Last month I attended a meeting of the core group of seventeen members of the NGO Coalition for a Social Protection Floor which was facilitated by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – a German think-tank with a ...

As the date for the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) fast approaches, debate around what a post-2015 development framework should look like has intensified. Between 17 and 19 June ...

Distinguished Keynote Speaker, the Hon. Juan Somavia, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me start by thanking you for the invitation to address the Civil Society Forum. The Forum has been an ...

Universal access to social protection is a human right and a moral imperative. It is also a potent policy tool to reduce vulnerability, address social exclusion, poverty and inequality. The 2030 ...

More than 55 million people around the world now enjoy stronger and more inclusive social protection, thanks to a powerful wave of reforms driven by the International Labour Organisation’s Global ...

Thank you for the opportunity to address this esteemed panel on behalf of 12 civil society organizations and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors. Despite its recognition in various ...

"The world does not lack the resources to abolish poverty, it lacks the right priorities. " So said Juan Somavía, former director general of the International Labour Organization (ILO), in 1999. We ...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its World Social Protection Report 2017-2019 has said the poorest countries can afford to extend social protection to all citizens. According to the ILO ...

The changing nature of work is upending traditional employment and its benefits. In developed economies, global drivers of disruption—technological advances, economic integration, demographic shifts, ...

Between 1997 and 2017, India’s per capita national income increased more than four-fold. The pace of poverty reduction also accelerated, with a similar three-to fourfold increase in the rate of ...