Recognize risk differences for men and women in social protection policies

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includeplatform.net (26.01.2016) Applying a gender lens to social protection policies is necessary to reduce inequality between men and women and make development more inclusive. This is the main message from a new paper by Julie Newton for INCLUDE, ‘Making Social Protection Gender Sensitive for Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa’.

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Family benefits
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France: Jeunes - les propositions de l'Igas pour adapter leur protection sociale

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Vie-publique (25.01.2016) Le rapport 2015 de l’Inspection générale des affaires sociales (Igas), remis en janvier 2016 au président de la République, au Parlement et au gouvernement, a pour thème la protection sociale des 11 millions de jeunes de 16 à 29 ans.

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Employment of young workers

La France indemnise-t-elle mieux les chômeurs que ses voisins ?

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Le Monde (20.01.2016) Lors de ses vœux «  aux acteurs de l’entreprise et de l’emploi  », lundi 18  janvier, au Conseil économique, social et environnemental (CESE), François Hollande a joué une nouvelle carte contre le chômage. Le président a présenté un plan massif de nouvelles formations pour 500 000 demandeurs d’emploi.

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Vietnam: Occupational diseases are weakening Ho Chi Minh City workforce

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Thanh Nien Daily (21.01.2016) New data released by health officials in Ho Chi Minh City this week have once again laid bare the problem of poor working conditions in Vietnam and how they are debilitating the workforce.

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Occupational accidents and diseases

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[Opinion] Americans Don't Get Universal Health Care, But They Might As Well Be Paying For It

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Medical Daily (21.01.2016) The issue of universal health care has loomed over the U.S. for years. But with rising health care costs, the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (more commonly known as Obamacare ), and an increasingly tense presidential race, the debate is becoming inescapable. Despite the country’s ever-divided political stance, the fact is the U.S. is one of the only developed nations without a universal health care system. And while most of the population believes this is because health care is primarily privately funded, they’re wrong.

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