Social Protection( Government of Rwanda) - As social Protection Sector, which essentially comprises the system of regular and predictable cach transfers that will provide income support to those living in poverty and vulnerable to falling into povety, these are recognized as core social protection activities;
- As a means of ensuring access to other public services- such as health and education- by enabling poor households to overcome the financial barriers that they may face; these are understood a broader social protection activities.(National Social Protection Strategy-Government of Rwanda 2011).
- Set of programs and policies that provide:
- a)Social assistance for the poor:
- Alleviating chronic poverty with social grants(cach/food transfer; disabilty benefifs,child grants etc..).
- b)Social Insurance for the Vulnerable ‘’Insuring the uninsured’’against:
- 1)Adverse persons circumstances(e.g disability)
- 2)Life cycle hasards (e.g.retirements from work)
- 3)Livelihood risks(e.g. drought, unemployment)
- c)Labor market regulation: ensure basic standards at work and extends rigths(e.g.maternity rigths).
- d)Social justice for the marginalised ensuring the realisation of economic and social rights.
3. Four(4) Dimension of Social Protection - Social Protection is a range of policy instruments that address poverty and vulnerability through:
- .Protection Instruments(Social assistance for chronic poor);eg. food/ cach transfers, child grants.
- .Preventive instrument (insurance for the vulnerable-poor, near poor and transitory poor);eg.Insurance schemes, unemployment benefits pensions.
Cont 4 Instruments - .Promotive instruments(productivity enhancing for economically active poor and vulnerable near poor);eg.Micro-credit;PWD; assets transfers.
- .Transformative Instruments(Social justice for excluded groups, women and children).
- Legislation and regulation and policies to ensure equity and non discrimination e.g. Maternity benefits, employment legislation.
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