The Philippines joined world leaders in Doha, Qatar, to strengthen its role in global initiatives for fair wages, decent jobs ...

Marcelina Ngandu, a widowed mother of five in Zambia, receives monthly cash transfers that she invests in her small business. Every two months, Marcelina Ngandu collects her cash transfer from the ...

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), along with other government bodies, continues to affirm its commitment to ...

1 November 2024 - Global shocks and crises have become more intense, widespread and interlinked, creating consequential challenges to social development. Pandemics, violent conflicts and a spate of ...

The Catalytic Agenda social protection calls for stronger, sustained financing in fragile contexts and sets out a high-level ...

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 ...

(Washington) – Governments and international financial institutions should make a commitment to create social security systems that enable everyone to realize their rights, 43 human rights and ...

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 ...

The Great Recession highlights deficiencies in social protection systems that should be in place to promote broad-based economic growth. Real people’s livelihoods and families are at the receiving end ...

"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 ...

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 ...