The Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection Florence Bore Thursday attended the inaugural forum for the Global Coalition for Social Justice in Geneva.
The CS who is in Switzerland for the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference shared Kenya’s perspective on the thematic area of Improving coherence between economic and social policies.
Bore said Kenya is addressing social justice deficits in order to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals and the Decent Work Agenda.
“ As a developing country, Kenya has formulated various policies and legislation to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive as well as to protect labour, job creation and empower our community,” she said.
Additionally, she outlined policies, legislation, and institutional structures that the government has put in place to better the lives of Kenyans, increase their productivity, and realize economic growth.
Some of the Social Protection Policies include; the National Policy on Family Promotion and Protection whose overall goal is to provide a conducive environment for families, the National Policy on Elimination of Child Labour, the Persons with Disability Policy and the Older Persons Bill.
“In order to realize social justice for all, it is paramount to bring everyone on board from the initial stages of policy or strategy development to the implementation stage,” she said.
Kenya was admitted to the Global Coalition for Social Justice this year.
Present at the high-level Inaugural Forum of the Global Coalition for Social Justice was Mr. Alexei Buzu, President of the 112th Session of the International Labour Conference, Mr. Gilbert Houngbo, Director General of the International Labour Organization, Partners of the Global Coalition for Social Justice and Shadrack Mwadime, the PS Labour and Skills Development.
The forum allowed Coalition partners to share knowledge, tools and experiences, and showcase activities and initiatives undertaken or planned in support of social justice.
