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Promoting and Developing Social Security Worldwide.
About social security

Social security: a fundamental right

The development of social security programmes and systems is one of the most significant social policy achievements of the 20th century. Nonetheless, the enhancement and extension of social security will remain major challenges for the decades to come.

 

 
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Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization
ILO
This report, prepared under the guidance of Ms Michelle Bachelet and members of the Advisory Group on the Social Protection Floor convened by the I...
About social security | International | English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
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Social security for social justice and a fair globalization
International Labour Conference, 100th Session, 2011 - Report VI
International Labour Office
Recurrent discussion on social protection (social security) under the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, 2011
About social security | International | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
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Extending social security to all (ILO)
Extending social security to all
A guide through challenges and options
International Labour Office
Social security represents an investment in a country’s “human infrastructure” no less important than investments in its physical infrastructure. A...
About social security, Extending coverage, Social security financing | International | English
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Social protection floor initiative - en
Social Protection Floor Initiative
Lead agencies: ILO, WHO
Recognizing the strategic importance and necessity of ensuring universal social protection, the United Nations System Chief Executives Board adopte...
About social security, Extending coverage | International | English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
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Responding to the crisis: Building a 'social floor'
Magazine World of Work (December 2009) 67
International Labour Office
Cover story: Current estimates suggest that 50 per cent of the world’s population currently live without any social security protection while 80 pe...
About social security, Employment policies, Social security and health, Demographic changes | International | English, French
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Related Events

Social Security Summer School
03.09.2012 - 05.10.2012 | Turin, Italy
Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific 2012
ISSA, 30.10.2012 - 01.11.2012 | Seoul, Republic of Korea
Regional Social Security Forum for the Americas 2012
ISSA, 05.12.2012 - 07.12.2012 | Lima, Peru
World Social Security Forum 2013
ISSA, 10.11.2013 - 15.11.2013 | Doha, Qatar