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16 January 2025 | Employment
The global economy is slowing down, making it harder for labour markets to recover fully, according to the newly-released, World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2025.
In 2024 global employment grew in line with the labour force, keeping the…
15 January 2025 | Youth
The world is facing a new and intensifying era of crisis for children. Many of these crises – including climate change, conflict and economic instability – are closely interconnected. They reflect a world of rising geopolitical tensions and…
09 January 2025 | Social Inclusion
"Countries cannot ignore these perils. In our interconnected economy, shocks on one side of the world push up prices on the other. Every country is affected and must be part of the solution—building on progress made. We’ve set a path. Now it’s time…
08 January 2025 | Social Inclusion
The World Social Protection Report 2024-26 focuses on the climate crisis and the need to transition to a more sustainable world, and provides a global overview of progress made around the world since 2015 in extending social protection. The report…
08 January 2025 | Social Inclusion
A new International Labour Organization (ILO) report highlights how social dialogue can enable countries to pursue economic development alongside social progress, while ensuring fair and inclusive low-carbon and digital transitions.
The Social…
08 January 2025 | Poverty Eradication
The coming year brings a number of major milestones for sustainable development. Throughout the year, key events and observances offer opportunities to highlight interconnected solutions and galvanize action. A throughline for many of these events…
08 January 2025 | Innovation & Technology
With AI enabled technology becoming commonplace, the UN System is beginning to take advantage of the latest digital tools to bring gender equality closer to reality
Southeast Asia, a middle-income region with widespread internet coverage and…
07 January 2025 | Disabilities
Diana Jalba likes to say that nothing is impossible.
“We should not allow disabilities to limit us,” said Jalba, a spry and chatty 29-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder that affects her body movements and muscle…
20 December 2024 | Disabilities
FAO and the Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom Representations to the United Nations in Rome celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
About 15 percent of the global population lives with some form of disability - of which…
18 December 2024 | Social Inclusion
International Migrants Day gives us a special opportunity to shine a spotlight on the invaluable contributions of millions of migrants around the world. It's also a day for us to highlight the increasingly complex environment in which migration…
17 December 2024 | Innovation & Technology
There is now little distinction between our offline and online lives. The Internet and digital technologies are so woven into the everyday fabric of societies that losing access—or trust—can feel like the ground shifting beneath us. Yet, 2.6 billion…
10 December 2024 | Social Inclusion
Human Rights Day and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Rights Day is observed annually around the world on 10 December. It commemorates the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal…