The World Social Report 2021, a flagship publication of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) on major social development issues offers new strategies to ensure that the 3.4 billion people who live in rural areas are not left behind as global efforts focus on boosting socio-economic growth and tackling climate change in the middle of the COVID-19 recovery.

The online dialogue on the “21st Century Social Contract: Building more inclusive state-society relations through volunteering” is taking place on 14 June 2021, 09:00-10:00 am EST or 3:00-4:00 pm CEST.

The study looks at how vulnerable children from three countries that are member of the Pathfinders Initiative to fight child labor have been impacted by the pandemic and how social protection initiatives, in particular cash grants, can make the difference.

Joint report reveals soil pollution as one of the world’s major challenges for ecosystem restoration