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International Women's Day 2017: Towards a better future for women and work: Voices of women and men | ILO (06.03.2017) On International Women's Day (8 March), ILO and Gallup will launch a new report based on data from over 140 countries assessing both women's and men's attitudes about women and work. |
http://www.ilo.org/gender/Events/WCMS_545386/lang--en/index.htm | monitor | |||||||
Ireland: New CMO will review Social Protection assessment service | ireland | Irish Medical Times (22.02.2017) The next Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Department of Social Protection will be required to contribute to a major transformation process in relation to access, assessment for and review of entitlement to illness payments, as well as to help address capacity… |
Health, Governance and administration | http://www.imt.ie/news/new-cmo-will-review-social-protection-assessment-service… | monitor | |||||
Pensions In The Netherlands: A Gordian knot of reform | netherlands | IPE (01.03.2017) Rival parties are presenting competing visions for a reformed Dutch pension system, as Leen Preesman finds |
Pensions | managing reforms | https://www.ipe.com/pensions/pensions-in/netherlands/pensions-in-the-netherland… | monitor | ||||
Bénin : vers la validation de l'étude de la création d'un Fonds d'investissement africain | Africa | china.org.cn (25.02.2017) Les directeurs généraux des Caisses de sécurité sociale des 16 pays membres de la Conférence inter-africaine de la prévoyance sociale (CIPRES) sont en concertation actuellement à Cotonou, en vue d'examiner les résultats de l'étude de la création d'un… |
http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2017-02/25/content_40357022.htm | monitor | ||||||
India: Publicise benefits of old age pension scheme: Delhi high court | india | Times of India (23.02.2017) The Delhi high court on Monday asked the AAP government to widely publicise benefits of an old age pension scheme so that more eligible people could avail of it. |
Old-age pensions | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/publicise-benefits-of-old-age-pen… | monitor | |||||
Switzerland: Pensions – what women need to know | switzerland | Swissinfo (21.02.2017) Many women in Switzerland work part time or not at all, often resulting in a small pension that is not enough to live on. Marianne de Mestral is one example. |
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/gender-pension-gap_pensions---what-women-need-to-kn… | monitor | ||||||
UK: Housing is a women's issue: the facts | The Guardian (06.03.2017) No matter where you live, or how you pay for your home, from private renting, social renting, to home ownership and sheltered accommodation, the breadth of the UK housing crisis has affected millions of people across the country, young and old, and living in many… |
Social assistance | poverty | https://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2017/mar/06/housing-womens-issue-in… | monitor | |||||
España: El número de mujeres autónomas ya supera el nivel previo a la crisis | spain | elEconomista (06.03.2017) El número de trabajadoras autónomas superaba a cierre del año pasado el nivel previo a la crisis en 19.944 emprendedoras, un 1,8% más que en mayo de 2008, según un informe de la organización de autónomos ATA con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer, que se celebra… |
http://www.eleconomista.es/emprendedores-pymes/noticias/8200432/03/17/Economia-… | monitor | ||||||
Deutschland: Arbeitsmarkt - Kaum Frauen in Vollzeitjobs bei Familien mit Kleinkindern | germany | Die Zeit (07.03.2017) Der Vater verdient das Geld, die Mutter hat einen Teilzeitjob: Die klassische Arbeitsteilung gilt nach wie vor in den meisten Familien mit Kleinkindern in Deutschland. |
Family benefits | http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-03/07/arbeitsmarkt-kaum-frauen-in-vollzeitjobs-bei… | monitor | |||||
Journée internationale de la Femme 2017: Vers un avenir meilleur pour les femmes au travail: ce qu’en pensent les femmes et les hommes | OIT (06.03.2017) Lors de la Journée internationale de la femme (le 8 mars), l’OIT et Gallup vont présenter un nouveau rapport s’appuyant sur des données en provenance de 140 pays qui analyse les attitudes des femmes et des hommes vis-à-vis des femmes au travail. |
http://www.ilo.org/gender/Events/WCMS_545584/lang--fr/index.htm | monitor | |||||||
Malaysia: Insurance scheme for self-employed taxi drivers | malaysia | The Sun Daily (05.02.2017) Come June 1, all self-employed taxi drivers, as well as Grab and Uber drivers, will be covered under the Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) – just like other workers under the Contract of Service scheme. |
Extension of coverage | extending coverage | http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2151516 | monitor | ||||
[Opinion] France: Protection sociale - Quelques vérités pour la pérennité d'un patrimoine commun | france | Miroir Social (25.02.2017) Le CRAPS Club de réflexion sur l'avenir de la protection sociale) édite aujourd'hui un nouveau cahier de propositions sur le thème du Financement de la Sécurité sociale intitulé "Quelques vérités pour la pérennité d'un patrimoine commun". |
http://www.miroirsocial.com/membre/fbrisard/post/protection-sociale-quelques-ve… | monitor | ||||||
US: Could your Fitbit data be used to deny you health insurance? | United States | theconversation.com (17.02.2017) Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company. At first, this sounds lucrative for the people who participate, and good for the companies, who want healthier insurance customers. But it’s not quite so simple. |
Health | https://theconversation.com/could-your-fitbit-data-be-used-to-deny-you-health-i… | monitor | |||||
Suisse: Primes maladies réduites pour jeunes et familles | switzerland | TDG (07.03.2017) Cette baisse des primes doit passer par une refonte du système de compensation des risques entre assureurs mais les partis bourgeois s'y opposent. |
Health, Financing | http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/primes-maladies-reduites-jeunes-familles/story/31962795 | monitor | |||||
Social protection on top of EU’s government expenditure | european union | neweurope.eu (06.03.2017) EU’s Statistics service Eurostat, released figures that demonstrate the importance of social protection spending, as part of the the main functions of general government expenditure in the EU. |
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/social-protection-top-eus-government-expenditu… | monitor | ||||||
En Uruguay, la ley de cuidados impulsa el cambio, fomenta los servicios de cuidados y destruye estereotipos | ONU Mujeres – Sede | uruguay | UN Women (27.02.2017) La Ley de Cuidados de Uruguay ha cambiado el concepto de “cuidado”. De acuerdo a la nueva ley, todas las niñas y niños, las personas con discapacidad y las personas mayores tienen derecho a recibir atención. El Estado no sólo proporciona servicios de atención, sino que… |
Family benefits, Old-age pensions, Disability | http://www.unwomen.org/es/news/stories/2017/2/feature-uruguay-care-law | monitor | |||||
France: Mes aides le nouveau simulateur pour calculer les aides sociales auxquelles vous pouvez prétendre | france | L'internaute (09.03.2017) Minima sociaux, allocations familiales et aides au logement... Il est difficile de s'y retrouver parmi la myriade d'aides et de prestations sociales. Un nouveau site permet d'évaluer en quelques clics les aides auxquelles vous avez droit. |
Social assistance, Information and communication technology, Governance and administration | http://www.linternaute.com/argent/magazine/1368613-mes-aides-le-simulateur-qui-… | monitor | |||||
Día de la mujer 2017: Hombres y mujeres desiguales hasta en las pensiones | El País (08.03.2017) La igualdad de género no forma parte del presente de muchas mujeres europeas, que cobran menos que sus compañeros varones, ocupan menos puestos de responsabilidad y dedican más horas de su jornada a ocuparse de la crianza de los hijos o de la casa. Y, salvo que se empiecen a… |
Pensions, Inequalities | megatrends | http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2017/03/08/actualidad/1488932714_… | monitor | |||||
In Uruguay, care law catalyzes change, ushering services and breaking stereotypes | uruguay | UN Women (28.03.2017) Uruguay’s Care Act has changed the concept of “care”. Under the new law, all children, persons with disabilities and elderly persons, have the right to get care. The state not only provides care services, but also guarantees their quality by providing training and… |
Family benefits | http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/2/feature-uruguay-care-law | monitor | |||||
Government might soon pay your house rent through vouchers in 100 Indian cities | india | businesstoday.in (09.03.2017) The government at the centre is willing to share your rent. A new welfare scheme might soom come into existence where the urban-poor will be given rent vouchers that can be given out to the land lords. |
Housing | housing, poverty | http://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/infra/house-rent-government-vouchers-paymen… | monitor | ||||
ICT could help achieve universal health coverage - study | Telecompaper (27.02.2017) Digital health, the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to provide health services, has the potential to advance the goal of universal health coverage and improve the quality and efficiency of health services, according to a report from the Broadband… |
Health, Information and communication technology | https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ict-could-help-achieve-universal-health-cover… | monitor | ||||||
France: Les régimes de retraites, retour sur 25 ans de bombes politiques | france | lefigaro.fr (02.03.2017) En voulant notamment s'attaquer aux «régimes spéciaux», Emmanuel Macron veut s'inscrire dans l'histoire mouvementée des réformes des retraites. Édouard Balladur, François Fillon ou Jean-Marc Ayrault ont été confrontés par le passé à la difficulté de leur… |
Pensions | http://www.lefigaro.fr/economie/le-scan-eco/explicateur/2017/03/02/29004-201703… | monitor | |||||
China stresses safe investment of pension funds | china | chinadaily.com.cn (02.03.2017) A senior official Wednesday called for a cautionary approach when investing pension funds, tempering expectations that a large amount of pension funds would enter the stock market. |
Pensions, Financing | http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2017-03/02/content_28403353.htm | monitor | |||||
Trump abre en canal el debate sobre la sanidad en Estados Unidos | United States | El País (12.03.2017) Los republicanos, atrapados por su retórica, se enfrentan ahora a la ira de sus votantes. California, el mercado más grande de Estados Unidos, alerta de una “espiral mortal” si se destruye el sistema de Obama |
Health, Health insurance | managing reforms | http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2017/03/12/actualidad/1489318360_… | monitor | ||||
Aux Etats-Unis, la réforme de la santé divise le camp républicain | United States | Le Monde (09.03.2017) Trop généreux pour les uns, trop sévère pour les autres. A peine annoncé par le Parti républicain, lundi 6 mars, le plan destiné à remplacer le système de santé mis en place par Barack Obama a suscité une volée de critiques. Celles des démocrates n’ont surpris personne. La… |
Health, Health insurance | managing reforms | http://mobile.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2017/03/09/aux-etats-unis-la-reforme… | monitor |