Gender and Old-age Pension Protection in Asia

Providing old-age social protection for women is a major policy challenge, as women’s working lives tend to be more diverse than men’s, often including periods of care-giving and part-time work. In addition, workers in the informal sector, where the majority of women work, are excluded from mainstre...

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Autores: Vlachantoni, Athina, Falkingham, Jane
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Recursos:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15350
Acesso em linha:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15350
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:gender
old-age
pension protection
Asia
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Resumo:Providing old-age social protection for women is a major policy challenge, as women’s working lives tend to be more diverse than men’s, often including periods of care-giving and part-time work. In addition, workers in the informal sector, where the majority of women work, are excluded from mainstream contributory pension systems designed for formal workers. Although social pensions can contribute significantly to lifting many women in low-income countries out of poverty, protection systems need to consider much more the diversity in women’s life courses and working lives. (…)