Oman News News Oman » Social: Oman hosts the Gulf region’s first training workshop on monitoring and evaluating social protection systems
MUSCAT (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Oman’s Social Protection Fund (SPF) delivered the first training ...
News Oman » Social: Oman: New Social Security Law Step in the Right Direction
(Beirut) – Oman has a new social protection law that paves the way for a universal social security system, Human Rights Watch said today. If effectively and fairly implemented, this law could realize ...
News Oman » Social: Oman symposium to discuss unified social protection system
Muscat The Social Protection Fund, in cooperation with Sultan Qaboos University, will organise a two-day symposium on “Social Protection System: ...
News Oman » Social: Ground-breaking reforms in Oman pave the way for a new social protection model in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
GENEVA and BEIRUT (ILO News) - The Council of Ministers of Oman has approved the referral of a new draft law on social protection to the Council of Oman to complete its legislative session. The law ...
News Oman » Social: HRW applauds Oman Social Protection Law as step forward
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday commended Oman’s new Social Protection Law, as “a step in the right direction.” The law, decreed last year by Haitham Al Tariq, the Sultan of Oman, was later ...
News Oman » Social: From maternity to retirement: what social protection offers Omani women
MUSCAT, OCT 14 As Oman marks Omani Women's Day on October 17, the country's social protection framework offers an opportunity to examine ...
News Oman » Social: Oman committed to achieving sustainable social development
New York: The Sultanate of Oman reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to achieving comprehensive and sustainable social development, guided by a national approach that places the citizen at its core as ...
News Oman » Social: Oman: Social investment shifts focus to measurable outcomes
Salalah: A familiar community savings practice is providing a new lens through which to assess social investment in Oman — not by how much money is mobilised, but by what people are ultimately able to ...