The World Social Summit in Doha: Time to Act By Isabel Ortiz Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

DOHA, Nov 12 2025 (IPS) - Qatar hosted the Second World Summit for Social Development from 4–6 November. According to the United Nations, more than 40 Heads of State and Government, 230 ministers and senior officials, and nearly 14,000 attendees took part. Beyond plenaries and roundtables, more than 250 “solution sessions” identified practical ways to advance universal rights to food, housing, decent work, social protection or social security, education, health, care systems and other public services, international labor standards, and the fight against poverty and inequality. https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/the-world-social-summit-in-doha-time-to-act/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Belms_Hunger_Poverty_Declaration_Places_Worlds_Most_Vulnerable_Populations_at_Centre_of_Global_Clima Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.