Last month I attended a meeting of the core group of seventeen members of the NGO Coalition for a Social Protection Floor which was facilitated by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – a German think-tank with a ...

Distinguished Keynote Speaker, the Hon. Juan Somavia, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me start by thanking you for the invitation to address the Civil Society Forum. The Forum has been an ...

The European Commission released a new communication on social protection last week. This is the first time that the EU, the world’s biggest aid donor, has sought to explain how EU development ...

"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 ...

Universal access to social protection is a human right and a moral imperative. It is also a potent policy tool to reduce vulnerability, address social exclusion, poverty and inequality. The 2030 ...

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 ...

The new report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Social protection shows that massive efforts are still needed to ensure that the right to social security becomes a reality for all.

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 ...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its World Social Protection Report 2017-2019 has said the poorest countries can afford to extend social protection to all citizens. According to the ILO ...

Between 1997 and 2017, India’s per capita national income increased more than four-fold. The pace of poverty reduction also accelerated, with a similar three-to fourfold increase in the rate of ...