycle.  The scale of the challenge is clear: over 86 percent of workers in Nepal are in informal employment, and women are disproportionately affected—over 90 percent of employed women work informally. Yet, while nearly 2.7 million workers are registered with the Social Security Fund (SSF), the number of informal workers and the self-employed enrolled is…

Read More

CIPR launches new Skills Guide to strengthen internal crisis communication

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has recently published a new skills guide designed to help organisations protect their people, maintain trust, and support recovery through more effective internal crisis communication. Internal Crisis Communication – exclusive to CIPR members – was developed by crisis communication specialist Alison Arnot Chart.PR FCIPR, and provides practical guidance for communicating with employees, contractors, and other internal stakeholders before, during and after a crisis. The guide emphasises the essential role of informed, engaged and supported employees in preventing harm and enabling organisational recovery post-crisis. It…

Read More

“Between Borders and Roots,” an exhibition to raise awareness of human mobility

Stuart Mitchell

IOM, UNICEF, and UNESCO join the exhibition on human mobility, “Between Borders and Roots,” organized by the Ministry of Education of the Government of Mexico. At the Museo Vivo del Muralismo in Mexico City, the multidisciplinary exhibition “Between Borders and Roots” portrays people and their stories of human mobility as part of cultural wealth and diversity, as agents of social change, rights-holders, and contributors to sustainable development. The exhibition was inaugurated on International Migrants Day (18 December) and is an initiative of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), through the General…

Read More

New research underlines pressures on third sector workforce and services

Stuart Mitchell

Lack of Fair Funding for Scotland’s voluntary sector is having a significant impact on staff, 2025’s Workforce Survey found. Only a sustainable, multi-year funding model for Scotland’s third sector can address growing pressures on workers across the charity sector, new research has found.  The 2025 Voluntary Workforce Survey, carried out by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)  – Scotland’s national membership organisation for the voluntary sector – spoke to more than 1,300 people working for charities and voluntary organisations.   Funding insecurity and uncertainty, and general funding shortages impacting on pay and resources, are all having a…

Read More

BHF renews investment in pioneering cardiovascular data science centre

Stuart Mitchell

The BHF have renewed their funding for the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre to enable it to continue its vital work over the next five years. The £10 million investment will enable the Centre to build on its successes in harnessing health data to improve the understanding, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The BHF Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) was established in 2020 and has become recognised as a national hub for cardiovascular data research.   The Centre works with researchers, clinicians, patients, and…

Read More