The Guardian (01.09.2016) Health select committee says government must fulfil health pledges and take on big industry interests to tackle childhood obesity and diabetes

unwomen.org (24.08.2016) An estimated 40 – 50 per cent of migrants in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two biggest cities in Viet Nam, are women, and they face distinct challenges. Low and unstable incomes and lack of social protection make them particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. But migrant women workers of Viet Nam refuse to live on the fringes any longer. More than 10,000 migrant workers have learnt how to access social welfare benefits, legal protection and health care. They are advocating for their rights and helping one another.

Antigua Observer (03.09.2016) As government moves to enact the National Social Protection Bill, the country’s Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development, Samantha Marshall, remains adamant that it will only benefit the poor and vulnerable.

The China Post (20.08.2016) Hearing loss was ranked as the most common occupational disease in Taiwan last year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) Friday.

Impresa Prensa (11.04.2016) El Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral calcula que en el país hay cerca de 90 mil personas que se desempeñan como trabajadoras en el hogar. Pero solo 13 mil 500 están inscritas en la Caja de Seguro Social (CSS). Este es un problema que se registra en todo el mundo. Los cálculos indican que casi 9 de cada 10 personas que trabajan en el sector doméstico no tienen este beneficio.

TVN/Noticias (08.08.2016) Las estimaciones de vitalidad del Ministerio de Salud (Minsa) han revelado que al 1 de julio pasado habrían 72,815 personas mayores de 80 años, apenas mil 597 menos que la población de un año de edad o recién nacida.

Le Temps (06.09.2016) Unia propose de renforcer les rentes AVS avec son initiative AVSplus soumise au peuple le 25 septembre. Tribune de sa présidente Vania Alleva

L'Express (08.09.2016) Alors que la loi Travail a instauré une responsabilité sociale des plateformes collaboratives, des réunions de travail vont se tenir avec le gouvernement pour en définir les détails. Le point sur les pistes envisagées

YNaija (30.08.2016) Recently the United Nations, through its special Rappouteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s), Professor Beyani Chaloka, called on the Government of Nigeria to put in place a comprehensive and coordinated approach in addressing the problems of internally displaced persons in Nigeria.

Reuters (10.09.2016) A common platform to enable British savers to group all their pension pots in one place and potentially recover 400 million pounds ($530 million) in lost savings should be ready by March 2017, Britain's finance ministry said on Sunday

ILO (06.09.2016) At a high level conference on universal social protection ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has told delegates that: “In 2016, a lack of social protection is completely unacceptable. This has to change, and this can change.”

Financial Times (28.08.2016) If demographics are destiny, as academics are fond of saying, then large parts of the developed world are facing a challenging fate.

People Daily (24.08.2016) La situation de la sécurité sur les lieux de travail s'est améliorée pendant les cinq dernières années, avec moins d'accidents et de morts enregistrés, selon des statistiques publiées par le Bureau national de contrôle de la sécurité du travail (BCST)

TDG (02.09.2016) Le conseiller fédéral souhaite s'attaquer à la marge de distribution des produits remboursés par l'assurance.

pourquoidocteur.fr (15.09.2016) La fraude a coûté plus d’un milliard d’euros à la protection sociale en 2015. Les ventes de médicaments sont le principale source.

RurActiv (13.09.2016) The rights of pregnant women and new mothers in the workplace need to be protected in a way that ensures the health of the both mother and child, while not damaging the woman’s career prospects or harming business, write Lucy Strang and Miriam Broeks.

zonebourse.com (24.08.2016) La Commission européenne a adopté aujourd'hui une proposition de règlement concernant de nouveaux moyens intégrés de collecte et d'utilisation de données provenant d'enquêtes sociales, en vue de mieux étayer le processus d'élaboration des politiques en général et de la politique sociale en particulier.

Bloomberg View (09.09.2016) In the years since the 2008-09 financial crisis, cracks have appeared in the global hegemony of neoliberalism. The pressure to favor free markets and reject the social-welfare model (whose history I described in Part 1 of this article) has moderated somewhat. 

France Inter (04.09.2016) En Suisse, en Californie et France, le débat sur le revenu de base revient régulièrement depuis plusieurs mois. Le gouvernement finlandais passe, lui, à la vitesse supérieure.

The Economist (17.09.2016) How a poor country brought health insurance to 91% of the population

ilo.org (19.09.2016) At this year's UN General Assembly , world leaders will launch an unprecedented effort to roll out universal social protection in countries all around the world. Heads of state, the World Bank Group and International Labour Organization will convene on Wednesday 21 September to inaugurate the Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection , which aims to make pensions, maternity, disability and child benefits, among others, available to all persons, closing the gap for hundreds of millions currently unprotected worldwide.

The Star Online (12.08.2016) An alarming number of Malaysian workers – well over six million who are self-employed or in the semi-formal sector – are not covered by any retirement scheme due to a lack of a comprehensive social protection system.

gdi.manchester.ac.uk (02.09.2016) A large share of the population in Uganda is still economically vulnerable, despite a remarkable reduction in poverty in recent decades.

The Economist (23.09.2016) It costs a lot more to fund a modern retirement. Employers, workers and governments are not prepared

adiac-congo (10.09.2016) Fort des résultats probants obtenus dans sa phase expérimentale, Lisungi, système de filets sociaux, bénéficie d’un financement additionnel de la part de la Banque mondiale (BM) d’un montant de 10 millions de dollars américain, soit plus de 5 milliards FCFA