What is Social Solidarity Economy?
Today, perhaps as never before, more people are becoming aware that capitalism has turned our lives and our planet into a commodity. A system that is environmentally unsustainable and socially unjust, and that it is not able to guarantee the happiness and dignified life conditions of all persons in any place on the planet.
Social Solidarity Economy includes a wide range of practices that span economic, social, environmental, political, communitarian or holistic dimensions.
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ASSEFA Blends Spirituality with Women’s Development: A Sacred Step Toward Empowerment
ASSEFA has long been intensively involved in rural development across Tamil Nadu, with a special focus on women’s empowerment. Believing that true progress begins with theupliftment of women, ASSEFA supports hundreds of thousands rural women through access to credit, livelihoods, ownership over immovable assets, health care, socialsecurity, and leadership development. In the recent years, ASSEFA has been taking an unique [...]
Social Protection Manifesto on Workers’ Day 2025
The Intercontinental Network for the promotion of Social Solidarity Economy, RIPESS LAC, is a collective and global response from social and solidarity economy networks and movements to the economic, social, and ecological inequalities of the dominant capitalist system. Social Protection includes public policies such as cash transfers, subsidies, employment programs, access to education and health, housing, and social security itself, [...]
The ILO reaffirms the social and solidarity economy as a key driver of social innovation
*News originally published in ILO website. LUXEMBOURG CITY (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) took part in the first Global Government Summit, held from 9 to 11 April 2025 in Luxembourg City. Hosted by the Ministry of Labour of Luxembourg, the Summit brought together government officials, multilateral institutions, and other stakeholders to explore ways to advance social innovation. Rie [...]
What is RIPESS?
RIPESS is a global network of continental networks committed to the promotion of Social Solidarity Economy. The member networks themselves (Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) bring together national and sectorial networks, thus ensuring strong territorial anchoring.
The combined local and global scope gives RIPESS legitimacy to promote SSE, foster intercontinental cooperation, and advocate at different levels. RIPESS members believe in the importance of the globalisation of solidarity, and the ability to build and strengthen an economy that places people and planet at the centre of its activities.
