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New Expert Commentary by Silke Staab

Check out the newest expert commentary by Silke Staab analysing how the World Bank’s 2019 World Development Report falls short in delivering on women’s right to social protection. Photo credit: “Touched” by Rod Long (via...

Featured Partner: ECLAC

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), founded in 1948 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile; is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations. Its primary objective is contributing to the economic and social development of the region. ECLAC develops applied research, generates analyses, disseminates results...

International expert meeting on the right of persons with disabilities to social protection

Access to social security is a crucial element of inclusive societies. For persons living with disabilities, it plays an especially important role in providing an adequate standard of living and basic income security, thereby reducing vulnerability and levels of poverty. This expert meeting held in Berlin on 20 May...

Side Event at the Human Rights Council

UNRISD and partners hold a Side Event on Social Protection Floors and Human Rights at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council (6 March 2015). This event served to enhance awareness of and adherence to social security as a human right as well as to improve understanding of the steps...

February Highlights

Commission for Social Development The 57th Commission for Social Development (CSocD57) is taking place from 11-21 February in New York. The priority theme for 2019 is Addressing inequalities and challenges to social inclusion through fiscal, wage and social protection policies. The CSocD was established in 1946 to advise United Nations Economic and...

First advisory board meeting

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The first advisory board meeting was held on 23 January 2015 via teleconference. The advisory board is composed of twelve experts working in the human rights and social policy fields who will provide the platform with guidance and strategic...

A Rights-based Approach to Social Protection at the 2nd World Human Rights Forum

Representatives from UNRISD participated in a social protection and human rights panel discussion at the 2nd World Human Rights Forum in Morocco. The forum, which brought together more than 6,000 participants from over 100 countries, provided an opportunity for UNRISD representatives to raise awareness about the platform. Forum attendees...