Policy Pathways towards a National Care Strategy Care is essential to every economy and society, yet it remains fragmented across policies, institutions and budgets. From childcare and eldercare to healthcare, domestic work and unpaid household labour, care supports families, communities…
Gender-Based Violence: Why Care Policy Matters Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global human rights and public health crisis with devastating social and economic costs. Yet the systems designed to prevent violence and support survivors often overlook one of the conditions…
The IEJ is one of 165 co-signatories calling on President Ramaphosa to take decisive action on the debt crisis facing Africa and the Global South, urging reforms to ensure fair, transparent, and sustainable debt practices that protect essential services and human rights.
The G20 sits at the centre of the global climate dilemma. Member countries can either allow oil and gas production to surge, locking in climate catastrophe, or scale it back in line with a just energy transition. Despite climate pledges,…
Rising Food Prices Since 2020, the cost of staple foods like maize, wheat and cooking oil has kept climbing. Climate change, global market disruptions, high input costs and corporate control of food value chains have driven these increases. For low-income…
This worker-centred framework has been co-produced with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). South Africa’s transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy must be fair, inclusive, and centred on workers and communities. A Worker-Centred Framework for Financing the Just…
Why This Matters The G20 countries produce three-quarters of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. While they have invested heavily in renewable energy, progress on phasing out oil and gas has stalled. These fuels remain deeply tied to transport and industry,…
This presentation on an alternative financing framework for a worker-centred just transition was delivered on Day 2 of the 2nd Wits Global Climate Change Conference, held in Cape Town at the off-campus Protea Hotel from 4–5 September 2025. It presents…
In 2024, the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) deepened its impact in South Africa and across the continent, advancing progressive research and advocacy to support rights realisation and planetary wellbeing. The year was marked by organisational growth and consolidation: IEJ…
This fact sheet outlines the aims and composition of the G20, what hosting the G20 entails, and importantly, how civil society can contribute to the G20's deliberations.