News and features
May 2015
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Mothers and children need more – not less – social protection
07 May 2015
As several countries around the world prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, two new ILO studies provide new global and country data that point to the urgent need to increase social protection for mothers and children.
April 2015
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More than half of the global rural population excluded from health care
27 April 2015
ILO report shows huge differences in health care access between rural and urban areas worldwide.
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Cabo Verde: On the road to universal pension coverage
17 April 2015
When it comes to establishing social protection floors, few nations in Africa can match Cabo Verde’s commitment and results.
December 2014
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Social protection gets boost from business as leading firms meet in Geneva
12 December 2014
Representatives of more than a dozen multinational enterprises met in Geneva this week to highlight the importance of investment in social benefits and services for growth in emerging markets.
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Seoul Declaration bolsters commitment to expanding social protection and social dialogue
12 December 2014
Key actors from around the globe pledge to promote social protection floors through social dialogue.
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Global health protection crisis leaves almost 40% of the world’s population without any coverage
12 December 2014
New ILO study reveals large health coverage gaps, including in West African countries, where 80 per cent have no coverage.
November 2014
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High-level Seoul meeting discusses promotion of social protection floors through social dialogue
20 November 2014
Prime Minister Jung Hong-won addresses conference on the role of economic and social councils in supporting social protection
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Workplace injury insurance must be part of the Rana Plaza legacy
14 November 2014
By Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships
September 2014
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Almost half the world’s older persons lack pensions
30 September 2014
ILO report says 52 per cent of older persons receive a pension, but levels are inadequate and the trend has been worsened by fiscal consolidation.
June 2014
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ILO: Social protection helps people living with HIV keep their jobs
27 June 2014
New ILO study shows that social protection plays a key role in helping people living with HIV to keep their jobs and follow treatment.
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More than 70 per cent of the world population lacks proper social protection
03 June 2014
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) presents the latest social security trends and finds that most people are without adequate social protection at a time when it is most needed.
May 2014
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Rights to social protection: domestic workers are no exception
06 May 2014
A communications campaign to enrol more domestic workers in Paraguay with social security is showing the first signs of success.
March 2014
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Gender inequalities persist as deadline for MDGs draws near
19 March 2014
The situation for many women and girls has only worsened as a result of the crisis. Can social protection measures offer a way out?
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Why the European Social Model is still relevant
19 March 2014
"In some countries, key elements of the ESM have been radically transformed, and sometimes dismantled, even though they clearly were not the cause of the crisis or the budgetary deficits," says ILO Senior labour economist Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.
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Leaving no one behind: the role of social protection
17 March 2014
The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals has now recognized focus areas to guide the upcoming agenda. What role can social protection floors play in realizing the priorities identified?
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ILO Deputy Director-General on first Rana Plaza payments: "Good news for the NWB workers affected and we must also focus on all the victims"
17 March 2014
December 2013
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Helping migrant workers to secure social security rights
19 December 2013
At least 25 per cent of workers in Moldova will work abroad at some point in their career. However, few of them know that in many cases they are entitled to receive social security benefits from their destination countries once they go back home. An ILO campaign is aiming to change that perception.
August 2013
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National workshop: “Social Security Laws: Standards, Policy and Legislation”, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, from 27 to 29 August 2013
06 August 2013
The ILO DWT for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific will organize a series of technical training workshops on areas related to social security, including minimum standards and legislation, financing of schemes, social health insurance, unemployment insurance, and harmonization of schemes.
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The ILO, the European Union and the Honduran Ministry of Labour and Social Security organized a training workshop for the social security institutions in Honduras
06 August 2013
The International Labour Organization (ILO), along with the European Union and the Honduran Ministry of Labour and Social Security held the seminar-workshop “Improving governance, financing and legal framework of social security schemes in Honduras” in Tegucigalpa, 3-5 July 2013.
June 2013
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Action needed to provide jobs and social protection for growing and ageing populations
19 June 2013
Governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations must take action to ensure decent job opportunities and social protection for growing and ageing populations, concludes the International Labour Conference Committee on Employment and Social Protection in the New Demographic Context.