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Social Protection

Progress on better social protection for 30 million people

The annual Development Partners meeting of the ILO’s Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All, noted significant progress in expanding and improving access to social protection globally.

Iraq and ILO intensify efforts to strengthen social security system, in light of recent ratification of ILO flagship Social Security...

Supporting the process to ensure the extension of social security coverage to workers in the private sector has been one of ILO’s key priorities under a European Union funded programme to reform social protection in Iraq.

Ability to contribute to social security by sector in Lao PDR

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

Informal economy

Employment, informality and social protection in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands’ first National Employment Policy is currently under development.

International Labour Standards

Iraq ratified the ILO conventions on social protection and on Maritime Labour

Iraq becomes the 64th Member State to have ratified ILO Convention on social protection and the 102nd Member State to have ratified the maritime labour convention MLC, 2006.

Research conclusions and policy implications for expanding social security coverage in Lao PDR

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

Agriculture sector workers in Lao PDR

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

Social security for self-employed workers

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

Incentivising and enforcing compliance with social security

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

Women in Lao PDR's labour force

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

Workers not covered by social security in Lao PDR

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

Social protection for subsistence farmers in Lao PDR

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

Social security for workers in informal employment in Lao PDR

This ILO Brief is part of a quantitative research of the labour force and enterprise landscape in Lao People’s Democratic Republic to better understand the nature of informality and design tailored social security policies. The research received...

ILO exchanges views on implementation of international labour standards in Southeast Asia at the European Parliament

Addressing the European Parliament, the ILO shared some of the key developments on the application of international labour standards in ASEAN, and reflected on the challenges that remain for countries in the region.

New ILO paper: “Education attainment gap in Iraq and the potential of social protection to reverse it”

A new ILO working paper examines loss of earnings due to Iraq’s education gap and outlines the potential of social protection to address this gap, based on international good practices.

ILO promotes a greater investment in care leaves and services for a more Indonesia’s gender equal world of work

The ILO organizes a two-day capacity building workshop for its social partners to scale-up and accelerate progresses in Indonesia’s investment in care.

World Employment and Social Outlook

Ensure decent work for key workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how societies have undervalued essential workers, as well as the importance of giving such workers adequate pay and decent working conditions.

Ground-breaking reforms in Oman pave the way for a new social protection model in Gulf Cooperation Council countries

New draft law reflects an ambitious set of reforms which will lead to the modernization and redesign of the social protection system in Oman.

Labour migration

International Women’s Day 2023: Migration as an opportunity for women

ILO, IOM, UNODC and UN Women join forces to generate knowledge on the challenges women migrant workers face during their migration journey

Social protection budget planning and monitoring from disability perspectives – a workshop in Kyrgyzstan

Оn March 07 and 09, 2023 the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek hosted a national workshop focusing on “Social protection budget planning and monitoring from disability perspectives” for organizations of persons with disabilities, the Ministry of...