{"id":1559,"date":"2026-09-24T16:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:49:10","slug":"liberia-consults-informal-sector-on-national-social-protection-policy-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/?p=1559","title":{"rendered":"Liberia Consults Informal Sector on National Social Protection Policy Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government, informal sector representatives, civil society and development partners met in Monrovia from 15 to 18 September 2026 to inform the update of Liberia\u2019s National Social Protection Policy and Strategy. Their discussions focused on livelihood risks, gaps in support and practical measures for a more inclusive social protection system.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"590\" data-id=\"1563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/policy-consultation-podium.png\" alt=\"Speaker addresses participants from a podium at a social protection event\" class=\"wp-image-1563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/policy-consultation-podium.png 393w, https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/policy-consultation-podium-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A speaker addresses participants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"590\" data-id=\"1564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/policy-consultation-presentation.png\" alt=\"Presenter discusses social protection policy priorities beside a whiteboard\" class=\"wp-image-1564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/policy-consultation-presentation.png 393w, https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/policy-consultation-presentation-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A presentation on policy priorities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The consultations are part of a wider process to revise the policy and its strategic results framework. Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/realise.liberiasp.gov.lr\/2026\/09\/16\/liberia-advances-update-of-national-social-protection-policy-and-strategy-through-consultations\/\">full report on the REALISE Project website<\/a> for the participants\u2019 perspectives and the issues discussed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stakeholders from the informal sector, government and civil society helped shape Liberia\u2019s updated social protection policy in consultations held in Monrovia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social_protection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1565,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions\/1565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberiasp.gov.lr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}