The session “Examining the Progress of the World Bank's Commitment to Universal Social Protection” was held at the 2024 Civil Society Policy Forum, World Bank & IMF Spring Meetings on April 17, 2024. Read more about this session: Beyond the World Bank: The fight for universal social protection in the Global South by Matthew Greenslade (Bretton Woods Project, April 2024). “Examining the progress of the World Bank’s commitment to universal social protection” by Matthew Breenslade (Development Pathways, April
2024).
On April 2024, Human rights, faith-based, and economic justice organizations wrote to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Directors to express concerns that the IMF and the World Bank Group are failing to promote the human right to social security for all. Read more.
Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on good practices and challenges to strengthen the fulfilment of the right to social security. On January 2024 the organisations that jointly advocate for the Right to Social Security provided input regarding Human Rights Council Resolution 52/11 on the question of the realisation in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights, with a focus on the right to social security.
This submission presents research on social security across 16 countries, conducted by the signing organisations from 2019 and 2023.
The Event “Building a New Eco-social Contract and Advancing Social Security in Times of Debt and Austerity” took place on Friday, October 13, 2023 during the Civil Society Policy Forum of the WBG-IMF Annual Meetings 2023 held in Marrakech, Morocco.
The Campaign “Social Security for All – Key pillar for a new eco-social contract“ was launched on October 4 th , 2023 .The event was moderated by Farah Al Shami (Arab Reform Initiative).
Global testimonies on the challenges of poverty targeting and pension privatization were presented by Allana Kembabazi (ISER, Uganda), Sarala Emmanuel (Feminist Collective for Economic Justice in Colombo, Sri Lanka), Guillermo Zuccotti (CGT, Argentina) and Manuel Riesco (CENDA Foundation, Chile). Isabel Ortiz (Global Social Justice) presented the Campaign: Social Security for All – Key Pillar for a New Eco-Social Contract. The event took place on October 4 th , 2023. Read the press release.
