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Lena Simet spoke on behalf of the GCSPF at the Informal Hearing for Stakeholders on the Food for Thought paper for the Second World Summit for Social Development, that took place at the United Nations Headquarters on 22 April 2025. Read more
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The GCSPF contributed to the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth. The GCSPF's contribution provides key messages and recommended policies to achieve universal social protection and its financing and advocates a change in the way policies for eradicating poverty should be organized and it provides a roadmap for several policies that are crucial for eradicating poverty.
The “Roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth” was launched by the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and the roadmap will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in 2026. Read more
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ICSW Manifesto for Submission to the WSSD2 ICSW submits this manifesto to the UN, re-affirming their dedication to advancing human dignity, well-being, social justice and inclusive policies worldwide. Read more
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A New Policy Consensus to Accelerate Social Progress. Economic insecurity, staggering levels of inequality, declining social trust and social fragmentation are destabilizing societies worldwide. The World Social Report 2025, reveals trends that are threatening communities and demand immediate, decisive policy action. The report calls for a new policy consensus anchored in three principles—equity, economic security for all, and solidarity—that are essential to strengthen the three dimensions of sustainable development. Read thematic papers - Read the report
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The Research Institute for Work and Society of KU-Leuven (BE) investigated numerous sources on the issue and concludes there are no less than 11 ways civil society and Unions contribute to closing governance gaps and to the governance of more effective, inclusive and sustainable social protection systems.
At this webinar we will share the main findings of this research and we will present concrete examples from different regions.
Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025 / Time: 2 pm CEST / Register here
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This policy brief, by Elena Briones Alonso and Jan Van Ongevalle, presents key insights on strengthening social protection governance through civil societyi participation. The brief first discusses how civil society participation can strengthen different dimensions of social protection governance, in different stages of the policy cycle. It then turns to key strategies, opportunities, and challenges for enabling and promoting the contributory roles of civil society towards stronger social protection governance. Read more
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Why we must sustain financing for Universal Child Benefits in a challenging global fiscal context
Yolande Wright, Vice President for Partnerships at GiveDirectly outlines the imperative for universal child benefits in today's challenging global fiscal context. Despite financial constraints, investing in child benefits yields significant long-term societal gains, offering a foundation for a more equitable and resilient future. Listen to the podcast
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GCAP’s side event at Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2025. GCAP, in collaboration with its member organisations and allies, convened a side event titled “What Makes Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Truly Inclusive? Advocating UHC in Asian Countries” during the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) 2025. Held at the ESCAP Building in Bangkok, the event brought together 40 health rights advocates, civil society leaders and development practitioners from across Asia to spotlight gaps in healthcare systems and push for equitable, accessible, and inclusive UHC in the region. Read more
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An Urgent Policy Agenda for Governments and the International Community The Report by DFI, African Council of Churches, Norwegian Church Aid, ACT Church of Sweden, and Felm, analyses the extreme levels of inequality in Eastern and Southern Africa and defines a policy agenda to cut it dramatically.
Eastern and Southern Africa is a global epicentre of extreme inequality, with two-thirds of its countries having very high income inequality, and even higher wealth inequality. Extreme inequality is increasing poverty and hunger, corroding politics, destroying citizen trust in governments, and sparking political unrest, fuelling division, and slowing growth. The Report finds that most of the governments in Eastern and Southern Africa are rowing backwards on policies to reduce inequality, so it will rise even higher in future. Read more
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As we approach the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), urge the international community to take bold action to address the financing gaps for social protection. Read more
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By Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Isabel Ortiz, IPS
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how to finance a better future for all. Yet, in practice, the first drafts of its outcome reveal a glaring omission: people. Despite rhetoric about inclusivity, the drafts are strikingly weak on social issues, as if financing and macroeconomic policies exist in a vacuum, detached from the lives they impact. Read more
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The Mozambican Civil Society Platform for Social Protection (PSCM-PS) is a network of 38 national-level Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), with the objective of coordinating civil society actions in the area of social protection and contributing to influencing decision-making processes related to social protection policies, programs, and services for the benefit of Mozambican citizens, especially the most vulnerable groups, including orphans and vulnerable children, persons with disabilities, people with chronic and degenerative illnesses, the elderly, and women.
Contact information: Sérgio Falange (Executive Director) - sfalange@gmail.com - Facebook
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