Jeudi, 3 Octobre 2024
The ILO’s recently launched World Social Protection Report 2024-26: Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition shed an important light on structural inequalities that permeate the climate crisis, highlighting the role...
Mardi, 1 Octobre 2024
Social protection systems and programmes are crucial for both social and economic reasons. They safeguard individuals from falling into poverty due to social risks that prevent them from working and earning, such as old age, disability, loss of a...
Mercredi, 25 Septembre 2024
The Cash4Jobs Project known as Merankabandi ("be like others" in the local language) is more than just a project in Burundi—it has profoundly changed the lives of more than 1 million people through regular cash transfers. This...
Jeudi, 12 Septembre 2024
Governments are failing to make full use of the powerful potential of social protection to counter the effects of the climate crisis and support a just transition, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The report also finds...
Jeudi, 12 Septembre 2024
Social protection is essential to safeguard people from shocks, but half the world is without any coverage, including over 90 per cent of people living in climate-vulnerable countries, according to a new report released on Thursday by the...
Jeudi, 15 Août 2024
UNICEF supports Child-Sensitive Social Protection programmes because childhood is a special window of opportunity where we can make a real impact on physical, cognitive, and social development. However, children aren’t the only ones that benefit from...
Jeudi, 1 Août 2024
Despite social protection’s significant advances in recent years, its potential to contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has not been fully exploited. This can be seen by considering three empirical facts...
Mercredi, 24 Juin 2024
With the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approaching, significant strides have been made, yet considerable work remains to be done. Multilateral cooperation stands as the linchpin for accelerating progress towards these...
Mercredi, 17 Juin 2024
Oman has launched the implementation of new social insurance maternity benefits that are set to significantly improve labour market opportunities for women in the Sultanate. The new scheme is part of ambitious and wide-ranging social protection reforms...
Jeudi, 11 Juin 2024
Viet Nam’s social assistance schemes provide monthly unconditional benefits to the most vulnerable people in poor and disadvantaged households, including people with disabilities and orphans. Phuong’s story illustrates how social protection...
