ILO Working paper 82

Long-term care in the context of population ageing: a rights-based approach to universal coverage

20 October 2022

With the acceleration of population ageing, the achieving of healthy ageing is becoming a global imperative and social protection policies and social security systems have an important role to play in this endeavour.

Event

Regional e-conference “Ageing and Long-Term Care with a Focus on National Transfer Accounts”

This is the third webinar of a series of events aiming to foster exchanges and promote mutual learning among countries in the Asia Pacific region and beyond, on strategies, progress and remaining challenges on the extension of social health protection.

Publication

Promoting adequate social protection and social security coverage for all workers, including those in non-standard forms of employment

02 October 2018

Promoting adequate social protection and social security coverage for all workers, including those in non-standard forms of employment (ILO/OECD).

Publication

Cooperatives meeting informal economy workers' child care needs - A Joint ILO and WIEGO Initiative

25 April 2018

Cooperatives set up and run by workers in the informal economy are among the solutions in meeting women workers’ care needs, while also helping protect their labour rights. This report complements the ILO's previous studies with cases from Brazil, India, and Guatemala on how informal economy workers’ organizations can mobilize through cooperatives to provide child care services to their members. The case studies highlight diverse forms of child care provision and outline the varied partnerships needed to implement and sustain child care services for informal economy workers.