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UN Women - http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2013/2/fighting-inequality-from-the-basics
IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SECURITY,
SOCIAL PROTECTION FLOOR FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Authors/Editor(s): Rebeca Torada; Larraitz Lexartza and Juliana Martínez Franzoni
Full Report available only in Spanish
Direct Link to Full 39-Page 2013 Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY in English: http://www.unwomen.org/~/media/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/Library/Publications/2013/1/combatiendo-desigualdad-summary%20pdf.pdf
The focus of this report is the indispensability of the human right to social security in contributing to integration and conquering inequalities, which must be tackled across the board from a platform of national protection. The report offers a framework and a set of methodological tools for analyzing the social protection floor in Central America and the Dominican Republic with a gender perspective, focusing primarily on the basic guarantees of social security, but with a holistic approach of the social protection floor, as has been conceptualized by the United Nations System. This implies the integration of maternal and child health, basic economic protection for women during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum, and the care of minors and dependents, as key elements of social security.
Also presented are a series of strategies to build and reinforce national social protection floors, analyzing the current context in relation to opportunities and challenges to expand and transform existing policies, and to develop methodological and technical initiatives in order to consolidate these strategies at a national level. This begins with an assessment of the situation, taking into account the current plans and their fiscal capacity, so as to identify gaps in protection, evaluate the cost and sustainability of available options, and lastly, create specific measures that constitute the national social protection floor.
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ILO WORLD SOCIAL PROTECTION REPORT 2014-2015 - 362 Pages - 190 Countries + - CONSIDER FOR WOMEN
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_245201.pdf
Executive Summary - Multilingual Translations: http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/world-social-security-report/2014/WCMS_245131/lang--en/index.htm
MORE THAN 70% OF THE WORLD POPULATION IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED BY SOCIAL PROTECTION.
A new ILO report presents the latest social security trends and finds that most people lack adequate social protection at a time when it is most needed.
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Website - UN Special Rapporteur on
Extreme Poverty & Human Rights
The new Special Rapporteur on
Extreme Poverty is Mr. Philip Alston
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OLDER PERSONS & SOCIAL
PROTECTION - OLDER WOMEN
The importance of social
protections, social security, for WOMEN, and very much for older women, and for
gender equality, is noted throughout this Report.
The 2010 annual report written by the former UN Special
Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty, Ms. Magdalena Sepulveda
Carmona, addresses the role that social protection systems play in
reducing extreme poverty and contributing to the realization of human rights of
older persons. In particular, the report focuses on the relevance of social
pensions.
The world
population is ageing, to the point that the number of persons over 60 years of
age is likely to increase by 200 percent by 2050. The phenomenon of poverty in
old age is increasingly catching the attention of analysts and policy-makers.
Considering the vulnerability of older persons, States must take appropriate
measures to establish social security schemes that provide benefits to all
older persons without discrimination of any kind and ensure equal rights for
men and women.
Social
pensions consist of cash benefits received by persons above a given age that do
not require prior compulsory contributions from beneficiaries, employers or the
State. Social pensions are an important dimension of social security
systems. Today, many people worldwide work outside the formal employment sector
and traditional informal support systems for older people are changing under
the pressure of increased longevity, widespread poverty, the impact of HIV/AIDS
and migration. Contributory pension schemes (e.g. employment-based pensions)
only reach a minority of all older persons.
In this report,
the independent expert calls on States to recognize that social pensions are
critical elements for the progressive realization of the right to social
security for older persons. The report also provides recommendations on how to
ensure that non-contributory pensions comply with core human rights standards.
Finally, it addresses the role of international assistance and cooperation in
the field of social security.
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