Sixteen-year-old Arleidis, a Wayúu girl from the Pushaina clan, software programming, determined to overcome barriers and inspire her family and community. She now uses digital tools to promote and sell their work, strengthening her community livelihood.
While significant gains have been recorded in poverty reduction, education, and social protection coverage, structural inequalities, labour market informality, gender disparities, and declining trust in institutions continue to impede inclusive and sustainable development. The 2026 World Day of Social Justice recognizes the progress achieved and acknowledges persistent and emerging challenges. It calls for strengthening policy coherence across economic, social, and environmental dimensions, reinforcing multilateral cooperation, and placing equity and solidarity at the center of global policymaking.
As a child helping his family make shoes, Jestoni Go Padua later became a school instructor, now empowering young people with skills for decent work and a better future.
SENATIC is a joint initiative of that equips young people such as Rafael Meza, with digital and technical skills through secondary education combined with certified training from global tech companies.
Between 2024 and 2026, the programme will train more than 60,000 students across all 32 departments of Colombia, with nearly 20 percent of beneficiaries coming from indigenous communities.
report shows 2024 renewable capacity records, but jobs reached only 16.6 million, revealing regional imbalances, automation impacts, inclusion gaps.
A new Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵV–ILO study reveals that informal, direct person-to-person help makes up nearly 70 per cent of global volunteering, yet remains largely invisible, shaped by age, gender, income, location, and gaps in formal services.
Through the ILO’s SCORE programme more than 1,700 small and medium-sized enterprises have improved safety, productivity and competitiveness, helping them grow and create better jobs.
Lata Korde is a disability inclusion facilitator from Maharashtra, India. With support from the ’s SPARK project, funded by , she gained new skills and confidence and now advocates for the rights and employment of persons with disabilities.
The supports Moroccan rural women migrants through entrepreneurship training and financial literacy, strengthening independence and sustainable livelihoods at home.
From 2021–2024, the strengthened disability inclusion in rural India, Malawi, Burkina Faso and Mozambique, training facilitators and expanding access to services ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Yaye Coumba Seck from Senegal, narrates how and combats workplace violence by leading a women’s cooperative supported by an .
This explores how the private sector can drive economic inclusion of young refugees by expanding access to decent work and protecting their rights at work. Roman Bojko, Human Rights and Social Impact Leader at Ingka Group shares more about the company’s global Skills for Employment initiative and lessons learned from integrating refugee talent across 26 countries. The conversation highlights how hiring refugees is not just the right thing to do - it’s also good for business, fostering innovation, resilience, and inclusion in the workplace.
Ahead of the (Doha, 4-6 November), the International Labour Organization () is launching a special podcast series. In this first episode, Sabina Alkire of Oxford University and ILO’s Manuela Tomei discuss progress and gaps since the 1995 commitment to advance social development for all.
Natalia Cebanu from Moldova shares how access to childcare support gave her greater freedom and equal opportunities as a working mother of two.
In this episode of the podcast, ILO Research and Publications Director Caroline Fredrickson explains what the ILO’s new reveals about global progress, the challenges that remain, and how leaders can build fairer and more resilient societies.
