social policy

Housing, education, elderly care, child protection, disability, health, and social protection in the Maldives. Policy briefs, interactive tools, service directories, and a data visualization gallery drawn from published government data, UN assessments, and census findings.

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Resources directories, timelines, maps Data gallery charts for research & academic use Policy briefs education, social cohesion
Resources

Reference tools for research, practice, and academic work

Directories, timelines, system maps, and data products built from published government data and institutional records. Designed to put useful reference material in a single public place for anyone working in social policy in the Maldives.

Directory & maps
Atoll service directory
Every FCSC, health facility, police station, court, and CSO mapped across all 20 administrative atolls. Search by island, filter by service type. Geographic visualizations of coverage and gaps.
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Interactive timeline
Social policy legislation
Every child protection, gender, disability, elderly, health, and social protection law from 1991 to 2025. Treaty ratifications, institutional milestones, and policy launches in chronological context.
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System architecture · ◷ 8 min read
Child protection response
How the system currently works: mandatory reporting triggers, case assessment procedures, the FCSC network, inter-agency coordination, judicial orders, and supervision. Who does what, when, and where the gaps are.
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System architecture · ◷ 6 min read
Domestic violence response
The pathway from disclosure through police, FPA, protection orders, and prosecution. Where cases enter the system, where they drop off, and what each institution's role is at each stage.
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Data visualization gallery

Charts and maps for students, researchers, and academics

Built from government censuses, demographic surveys, health assessments, and UN reports. Each visualization cites its source, uses no figure numbering, and is designed to stand alone in any context – copy them into reports, presentations, theses, or academic papers. We are building this into a comprehensive collection covering demographics, health, education, poverty, housing, protection, gender, and disability data for the Maldives.

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Distribution
Population pyramid, Census 2022
Source: Maldives Bureau of Statistics, Census 2022
Spatial
Poverty rate by atoll
Source: HIES 2019
Change over time
Total fertility rate, 1990 – 2022
Source: Census data 1990 – 2022
Deviation
Labour force participation by gender
Source: HIES 2019
Change over time
Elderly population projection to 2062
Source: UNFPA Population Projection 2022 – 2062
Correlation
Service availability by atoll
Source: Policy Lab service mapping, 2025