About the Coalition

The Global Coalition for Social Justice, established in 2023 by the International Labour Organization at the initiative of Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo, is a multi-stakeholder platform designed to strengthen multilateral cooperation and turn political commitments into concrete action. By bringing together a wide range of partners, the Coalition plays a key role in enhancing coherence, coordination, and efficiency across the multilateral system, in line with the ambitions of the United Nations reform agenda.

Key interventions - identified through an inclusive and consultative process with partners for their potential to drive transformative, multi-stakeholder impact on the ground - are being deployed under the Global Coalition for Social Justice to accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and advance social justice.

Participation in the Coalition is voluntary and open to a wide array of partners including governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, international organisations and bodies, regional organisations and bodies, enterprises and business networks, international non-governmental organizations, and academia.