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Social Protection

INSS Angola strengthens capacities in Financial Management of Social Protection

The main objective of the training was to strengthen the technical and operational skills of the INSS, at a time when Angola is deepening its efforts to consolidate social protection as a pillar of cohesion and social justice.

Global Accelerator

Roadmap development for decent work, social protection in the Philippines

National government and UN agencies convene to develop a roadmap in the Philippines for the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions.

Social health protection

Building bridges for health: Lao People's Democratic Republic learns from Viet Nam's universal health insurance success

ILO’s study visit strengthens social protection systems in Lao People's Democratic Republic as the country aims to expand and sustain universal health coverage

Social protection

ILO and China discuss future of social protection policy developments for platform workers in China

ILO takes its social justice message to UN General Assembly

The ILO Director-General will lead an ILO mission that will take part in a series of events focusing on decent jobs, inclusive growth, social protection and sustainable development.

Social Protection

Empowering Kenya Workers from the Informal and Rural Economy on Inclusive Social Protection

ILO News (Kenya), The International Labour Organization in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) supported the National Social Protection Secretariat (NSPS) to hold a Sensitization...

Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact but countries most impacted by the climate crisis are the least...

Governments must do more to utilize universal social protection to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change and achieve a just transition, according to a new ILO report.

Social protection

ILO attends the 18th International Conference on Social Security

ILO attended 18th International Conference on Social Security, organized by China Association of Social Security (CAOSS) in both Guangzhou and Beijing, China from 7 to 10 September 2024.

ILO Voices | Social protection

A social protection benefit transformed our daily lives

Astou Gningue, a mother of 10 children living in Senegal, sells fruit and other products to support her family. A social protection benefit has helped her to support her family’s basic needs when she could not work and enabled her to grow her...

ILO Caribbean provides insights on insurance schemes to protect farmer and fisherfolk livelihoods

Regional event focused on enhancing sustainability through insurance schemes tailored to Caribbean contexts.

Stakeholders develop Cash Plus strategy for Zambia

LUSAKA (ILO News) - From 19 to 30 August 2024, over 100 Government officials, social protection practitioners, academia, development, and cooperating partners across the country gathered in Livingstone to develop the Cash Plus strategy as a means of...

Social protection

ILO-Thailand collaboration helps strengthen Thailand’s social security system

Five-year project that has resulted in stronger investment management and governance practices comes to an end.

ILO and Irish-Aid hold sensitization workshop on Older Persons’ Act

Despite facing challenges, the old persons are also charged with taking care of grand children who include orphans following death of their parents. Life of the old persons in Malawi has been challenging.

Malaysia hosts 25 countries to discuss social protection for gig workers in South Asia

Statement

Summit of the Future: Managing global interdependence

Social protection

Coffee and tea farmers benefit from improved access to labour rights as SOLAR project concludes

Three-year project that has resulted in expanding social security and labour rights for coffee and tea farmers in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic comes to an end.

New ILO project strengthens international and national partnerships in support of Jordan’s workforce

The new project aligns with the priorities of the government, employers, and workers, as outlined in the National Strategy for Women and the Economic Modernisation Vision.

Kerala hosts seminar on Gig Workers Bill to promote worker welfare and social justice

The different stakeholder perspectives will inform the Bill's discussion during the state's next Assembly Session.

Humanitarian and development partners set joint priorities for cash assistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Workshop series co-creates vision of how to deliver social protection and cash assistance more effectively along the nexus, in order to meet the needs of the Palestinian people

Social protection

Lao coffee and tea producers strengthen their collective bargaining skills

ILO and Oxfam jointly organized a workshop on social dialogue and collective bargaining for formalisation of employment and compliance with the labour and social security laws.