"The world does not lack the resources to abolish poverty, it lacks the right priorities. " So said Juan Somavía, former director general of the International Labour Organization (ILO), in 1999. We ...

The ninth briefing in our Pension Watch series makes the link between social pensions floors and pension systems reforms and introduces the concept of a “citizen’s pension” as particularly relevant ...

More than 55 million people around the world now enjoy stronger and more inclusive social protection, thanks to a powerful wave of reforms driven by the International Labour Organisation’s Global ...

As the date for the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) fast approaches, debate around what a post-2015 development framework should look like has intensified. Between 17 and 19 June ...

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Social protection and labor programs help households and workers manage crises, escape poverty, navigate transitions, and seize employment opportunities. Despite recent progress, three in four people ...

Countries across the world aim to provide social protection for all citizens or residents, generally by a combination of public social insurance and social assistance. Social protection, or social ...

Fatima, a Master’s student in Liverpool, England, was diagnosed at the young age of 20 with Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis. Fatima is a TB survivor, she endured 594 days of treatment and ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a Social Protection Framework and Operational Plan to improve social safety nets, expand coverage, and address poverty in the West ...

Rights activists have urged the government to adopt the Universal Social Protection System towards eliminating poverty and enforcing the right to human dignity. They emphasised that social protection ...