Sentences with phrase «social protection»

The elimination of fossil fuel subsidies was one, as was the expansion of social protection programmes, a huge expansion of the global network of protected marine areas, etc..

So, today, I am happy to formally launch, by far the most ambitious social protection programme in our history.

Only a public authority can guarantee the universal access to a medical care of quality, the development of knowledge and the certainty of a job as well as social protection for all.

We don't have people with the competence to manage social protection in this country.

I want to make sure that everybody who works is covered by social protection schemes, on the basis of their contributions.

It is a means - tested, needs - based social welfare or social protection program.

This money could be better spent on health, education and social protection which would have a more direct positive impact on the poor.

It would be nice to think a shift is occurring in the debate on social security with public opinion moving against relentless attacks on the poorest and cuts in basic social protection.

What is social protection if we have kids sleeping on the streets because they are homeless?

They include shifting towards more sustainable food systems, facilitating access and strengthening social protection.

A certain social protection of the tenant is not a general criterion anymore, unlike before, where it was sometimes found between the lines of a verdict in earlier times.

Our French and — primarily — foreign clients increasingly seek advice on labor law, social protection law and immigration law in the framework of the mobility of their employees.

The highlight of the meeting was the action taken over a public spat between Gender, Children and Social Protection minister Otiko Djaba and NPP Northern Regional Chariman Bugri Naabu.

Stephen Kidd critiques Bretton Woods Institutions» approach to targeted social protection systems, arguing the poor lose out the most.

«Today, in Council we presented National Social Protection Policy.

She said the Council also approved the establishment of the National Council on Social Protection for smooth implementation of the policy.

In his welcome address, the Director General, Office of Economic Development and Partnerships and Coordinator, Osun Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Programme, Dr Charles Akinola, said the purpose of the visit to the state was to provide a platform for interaction and deliberation on the protection, care and empowerment of children, women and marginalized groups through social protection initiatives of Governor Aregbesola led administration in the state.

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«On our part, the National Social Protection Policies designed to rescue Nigerians out of poverty and vulnerability, would further help to restore abundance in the general well being of the citizens as lives would be positively impacted through this scheme», he stressed.

Ghana's new Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Otiko Afisa Djaba (R) greeting President Nana Akufo - Addo.

The people wanted to vote against President Mahama because they feel they have been denied the LEAP initiative by the Gender and Social Protection Ministry.

Indeed, a recent study by the World Bank cast Europe as a «lifestyle superpower,» noting the continent spends more on social protection measures, like pensions and welfare programs, than the rest of the world combined.

The distribution [of the masks] will be conducted through social affairs agencies,» said Margowiyono, the director of social protection at the Social Affairs Ministry, at a press conference on Wednesday.

Former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection Nana Oye Lithur has asked President Nana Akufo - Addo to acknowledge that Ghanaians have been «split right in the middle» by the actions of the notorious «invincible forces» he has refused to bring to book.

The CPRC believes the key to solving these problems lies at the national level, saying governments face pressure to press on with addressing the problem through social protection.

• In practical and policy terms, what this means is that the APC administration to be sworn in on October 15, 2018, by the grace of God, must resume good governance that was cut short four years ago, and once again prioritise social investments in education, healthcare and other social protection programmes that reduce the cost of living, while raising the quality of life.

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection made the disclosure in parliament when she addressed parliament to commemorate International Women's Day which fell yesterday.

Prior to coming here I was in Ethiopia to look at how social protection, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation can unite forces to help poor people better manage climate and disaster risk.

Some of the principles add completely new «rights» to the Union system: «the right to adequate minimum income benefits» (principle 14), «the right to fair wages that provide for a decent standard of living» (principle 6 (a)-RRB- and the rights to adequate social protection for the self - employed (principle 12).

By reinvesting these savings into renewable energy, energy efficiency, education, health care, and targeted social protection schemes for adaptation to climate change, countries have major opportunities to support the delivery of the both the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Over the past decade, more than a dozen government - run cash transfer programmes have been launched in sub-Saharan Africa as part of national social protection strategies.

In the «improving social protection for the poor: Health Insurance in Ghana» report published in 2005, the report mentioned that rapid growth in membership of the scheme coupled with rising healthcare cost over five year period will result in high expenditure of the scheme (due to claims and other operational expenses) leading to a funding gap.

Nana Oye Lithur, the Former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection said they would be extending such gestures to other institutions and vulnerable groups to better their lot.

World Bank Group President Jim Yong - Kim on Thursday disclosed that the bank was working toward raising $ 1.6 bn to build social protection systems to end food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen.

The UNICEF Nigeria Chief of Field Offices and Coordination who described social protection programmes as panacea to poverty reduction, said the initiative remains the only way to reach out to the people most especially the vulnerable who deserved all round intervention of socio - economic life.

This activity report provides an overview of international experiences that combine social and environmental objectives within one programme and extract some lessons learned from existing Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes that may be useful when designing, implementing and monitoring social protection programmes such as the Bolsa Verde programme.

Parties shall, when pursuing actions in the land sector in addition to actions in other sectors and consistent with all relevant international obligations, prioritise the protection, maintenance and restoration of natural ecosystems; undertake emissions reductions and removals in an equitable manner; and the governing body shall develop principles and guidelines for ensuring social protections, food security, ecological integrity, transparency and comparability in relation to such actions.

The report calls for synergies between social protection and environmental policies which support both workers» incomes and the transition to a greener economy.

The Accelerator aims to work with governments to develop innovative social safety net bundles that would enable access to energy, social protection services, and a regular cash payment for the most vulnerable and hardest - to - reach people, and to facilitate the development and scaling of opportunities for women's participation in the clean energy and / or cooking sectors as service users, entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, and businesswomen.

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But Mr. Ratcliffe argues that European - style social protections lead to under - investment that ultimately benefits no one.

About 830 million women, mainly in developing countries, lack social protection in their job situation that might enable them to continue caring for their families as they had before.

Mrs Della Sowah, Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection who led Ghana's delegation, said Government has taken measures to promote positive cultural values and traditions and to discourage those that are inconsistent with the rights, duties and obligations contained in the Children's Charter.

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection operates a range of employment support services that are designed to encourage and to support social welfare recipients of working age, including lone parents, to return to work.

This is sad that our system is beset by Republicans that think the best way out of a recession is to eliminate more jobs and take away workers and social protections so they can further the system that caused the economic collapse in the first place.

He held that the present government had not only developed the state infrastructurally but also impacted meaningfully in the general well - being of the citizenry through its multifarious social protection policies.

Speaking on the decision taken by the New patriotic party on their Northern Regional Chairman Daniel Bugri Naabu and Minister for Gender and Social Protection Ms Otiko Afisa Djaba, he said that he used to have higher expectation for NPP»S administration but from the way things are going he doubt.