▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar “Social protection systems interacting with early warning systems”, is out! ⏯️ Watch now: buff.ly/oQnLczV #SocialProtection

How can social protection systems move from ad hoc responses to true shock responsiveness? This UNICEF-led blog series shares practical lessons from countries across Europe and Central Asia on building systems that protect children and families before, during and after shocks. 🌍

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “From Policy to Practice: State Innovations in THR Delivery under POSHAN 2.0” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/M2l2dd6

🚨 Join us on 02/04 for the #SPorgWebinar “From Policy to Practice: State Innovations in THR Delivery under POSHAN 2.0” buff.ly/IDDWklV%F0%9... 15:30 (GMT +5:30) 🏢Organiser: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) @gainhealth.org

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “Strengthening Social Health Protection: Towards USP and UHC – A Shared Endeavour” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/S8QOwkP

How integrated approaches between social protection and health systems can support more inclusive, equitable and resilient systems? Join us on 31/03 for the webinar “Strengthening social health protection towards USP and UHC: A shared endeavour”. buff.ly/EZyi2SY 🕛 10:00 CET (GMT +2) 🏢 Organiser: ILO

🚨📚 #SPorgDigest Alert! Digest #11 is out now! buff.ly/YD6w0Ud 📢 Fresh from the press: check out the latest edition of the Social Protection Digest: a curated selection of key #publications on #SocialProtection, with summaries of reports and papers handpicked by our team!

🚨 The Covid-19 pandemic showed the importance of universal social services. Yet donor-driven residual models still dominate social protection debates in the Global South. New blog explores how external actors shape social security systems. 👉 Read here: buff.ly/ELKW5Kd

Second FREE course module: Digital Leadership and Management. Explore leadership, governance, service delivery, and change management for digital #socialprotection. ⏱️ ~90 min | Self-paced

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “Social protection systems interacting with early warning systems” begins in 30 minutes! 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/lNyN1FN

🚨 Join us on 24 March for the #SPorgWebinar “Social protection systems interacting with early warning systems” buff.ly/m7x2NoX 🕛12:00 GMT, 🏢Organisers: DCI 👥 Meet the participants and learn more: buff.ly/m7x2NoX

▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar “Promotion of Tax Progressivity and Review of Fiscal Incentives: Paths for Financing Sustainable and Climate-resilient Social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean” is out! ⏯️ Watch now:

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “Promotion of Tax Progressivity and Review of Fiscal Incentives: Paths for Financing Sustainable and Climate-resilient Social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/VXgFvxR

📚 Dive into our special March #BlogsOfTheMonth and discover pathways towards gender-responsive social protection systems. Through two expert contributions, this carousel highlights: 🧵

🚨 Join us on 19/03 for the #SPorgWebinar “Promotion of Tax Progressivity and Review of Fiscal Incentives: Paths for Financing Sustainable and Climate-resilient Social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean” buff.ly/rbxDQqi 🕛 10:00 (GMT -3) 🏢Organisers: BRA – Ministry of Finance, IPEA, UNECLAC

New FREE course: Digital Transformation and Interoperability Foundations for Social Protection. Learn the basics of digital transformation, interoperability, and service design for #socialprotection. ⏱️ ~90 min | Self-paced 👉 Enrol now: tinyurl.com/yfe29kh2

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “Resilient Pathways Out of Poverty: Learning from Graduation Programs in Asia?” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/Artuxcq

Over the past two decades, Brazil has advanced an integrated approach to rural development that connects food security, income generation, and the strengthening of livelihoods.

🚨 Join us on 17/03 for the #SPorgWebinar “Resilient Pathways Out of Poverty: Learning from Graduation Programs in Asia” buff.ly/OvJLISs 🕛 16:00 | Manila (GMT +8:00) 🏢Organiser: Asian Development Bank, ADB (@ADB_HQ)

🚨📰 Our March newsletter is out! This month, we focus on gender-responsive social protection systems and their role in addressing inequalities that continue to affect women and girls around the world. 🧵👇

▶️ The recording of for the 12th session of the webinar series “Arab Social Protection Compass: Towards Integrated Approaches for Universal Social Protection” is out! ⏯️ Watch now EN: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZh...

Women face persistent barriers to healthcare, income security & economic opportunities across the life course. Gender-responsive social protection can help address these inequalities and strengthen resilience to shocks.

🎙️ 🎧 New #SPpodcast Episode – Listen now to “Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in Forced Displacement Settings”: buff.ly/svLYwhD ▶️

▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar “A data governance framework for digital social protection systems” is out! ⏯️ Watch now: buff.ly/uSwKNAX #sporg

🚨 In our latest blog, Winnie C. Muangi draws on stakeholder perspectives to examine how colonial legacies, postcolonial influence and domestic political economy dynamics continue to shape social protection arrangements in Mainland Tanzania. 👉 Read here: buff.ly/hguI7PJ

▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar “From National Data to Global Monitoring: new approaches to building robust systems of social protection statistics” is out! ⏯️ Watch now: buff.ly/sv5MDTJ #sporg

🌍 Looking Back and Moving Forward: Explore socialprotection.org’s Interactive 10-Year Anniversary Page 🧵

🚨 Is international health worker recruitment really a ‘win-win’? New blog examines Germany’s recruitment of Serbian healthcare professionals — and how brain drain weakens social protection systems in countries of origin. 👉 Read here: buff.ly/Y7C6rCm

How do debt & tax justice impact your right to health?🌍 A new video w/ @brotfuerdiewelt.bsky.social , @unrisd.org and partners, explores how global finance shapes social protection +

🚨 Join us on 26/02 for the 12th session of the webinar series “Arab Social Protection Compass: Towards Integrated Approaches for Universal Social Protection”. buff.ly/otnXum2 🕛14:00 Beirut time (UTC+2) 🏢Organisers: ILO, ISSA 🔗Register: buff.ly/otnXum2

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “A data governance framework for digital social protection systems” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/BARx9q3

Reinforcing its commitment to fostering knowledge sharing on social protection, the socialprotection.org platform participated in the UNICEF Global Symposium on Gender-Responsive Social Protection (GRSP), held from 17–19 February 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. +

🚨 Join us on 20/01 for the #SPorgWebinar “A data governance framework for digital social protection systems” buff.ly/rAYoYg3 🕛 12:00 (GMT) 🏢Organiser: Digital Convergence Initiative, DCI

UNICEF, DFAT and FCDO co-hosted the Global Symposium on Gender-Responsive Social Protection in Bangkok, Thailand. The symposium brought together governments, development partners, civil society, researchers and UN agencies to advance gender-responsive social protection.

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “From National Data to Global Monitoring: new approaches to building robust systems of social protection statistics” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/K3iuDhl

🌍 Dive into our special February #BlogsOfTheMonth! Discover how South–South and Triangular Cooperation is turning social protection systems into action. Through three expert contributions, this carousel highlights:

🚨 Join us on 19/02 for the webinar “From National Data to Global Monitoring: new approaches to building robust systems of social protection statistics” buff.ly/FwpdykX 🕛 10:00 CET (GMT +1) 🏢 Organiser: ILO

🚨📰 Our February newsletter is out! This month, we focus on South–South learning and cooperation and their role in strengthening social protection systems worldwide. 🧵👇

🗞️ UN Press highlights UNRISD’s call for stronger, rights-based social protection and expanded fiscal space at the Commission for Social Development. Read full news: 🔗 press.un.org/en/2026/soc4...

🚨 HAPPENING TODAY! Join the side event “Implementation of the Doha Political Declaration Regarding Social Protection at All Levels: Moving from Rhetoric to Action” at CSocD64. 📅 6 February 2026 | 🕒 11:30–12:45 EST 📍 UN HQ | 🎥 Live on UN Web TV ➡ Info: buff.ly/BTJxXJs +

🎙️ 🎧 New #SPpodcast Episode – Listen now to “Ending Hunger and Poverty: The Role of the Global Alliance”: buff.ly/RZNP4v1 ▶️🎧 With @nopovertyhunger.bsky.social

🚨On 11 February, join the online event “More than Twenty Years of Social Assistance in Brazil: Lessons and next steps”, hosted by World Bank Group and Government of Brazil. 📅 11/02/2026 🕒 10:30 GMT-3 ➡ Info and registration: buff.ly/HZlV8Qt

▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar “Unemployment protection: An achievable and necessary policy choice” is out! ⏯️ Watch now: buff.ly/h5ixbrG #sporg

🚨 Can cash transfers really reduce health inequalities, or do they hide deeper structural injustices? ✍️ New blog applies a coloniality lens to CT and CT+ programmes in Africa. 👉 Read here: buff.ly/Nx5fWXN 📚 Second post of the series “The long shadows of colonialism on social protection”

▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar “Early Warning to Early Action: Interoperable Systems for Shock-Responsive Social Protection” is out! ⏯️ Watch now: buff.ly/bfeZOVM #sporg

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “Unemployment protection: An achievable and necessary policy choice” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/8kepFWN

🚨 Join us on 27/01 for the webinar “Unemployment protection: An achievable and necessary policy choice” buff.ly/8kepFWN 🕛 10:00 CET (GMT +1) 🏢 Organiser: ILO

▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar “Building on Belém: Social protection at COP30 and beyond” is out! ⏯️ Watch now: buff.ly/fb5wziC #sporg

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar “Building on Belém: Social protection at COP30 and beyond” begins in 30 minutes!🔗 Register now: buff.ly/FMYZgNC

🚨 Social protection isn’t just about the future. Colonial legacies and postcolonial power still shape who is protected - and who is left behind. ✍️ New blog: Social protection and coloniality 👉 buff.ly/g1VzvmK 📚 First post in a new #BlogSeries @openuniversity.bsky.social