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Brussels Conference on Social Protection after 2015

Isabel Ortiz, Director Social Protection of the ILO and UNRISD Senior Research Fellow Magdalena Sepúlveda participated in Post-2015: Social Protection for All, a conference hosted by the Belgium’s Federal Public Service in Brussels on 27 April. The meeting identified ways to ensure that a rights-based approach to social protection is an...

Latin America-Norway dialogue on sustainability and equality

UNRISD participated in a high level seminar called Roads to Equality and Sustainability: Dialogue Between Latin America and Norway . Representatives from UNRISD presented our work on linking social protection with human rights. The seminar also gave us an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between UNRISD and ECLAC. Audio: ...

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...

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...

The social protection floor: a critical step in realizing the right to social security

UNRISD, the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (India) organised a side event called The Social Protection Floor: A Critical Step in Realizing the Right to Universal Social Security for All during the sessions of the...

Universal Social Security Side Event at the CESCR

UNRISD, the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (India) organised a side event called The Social Protection Floor: A Critical Step in Realizing the Right to Universal Social Security for All. The event took place during the...

ESCAP Workshop on Strengthening Social Protection in Bhutan

A multi-stakeholder workshop was held with the aim of building the capacity of stakeholders in Bhutan to design and manage inclusive social protection policies. The Workshop on Social Protection in South and South-West Asia was held on 2 April 2014, at the Taj Tashi hotel in Thimpu. The workshop...