Making Universal Social Protection a Reality

Get an introduction to social protection, covering different issues including the human right to social security, the need for social protection over the life cycle, the process of building universal social protection systems, and the key role of social protection in confronting the major challenges that the world is facing.

These videos are from the SDG Academy online course Making Universal Social Protection a Reality, produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the French National Social Security School (l’Ecole nationale supérieure de Sécurité sociale, or EN3S). It first launched in 2022.

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Social health protection and access to health…

Social health protection and access to health care without hardship for all

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Explores the concept of universal social protection and examines the protection over the complete life cycle. To make health for all a reality, all people must have…
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Social protection and climate change

Social protection and climate change

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Climate change has already resulted in climate-related extreme events of greater frequency and/or intensity. This, along with long-term changes in average conditions…
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Making work decent

Making work decent

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We need to put decent work at the center of actions to bring back economic growth and build a new global economy that puts people first. We all need to think about the…
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Making Universal Social Protection a Reality -…

Making Universal Social Protection a Reality - Trailer

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Enroll in Making Universal Social Protection a Reality. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
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Ensuring gender-responsiveness and…

Ensuring gender-responsiveness and disability-inclusiveness

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Effective mainstreaming of disability issues requires the inclusion of persons with disabilities in decision-making in all areas of policymaking, at all levels of…
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Social protection and risks during the working…

Social protection and risks during the working life

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The rapidly changing nature of work in countries at all income levels requires a dramatically new approach to social protection and labor policy. The challenge is to…
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Financing social protection

Financing social protection

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Countries need to pursue a range of financing options to close this financing gap. However, they confront a number of structural challenges, including pervasive economic…
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Good governance of social protection systems

Good governance of social protection systems

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Good governance of social protection systems is one of the preconditions for the effective realization of human rights. Governance starts at the highest levels of…
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Social protection across countries

Social protection across countries

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Despite the unprecedented worldwide expansion of social protection during the COVID-19 crisis, more than 4 billion people around the world remain entirely unprotected.…
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Social protection for families

Social protection for families

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Children and adolescents face significant barriers in securing access to health care —including vaccination schemes— and to education. They are also at a…
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Social protection at the crossroads: Shaping the…

Social protection at the crossroads: Shaping the future of social protection

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New ways of protecting people are needed. Together, we can shape the future of social protection in ways that ensure broad gains for societies in general, and the…
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Social protection around the world: Who is…

Social protection around the world: Who is covered against what, how and where?

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Social protection systems help poor and vulnerable people cope with crises and shocks, find jobs, invest in the health and education of their children, and protect the…
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Social protection: A human right, socio-economic…

Social protection: A human right, socio-economic necessity and cornerstone of the 2030 Agenda

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In this video, Guy Ryder, UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy and former ILO Director-General, talks about how everyone has a right to social security and this right…

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