Resources on social protection

  1. Navigating hardship: Lebanon's agricultural workers in the absence of social protection

    27 February 2024

    The story of Tony Al Hazoury and his struggle for a decent life.

  2. Navigating hardship: Lebanon's agricultural workers in the absence of social protection

    08 February 2024

    No rest in old age. The story of Chawki Boustani, who is still farming at 91.

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    My work with earthquake survivors in Türkiye gives me purpose

    06 February 2024

    When multiple earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria on 6 February 2023, Jin Dawod set to work matching survivors with therapists through her platform Peace Therapist. A Syrian refugee living in Türkiye, she knows first-hand how critical psycho-social support is to help people recover from trauma.

  4. Social protection for people with disabilities: Cash benefits are not enough

    01 December 2023

    Social protection policies in many countries perpetuate the misconception that disability is associated with “incapacity to work”. Learn how people with disabilities could be effectively included in societies thanks to well-designed social protection systems.

  5. ILO explores transformative private sector solutions in forced displacement contexts

    13 November 2023

    Through a three-day knowledge-sharing event bringing together a wide range of partners, the ILO placed the spotlight on the importance of working closely with private sector actors in forced displacement with a collective vision for sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development.

  6. Interview with Marie-Josée Paquette General Director of the Quebec Council of Co-operation and Mutualism (CQCM)

    27 October 2023

    “Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Marie-Josée Paquette General Director of the Quebec Council of Co-operation and Mutualism (CQCM) in Quebec.

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    New standards, increased visibility: Improving measurement of the informal economy

    23 October 2023

    New statistical standards will improve the measurement of the informal economy, providing more useful and complete data to address informality through targeted policies.

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    Data: A common language for the world of work

    16 October 2023

    Without accurate data, labour market decisions cannot be taken says Rafael Diez de Medina, Chief Statistician and Director of the ILO Department of Statistics.

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    Rights migrate too

    06 September 2023

    In search of a better future, Ditraiza Ramírez migrated with her family from Venezuela to Colombia. Having made a new life in a new country, she wanted to help others like her and now spends her spare time raising awareness about migrants’ rights to social protection.

  10. Operationalizing the humanitarian-development-peace nexus for social protection in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

    18 August 2023

    Efforts to boost coherence between humanitarian and development activities are laying the groundwork for a stronger Palestinian social protection sector.