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Falling Through the Net? Gender and Social Protection in the Pacific
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This paper examines the gender dimensions and implications of social protection in relation to rapid transformations in the globalizing economies in the Pacific region. The paper analyzes the dynamics of gender and social protection in three countries of the region – Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu – and explores how best to approach social protection so as to promote gender equality rather than risk reinscribing prevailing gender inequalities. The paper emphasizes the need to move beyond bipolar divisions of customary and commodity economies or informal and formal economies to consider the everyday realities of making a living. Women will ‘fall through the net’ if social protection is unduly yoked to the public sphere of the state and the formal commodity economy in which women are marginalised. Women’s own perceptions of their contemporary situation and their agency as both individuals and collectivities should be carefully heeded in finding creative solutions for gender equality in social protection for sustainable Pacific futures. The paper concludes by suggestion that efforts to ensure women's social protection in the Pacific need to be alert to the risks that women might 'fall through the net.'
#UNWOMEN #2015 #GENDER #SOCIALPROTECTION
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Publisher:
UNWOMEN
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(2015
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Type / Script:
Draft
in English
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Keywords:
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION, SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS, SOCIAL WELFARE, FAMILY ALLOWANCES, INCOME MAINTENANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC POLICY, FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY,GENDER EQUALITY, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, EQUAL PAY, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, WAGE POLICY, WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
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Thematic Group:
UNWOMEN
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Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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Thesaurus:
14.01.00
- Advancement Of Women
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