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Title | Abstract | Tags | Topics | Regions / Country | |
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Can social protection stop child labor in agriculture? | monitor | fao.org (16.10.2015) Currently, worldwide, there are 168 million children in child labour, a practice that is particularly pervasive in agriculture and among poor rural households. Almost 60 percent of child labourers aged between five and 17 work in agriculture, often forcibly, and many are exposed to hazardous environments. |
extending coverage, rural world, published | Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes | |
«Une protection sociale pour tous» | monitor | Le Quotidien (20.10.2015) Le Cercle des ONG de développement rappelle que seuls 27% de la population mondiale a actuellement accès à des régimes complets et efficaces de sécurité sociale, et milite pour une protection universelle. |
extending coverage, published | Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | |
Travailleurs détachés: la question du détachement des Polonais en France suscite des interrogations | monitor | Batiactu (14.10.2015) Alors que Bruxelles ne relâche pas ses efforts et souhaite désormais la mise en place d'une durée maximale de détachement, la "victimisation autour du plombier polonais" refait surface par la voix d'une députée polonaise au Parlement européen. D'après elle, "les travailleurs détachés sont plutôt une source de compétitivité." Un argument qui est loin d'être partagé à Bruxelles. Décryptage et témoignages. |
migration, published | Employment, Migration | france, poland |
France: Quels médicaments coûtent le plus cher à la sécurité sociale ? | monitor | latribune.fr (16.10.2015) Les dépenses 2014 en remboursement de médicaments ont augmenté de 3,8% après deux années de baisse, car les nouveaux traitements contre l'hépatite C ont rendu la facture salée. Mais le médicament le plus coûteux permet de lutter contre les rhumatismes. |
published | Health | france |
US: Survey reveals knowledge gap about claiming Social Security | monitor | The Detroit News (18.10.2015) Just 39 percent of Americans 45 to 64 surveyed by AARP said Social Security benefits will make up at least half of their future retirement income, though the advocacy group says nearly 6 in 10 elderly people rely on the benefits for half or more of their household income. |
published | Governance and administration | United States |
Cambodia marks World Food Day, focusing on social protection, agriculture | monitor | Xinhua Net (16.10.2015) Cambodia celebrated World Food Day here on Friday, stressing the importance of social protection and agriculture in eradicating hunger and poverty, according to a joint press statement. |
poverty, published | cambodia | |
ILO: World Poverty Day - An end to Poverty by 2030: It can be done | monitor | ILO/News (17.10.2015) The theme of this year’s World Poverty Day, “Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and discrimination”. Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on World Poverty Day 2015. |
megatrends, poverty, published | Inequalities | |
[Report] Addressing the Youth Employment Crisis Needs Urgent Global Action | monitor | worldbank.org (13.10.2015) In the coming decades, global growth will depend on today’s young people. Combatting the persistent youth employment crisis requires a global effort and proactive action: report |
youth employment, published | Employment of young workers | |
CFE: Plus de 35 ans de protection sociale pour les Français de l’étranger | monitor | Le Petit Journal (14.10.2015) Un sondage montre que les Français de l’étranger sont très attachés à la sécurité sociale. Les expatriés peuvent choisir de continuer à bénéficier de la protection sociale « à la française » en adhérant à la Caisse des Français de l’Etranger (CFE). Michel Touverey, son directeur, nous explique son fonctionnement et ses missions. |
migration, megatrends, published | Migration | france |
US: Veterans Affairs changing customer service frame of reference with new framework | monitor | FederalNewsRadio.com (08.10.2015) The Veterans Affairs Department’s ongoing goal to provide world class customer service always begins with a simple premise: understand the veterans experience first and foremost. |
services quality, published | Service quality | United States |
FAO: Social protection can help farmers out of poverty | monitor | BBC News (13.10.2015) Society must offer the world's poorest farmers a helping hand in order to break the cycle of poverty, a key United Nations report has said. |
poverty, rural world, extending coverage, published | Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes | |
Ghana: Ministry holds validation workshop on social protection policy | monitor | Ghanaweb (13.10.2015) The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, on Tuesday held a day’s stakeholder consultative workshop to validate a national social protection policy, whose process began in January last year. |
published | ghana | |
European Commission: Who survives in self-employment? | monitor | Europa (07.10.2015) Promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship has a strong potential to create jobs, strengthen the EU’s innovation capacity and give unemployed and disadvantaged people an opportunity to fully participate in society and the economy (provided they get the necessary support to make the transition). |
megatrends, published, self-employed | Employment, Inequalities | european union |
Employment & social situation: EU economy continues its moderate but consistent growth | monitor | Europa (09.10.2015) Labour markets and social indicators in the EU continue to gradually improve, benefitting from the strengthening in economic activity, according to the latest edition of the Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review. |
published | ||
Algérie: L'âge de retraite est maintenu à 60 ans | monitor | Liberté Algérie (07.10.2015) Le DG de la Caisse nationale de retraite (CNR), Slimane Melouka a été l’ « Invité de la rédaction » de la Chaine III de ce mardi 06 octobre. Questionné sur le maintien ou la révision de l’âge actuel du départ à la retraite, qui est fixé à 60 ans, il a répondu que "pour le moment (...) il n’y a rien du tout dans ce sens, je vous rassure". Tout en poursuivant : " et les avantages qui sont octroyés aux citoyens en matière de retraites proportionnelles, et retraites anticipées, et de retraite sans condition d’âge sont maintenus, et sont toujours de vigueur et d’actualité", a-t-il indiqué. |
published | algeria | |
France: Maladies professionnelles - Ils ne veulent pas "flancher" mais le burn-out touche aussi des petits patrons | monitor | TV5 Monde (12.10.2015) Ils s'interdisent le plus souvent "de flancher", mais le burn-out, ou syndrome d'épuisement professionnel, touche aussi des petits patrons, commerçants et autres artisans, une réalité méconnue, mise en lumière lors d'un récent colloque à Paris. |
published | Occupational accidents and diseases | france |
La protection sociale contribue à réduire la pauvreté | monitor | La Croix (13.10.2015) Un rapport de la FAO publié mardi 13 octobre montre que la protection sociale lutte efficacement contre la faim dans le monde. |
megatrends, poverty, published | Social protection floor, Inequalities | |
FAO: La protection sociale, un pilier pour la lutte contre la pauvreté | monitor | AFP (13.10.2015) Promouvoir les programmes de protection sociale, en particulier au bénéfice des femmes, contribue à réduire la pauvreté et l'insécurité alimentaire dans les zones les plus touchées, estime l'Organisation de l'ONU pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) dans un rapport présenté mardi à Rome. |
extending coverage, poverty, rural world, published | Health, Extension of coverage | |
Uganda: Government's health plan seeks to increase life expectancy | monitor | New Vision (13.10.2015) The Ministry of Health has announced measures it will pursue to ensure that Ugandans live longer healthier lives. They include “seven tips to better health at community level.” The measures announced by the minister, Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye are also meant to ensure that the goal of the health sector, which is attainment of a good standard of health by all people in Uganda, is achieved. |
extending coverage, published | Health, Extension of coverage | uganda |
Expanding social protection offers a faster track to ending hunger | monitor | EIN News (13.10.2015) Social protection is emerging as a critical tool in the drive to eradicate hunger, yet the vast majority of the world's rural poor are yet to be covered. |
megatrends, poverty, published | Social policies & programmes, Inequalities | |
Angus Deaton, Nobel de Economía por su análisis de la pobreza y el bienestar | monitor | El País (12.10.2015) El matemático escocés, catedrático de la Universidad de Princeton (EE UU), es muy crítico con las políticas de austeridad |
published | ||
[Opinion] France: Damon: «Pour répondre aux défis du numérique, la Sécu doit devenir plus préventive, plus prédictive» | monitor | L'Opinion (04.10.2015) Si pour Pierre Laroque, «la Sécurité sociale commandait l’extinction du chômage», on est aujourd’hui en train de constater l’inverse, assure Julien Damon: «La persistance d’un niveau élevé de chômage fragilise dangereusement l’édifice de la protection sociale» |
megatrends, published | Information and communication technology, Inequalities | france |
Angus Deaton wins 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics | monitor | telegraph.co.uk (12.10.2015) Scottish economist Angus Deaton, a critic of foreign aid, has been awarded the prize for his work on consumption, poverty and welfare |
poverty, published | ||
Millions wiped off UK local government pensions due to coal crash, analysis shows | monitor | The Guardian (12.10.2015) Members of the scheme would each be hundreds of pounds better off if funds had been divested from fossil fuels, say campaigners |
published | Pensions, Financing | united kingdom |
Ghana's social protection aims to achieve SDG | monitor | newsghana.com (11.10.2015) The United Nations High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), is tasked to follow-up and review the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. |
poverty, extending coverage, published | Extension of coverage, Social protection floor, Social policies & programmes | ghana |