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The right for pension without discrimination

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Submitted by Javier Galindo
on Tue, 31/03/2020 - 01:21
The right for pension without discrimination In Colombia, the general social insurance system was established under the Law n˚ 100 from 1993 [1] . Referred legislation created, among other benefits, the survivor pension, with the main goal to protect the families of deceased workers. The aforementioned legal framework establishes pensions under a contributory scheme, to which both formal and informal workers can be affiliated. A recent decision highlighted the need for a debate over the targeting of such mechanism and the goal of social protection systems. Angel Duque, a person living with HIV, had an established relationship with JOJG, deceased in September 2001 and affiliated to the Colombian Pensions and layoffs system (called “COLPENSIONES”). After JOJG died, his...Read more

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The role of (I)NGOs in linking humanitarian cash and social protection in conflict settings

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Submitted by Enkhzul Altangerel
on Tue, 31/03/2020 - 00:00
On March 12, the fourth part of the webinar series linking humanitarian cash and social protection programming took place under the theme of “The role of (I)NGOs in linking humanitarian cash and social protection in conflict settings” . As reflected in the title, the webinar unpacked the crucial role civil society organizations play in designing and delivering Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) across many countries, particularly in fragile contexts. These interventions have a strong potential to build and strengthen the national social protection systems and policies, and through two case studies – Yemen (Oxfam) and Nigeria (ACF) – the webinar aimed to illustrate how this can be achieved in practice, and lessons learned from these experiences. The webinar was organized by...Read more

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Weekly Social Protection Links: March 27

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Submitted by Ugo Gentilini
on Fri, 27/03/2020 - 18:17
Here are the highlights of the updated “living” paper, Social protection responses to COVID19_March27 ! As you read this special links edition, a total of 84 countries have introduced or adapted social protection and jobs programs in response to COVID-19. This is an 87% increase since last week (when countries were just 45), with a total of 283 programs currently in place – a fitting testament to the dynamism of pandemic-related responses in the sector! Among classes of interventions, social assistance (non-contributory transfers) is the most widely used (including a total of 150 programs), followed by actions in social insurance (91) and supply-side labor market interventions (42). Within social assistance, cash transfer...Read more

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Points d'entrée pour les humanitaires pour lier les transferts monétaires aux systèmes de protection sociale naissants

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Submitted by Isabelle Pelly
on Wed, 25/03/2020 - 03:18
Le webinaire " Points d'entrée pour les humanitaires pour lier les transferts monétaires aux systèmes de protection sociale naissants " a eu lieu le 6 février 2020. La multiplication des crises prolongées et l'effacement des frontières entre les besoins humanitaires et les besoins de développement font qu'il est impératif que l'aide humanitaire soit liée aux systèmes de Protection Sociale (PS). Dans des contextes fragiles, où les systèmes de protection sociale sont naissants ou inexistants, les acteurs humanitaires, aux côtés des acteurs du développement, ont un rôle important à jouer dans la fourniture d'une assistance en Transferts monétaires (TM) pour répondre à une gamme de besoins, et ont simultanément l'opportunité et la responsabilité de contribuer aux fondations...Read more

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The fallout from the global spread of Coronavirus may change the way we look at social protection forever

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Submitted by Luke Harman
on Tue, 24/03/2020 - 15:52
A lot is being written just now about the impacts that the Coronavirus pandemic is having and will continue to have on our lives over the coming months. Once the pandemic has passed, however, the sheer scale and nature of this particular global crisis are likely to shift the way we look at social protection, forever. [1] This blog explores three main reasons for this: 1. The sheer need for an urgent scale-up and strengthening of social protection, now! The colossal economic impacts of this pandemic, which is affecting jobs and incomes in both high- and low- and middle-income countries (ILO, 2020; Evans et al, 2020), are leading to unprecedented growth in the number of people in urgent need of income and other forms of support (e.g. continuation of free school meals,...Read more

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