News and features
February 2018
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A Report to Develop Social Protection Floors Presented in Bishkek
20 February 2018
An analytical report to develop social protection floors was presented on February 20, 2018 at a round table in Bishkek. The event was dedicated to the World Day of Social Justice initiated by the Kyrgyz Republic.
December 2017
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ILO supports Iraq in developing new social security law
21 December 2017
A tripartite workshop for high-level Iraqi officials was the last in a series of events organized by the ILO to support the Government of Iraq in drafting its new social security law, which, once adopted, will be the first to cover all public and private sector workers in Iraq.
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© Ferry Latief / ILO 2018
ILO launches global appeal for donations to support social protection floors
19 December 2017
For the first time, the International Labour Organization (ILO) makes donations by private households, enterprises and foundations possible.
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© Sharada Prasad CS 2018
Social protection is affordable even in most low-income countries
13 December 2017
ILO releases a number of easy-to-use tools and guides, which show that most countries could afford to provide social protection floors if they chose to.
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Social protection in Timor Leste: The difference dialogue can make in protecting the poor
08 December 2017
Despite being the youngest nation in Asia, Timor-Leste is taking a proactive and coordinated approach to ensure a better life for its citizens with a national Social Protection Strategy for 2017-2030.
November 2017
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© Pierre Holtz / UNICEF 2018
ILO: 4 billion people worldwide are left without social protection
29 November 2017
New ILO report shows that massive efforts are still needed to ensure that the right to social security becomes a reality for all.
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ILO to launch World Social Protection Report 2017-2019
21 November 2017
New ILO flagship report looks at progress in the extension of social protection around the world.
October 2017
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Governments, UN meet to plan for SDG achievement on social protection
25 October 2017
Developing countries and donors have met in Geneva, together with UN agencies, to kick-off a multi-stakeholder partnership for the achievement of social protection targets under the Sustainable Development Goals
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Leading multinationals highlight importance of social protection
24 October 2017
Representatives of more than a dozen multinational enterprises met in Geneva to highlight the importance of investment in social protection floors for growth in emerging markets.
September 2017
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Towards better, improved employment-related social security in Indonesia
08 September 2017
Building greater trust among relevant stakeholders, optimizing benefits adequacy, re-profiling members of social security for workers as well as synchronizing existing regulations were the four recommendations from the joint evaluation seminar conducted by the ILO and the Ministry of Manpower in Jakarta on 7 September.
June 2017
April 2017
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Launch of TRANSFORM Social Protection learning package in Tanzania
05 April 2017
The Leadership and Transformation Curriculum on Building and Managing Social Protection Floors in Africa was rolled out on 27 March 2017 at the ILO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
February 2017
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© Matteo Paciotti 2018
More long-term care services for the elderly needed in Central-Eastern Europe
10 February 2017
ILO study highlights shortage of quality long-term services for older people in the region while a significant number of female migrant workers move to Western Europe to fill existing gaps. We asked Kenichi Hirose, co-author of the research with Zofia Czepulis-Rutkowska, to tell us more about these trends.
December 2016
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© A. González Farran / UNAMID 2018
Globally millions of jobs are needed to ensure essential health care
09 December 2016
An estimated 50 million decent jobs are missing to address essential global health requirements, while much of the care in the health economy is done by 57 million unpaid family workers, says new ILO study.
November 2016
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ASEAN’s governments, workers and employers recommend strengthening social protection to build better resilience to disasters
22 November 2016
ILO and ASEAN member States gather in Manila to share their experiences, and learn from countries in other regions on practices using social protection measures to prepare and respond to natural disasters.
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Rwanda: ILO welcomes the launch of a new maternity leave benefits scheme
17 November 2016
The International Labour Organization (ILO) welcomed Rwanda’s decision to provide paid maternity leave and health benefits by law, which offers better protection for working women who become pregnant and are often confronted with the threat of job loss or suspended incomes.
October 2016
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Global Business Network meets to promote social protection floors
25 October 2016
ILO Director-General highlights the role of business in further developing social protection floors and achieving sustainable development goals on social protection.
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Timor-Leste to develop its National Social Protection Strategy
24 October 2016
The Government of Timor-Leste, with support from the ILO, conducted a two day Seminar for the Development of the National Social Protection Strategy in Timor-Leste in October. The Seminar was conducted in the same week as the National Parliament of Timor-Leste passed the law for the creation of the country’s first contributory social security schemes.
September 2016
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© ASIF HASSAN / AFP 2018
Compensation arrangement agreed for victims of the Ali Enterprise factory fire in Pakistan
10 September 2016
An ILO enabled agreement has been reached on compensation for victims of the 2012 Ali Enterprises garment factory in Baldia, Karachi.
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© Marc Veraart 2018
ILO: Universal social protection already a reality in many developing countries
06 September 2016
At a high level conference on universal social protection ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has told delegates that: “In 2016, a lack of social protection is completely unacceptable. This has to change, and this can change.”