Countries across the world aim to provide social protection for all citizens or residents, generally by a combination of public social insurance and social assistance. Social protection, or social ...

Yet, three in four people in low-income countries still lack coverage WASHINGTON, April 7, 2025 –A new World Bank report reveals both the progress and the ongoing challenges in strengthening social ...

UNHCR’s assistance around the world has been performing the same role as social protection for many years. UNHCR has been implementing or contributing to activities that replicate or support national ...

(opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) Copy Social protection programmes have the potential to create lasting improvements in older women’s ...

"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 ...

(Washington, DC) – Targeted social protection programs intended to cushion people from the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have only had limited success in protecting human rights, Human ...