History, Debate and Theory

ARB: Fighting for an Inclusive Model for Recycling in Bogota

The Bogotá success demonstrates that the inclusion of waste pickers within the waste management system is possible through continuous effort...

Tools for Advocacy: Social Protection for Informal Workers

WIEGO and Homenet Thailand. 

Projet de Recommandation Concernant les Socles Nationaux de Protection Sociale

La «Recommandation sur les socles de protection sociale (R 202)” est adoptée avec 453 votes en faveur, 0 contre, et 1 abstentions....

7/29, Session 5 – Alfers

Laura Alfers, WIEGO’s Social Protection Researcher, offers a grassroots perspective on OHS issues for street traders in Ghana, the...

The Second Mother review – master and servant roles under scrutiny

The perennially fascinating and tactless subject of 21st-century servitude is the theme of this well acted and absorbing film – to be compared...

Presentation on Livelihoods, (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets

Proposed Recommendation Concerning National Floors of Social Protection

The “Social Protection Floors Recommendation (R 202)” has just been adopted with 453 votes in favour, 0 against, and 1 abstentions....

7/29 , Session 5 – Q&A

Laura Alfers and other panelists field questions from the audience.

IDS-Centre for Social Protection

The Centre for Social Protection (CSP) supports a global network of partners working to mainstream social protection in development policy...

Website: ILO Social Protection Department

From the website (About the Social Protection Department): The objective of the Social Protection Department is the enhanced capacity of...