World Day of Social Justice – February 20

On a press release published last Tuesday by the UN, the importance of social justice to achieve stability and prosperity was established. Furthermore, UN Secretary-General mentioned the importance, now more than ever, of creating more inclusive and equitable societies. The UN system-wide response includes an initiative to establish a social protection floor to ensure access to basic social services, provide the means to generate decent incomes, and strengthen safeguards for the poor. The objective of a social protection floor is to prevent people from living below a certain income level and to facilitate access to essential public services. Various studies have concluded a basic social floor is globally affordable. To read more about social floor and the aforementioned studies, click here.