Development of knowledge and technical support in social protection for UNICEF LACRO
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Description
The goal of this project was to support social protection knowledge generation and policy analysis in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Partners
UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (LACRO)
Region/Countries
Latin America and the Caribbean
Main Pillar
Knowledge Production
Thematic Area
Social Protection
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 1 - No Poverty
, SDG 5 - Gender Equality
Project Results
1. Research Reports (see Publications below)
- Maternidad y paternidad en el lugar de trabajo en América Latina y el Caribe — políticas para la licencia de maternidad y paternidad y apoyo a la lactancia materna - The study compares current leave policies as well as policies supporting breastfeeding in the workplace in 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean according to the standards established by the ILO and international best practices.
- Niñas, niños y adolescentes en movimiento: dimensión y respuesta pública desde la protección social – Un análisis de la migración venezolana en países de América Latina y el Caribe - This report analyses the access of displaced Venezuelans to the national social protection systems of the seven main host countries - namely Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil in South America; Panama in Central America; and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.
- Las transferencias en efectivo con enfoque universal en América Latina y el Caribe - The report discusses universal child benefits in Latin America and the Caribbean, showing different implementation possibilities even with existing fiscal constraints and simulates on child poverty and inequality amongst others
- Protección social y respuesta al COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe: Innovaciones en los sistemas de registro y pago - This report updates the regional overview of the response measures to the pandemic (see Technical Notes below), details cash transfer programmes and analyses their coverage and discusses the challenges in adopting these innovations during the response to the first outbreak of the virus in Latin America and the Caribbean
2. Technical Notes
- Protección social y respuesta al COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe - This Technical Note was published in March 2020 and covers the initial mapping and description of social protection interventions used response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. It also emphasises the importance of social protection policies in this context of crisis in the region and the vulnerable population groups.
- Potección social y respuesta al COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe II Edición: Asistencia Social - This Technical Note updates the first note, reviewing social protection interventions implemented as response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes an introduction about the pandemic socioeconomic impacts in the countries of the region, describing the social protection policies adopted to mitigate its effects. The Note has a section dedicated to social assistance interventions, focusing on cash transfer and school meal programmes.
- Protección social y respuesta al COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe III Edición: Seguridad Social y Mercado Laboral - This Technical Note updates the previous note, reviewing social protection measures implemented as Covid-19 response in Latin America and the Caribbean until the beginning of July 2020. It focuses particularly on social insurance and labour market policies that have been adopted to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic.
3. Webinars
- El estado de las políticas sobre licencias de maternidad, paternidad y las experiencias que apoyan la lactancia materna en el lugar de trabajo en América Latina y el Caribe - The webinar was organised by UNICEF-Lacro together with IPC-IG. It covered the main findings of the report "Maternidad y paternidad en el lugar de trabajo en América Latina y el Caribe — políticas para la licencia de maternidad y paternidad y apoyo a la lactancia materna".
Publications
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