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 ...

The International Labour Organisation has revealed that its Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All has achieved a major milestone, providing over 55 million people with ...

The voice of the Global South and the African continent, which has echoed through South Africa’s G20 Presidency, is playing a ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a public letter drafted in advance of the G20 Summit in Rome, and in coordination with the AFL-CIO, the American Apparel & Footwear Association, and Fontheim International, Human Rights Watch ...

NSITF Chief Olúwaṣeun Faleye calls for redefined social security systems to protect Nigerian workers from AI-driven disruptions.

Chairman, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Juliet Ngozi Olejeme, has assured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s social protection that would boost essential health care benefits and ...