Friday, August 5, 2022
En los últimos días del actual gobierno, el Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social emitió un decreto con el que se reglamenta el pago de licencias de maternidad y paternidad, así como las incapacidades.
“Mediante el Decreto 1427 de 2022, el...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Flexible workplace policies might help improve gender gaps in employment but they can also weaken women's position in the labour market.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed huge gaps in Malaysia’s social protection system not just for the B40 but also for the M40. It showed that people are vulnerable even if they appear to be quite wealthy and it has been a shock that can hopefully be a...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
The International Labour Organization's (ILO) 2020-2022 World Social Protection Report revealed that 46.9% of the world’s population are “covered by at least one social protection benefit”, excluding health. Arab states fall below the global average, at...
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Africa, Asia, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Despite the unprecedented worldwide expansion of social protection during the COVID-19 crisis, more than 4 billion people around the world remain entirely unprotected, a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report says. It finds that the...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
This week, the Department of Social Protection issued weekly payments valued at €44.2 million to 149,436 people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP). The greatest reduction this week is in the Accommodation and Food Services sector. The...
Friday, August 6, 2021
Women agricultural jornaleras migrate from their places of origin in search of work opportunities. But the work is often informal, leaving them without employment contracts, fair wages, health services, childcare services, pensions, maternity leave, paid...
Monday, August 2, 2021
The world's essential workers have kept things running during the pandemic.
But many still lack the protections they deserve, such as maternity pay, pensions or paid sickness leave.
An upcoming summit, Essential for Recovery, will give these...
Thursday, July 8, 2021
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A recently released report highlights how socities could move closer to a more gender equal distribution of...
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Africa, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Last year, the word “shecession” was coined to describe what was happening to the global economy. Women were...
