Articles for Social Protection

The vulnerability of live-in couples
4 months ago

The vulnerability of live-in couples

The Hindu  

In 2022, investigations began into the disappearance of a 26-year-old woman, Shraddha Walkar. In following judgments, the Supreme Court extended the same protection to live-in relationships, stating, “Live-in or marriage-like relationship is neither a crime nor a sin though socially unacceptable in this country”. In Chawali v. State of U.P., the Allahabad High Court, building on the conservatism towards marriage, …

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Video of man asking for rape of Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee’s daughter goes viral
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Video of man asking for rape of Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee’s daughter goes viral

The Hindu  

The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights registered a suo motu case after a video went viral on social media where a man can be seen asking for the rape of the 11-year-old daughter of Trinamool Congress MP and National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights “has taken suo motu cognisance …

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Social Media Digest
5 months, 1 week ago

Social Media Digest

China Daily  

The concept of "excessive sun protection" has sparked debates on Chinese social media. On the Chinese lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu, the hashtag "sun protection" boasts over 15.47 million posts, while the same hashtag has accumulated more than 43 billion views on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. However, the concept of "excessive sun protection "has sparked debates on Chinese social media. …

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The burden of women in construction
10 months ago

The burden of women in construction

The Hindu  

March 08, 2024 01:14 am | Updated 12:00 pm IST Low female labour force participation remains a pressing concern in India. Analysing quantitative data from the TUS alongside qualitative primary data helps us scrutinise and understand not just how much time women spend on paid work but also the nature of their work in particular sectors. According to TUS data, …

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International Day for Eradication of Poverty:Date, theme, history, significance
1 year, 2 months ago

International Day for Eradication of Poverty:Date, theme, history, significance

Live Mint  

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, celebrated annually on October 17, aims to promote understanding and dialogue between people living in poverty and the wider society. An estimated 7% of the global population – around 575 million people – could still find themselves trapped in extreme poverty by 2030. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2023: When …

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Understanding enablers and barriers to social protection of sanitation workers
1 year, 3 months ago

Understanding enablers and barriers to social protection of sanitation workers

Hindustan Times  

There has been a strong focus on improving the sanitation situation in the last decade in India due to the Government of India ’s flagship program called Swachh Bharat Mission. Recognising the high level of social and economic vulnerability and discrimination faced by sanitation workers, GoI and several state governments have initiated many programmes and schemes, including social protection measures …

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Pakistan's first case of polio in 2023 reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
1 year, 9 months ago

Pakistan's first case of polio in 2023 reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

The Hindu  

Pakistan has reported its first polio case of 2023 after a three-year-old boy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district became the latest victim of the crippling disease, according to a media report on March 18. The Health Ministry on March 17 said the FAD and BMGF delegations met the Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel to discuss avenues for cooperation in …

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The world can learn from India’s digital public infra experience
1 year, 10 months ago

The world can learn from India’s digital public infra experience

Hindustan Times  

Last week, the Digital Economy Working Group of G20 met for the first time under India’s presidency. We draw from a recent study of three state-level digital ecosystems for the delivery of social protection and observe the following learnings for India to take to a global stage: First, well-defined data privacy and security laws are critical to the success of …

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In a new-age world of work, address key systemic issues
1 year, 11 months ago

In a new-age world of work, address key systemic issues

Hindustan Times  

The world over, issues relating to employment, job creation and retention, appropriate skilling, new forms of employment, and sustainable social protection are emerging as challenges for national governments. Gig and platform workers have unique challenges, including irregular work and inadequate social protection, despite the gig economy’s potential to enhance labour force participation. On social protection, the Code on Social Security …

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Towards universal social security: Priorities for G20
1 year, 11 months ago

Towards universal social security: Priorities for G20

Hindustan Times  

At least four billion people around the world are yet to be covered by any form of social security, and therefore vulnerable to economic, social, and environmental shocks. India, as current president of the G20, can guide the grouping in creating sustainable financing for social security, utilising lessons it has learnt from its own social protection schemes. The International Labour …

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World Cup players get protection from social media abuse
2 years, 1 month ago

World Cup players get protection from social media abuse

Deccan Chronicle  

Doha: FIFA and the global soccer players union have launched a moderation service aimed at protecting World Cup players from abuse on social media during the tournament. FIFA said Wednesday that the more than 830 players in Qatar can access a dedicated monitoring, reporting and moderation service that aims to filter hate speech targeted at them. The project will monitor …

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Agenda 2030: A bumpy road ahead?
2 years, 5 months ago

Agenda 2030: A bumpy road ahead?

Hindustan Times  

With more than half the 193 UN member-States lacking clear datasets in terms of geographical coverage, timeliness and level of disaggregation, SDG monitoring will have to be improved across regions, sectors and groups of people. Even the 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report documented the rising rates of indebtedness in over 60% least developed countries, highlighting the need to reduce …

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The jobs crisis is real
2 years, 5 months ago

The jobs crisis is real

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST India is experiencing a job market crisis. With about 40 per cent of India’s 1.41 billion population in the labour force, this implies that about 42 million people who were available for work were not employed. Since results from these surveys can be compared, the government has taken credit for the apparent rise …

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Oxfam report says over 16 crore more people forced into poverty in two years of pandemic
2 years, 11 months ago

Oxfam report says over 16 crore more people forced into poverty in two years of pandemic

The Hindu  

The first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw incomes of 99% of humanity fall and over 16 crore people were forced into poverty even as the world's ten richest men saw their fortune more than double to $1.5 trillion at a rate of $1.3 billion a day, a new study showed on Monday. The world's ten richest men saw …

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UK PM Johnson under pressure over new lockdown party claims
3 years ago

UK PM Johnson under pressure over new lockdown party claims

Al Jazeera  

London police say they are in contact with gov’t after alleged breaches of health protection laws. An invitation to the party was sent out by Johnson’s Principal Private Secretary Martin Reynolds via email to employees in Downing Street, ITV reported. “Please join us from 6pm and bring your own booze!” London’s Metropolitan Police Service said on Monday it was in …

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Ramdas Athawale meets , seeks police protection for actress
3 years, 3 months ago

Ramdas Athawale meets , seeks police protection for actress

India TV News  

Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale met actress Payal Ghosh here on Tuesday. Ghosh has been a member of Athawale's Republic Party of India faction since October 2020. His tweet in Hindi read: "We condemn the attack on actress Payal Ghosh by unidentified men. The actress, who has been a part of a couple of southern …

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Government’s ad hoc response to the migrant crisis did not take into account the reality of their lives
3 years, 5 months ago

Government’s ad hoc response to the migrant crisis did not take into account the reality of their lives

The Hindu  

THE COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis. There are several challenges under the PDS, for instance, initially Bihar failed to disburse pulses to the marginalised communities targeted to be covered under PMGKY 2020 primarily because of unresolved issues between Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. Firms with more than …

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Migrant labourers: Tunnel-visioned relief from govt
3 years, 5 months ago

Migrant labourers: Tunnel-visioned relief from govt

The Hindu  

The image of the exodus of migrants from cities is emblematic of the 2020 lockdown. Moreover, these studies evince that instead of the pandemic, it is the lockdown along with the lack of social protection and inadequate relief responses that has been the real disaster for the working poor. In this context, relief measures that were announced in the aftermath …

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Twitter loses legal protection due to non-compliance with new IT rules
3 years, 6 months ago

Twitter loses legal protection due to non-compliance with new IT rules

India Today  

Twitter has lost legal protection in India over its failure to appoint statutory officers in line with the new IT rules, government sources have said. Sources said on Wednesday that the microblogging platform lost legal indemnity in India after it failed to comply with new social media rules which required it to appoint key officers in India. Twitter, however, on …

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Same-sex love: The family abuse that led to the Madras HC order
3 years, 7 months ago

Same-sex love: The family abuse that led to the Madras HC order

Hindustan Times  

Two university students, whose plea for police protection in the Madras high court resulted in a landmark order on Monday, suffered months of family harassment and abuse and even a concerted violent bid before approaching the judiciary, conversations with the petitioners, lawyers and their activists revealed. The two women – aged 20 and 22 — met in 2019 and fell …

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2.7 billion people did not get state aid during pandemic: Oxfam
4 years ago

2.7 billion people did not get state aid during pandemic: Oxfam

Al Jazeera  

COVID-19 pandemic has hit billions of people hard with poverty set to surge in almost every country, Oxfam says. The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it have hit millions of people hard, with poverty set to increase sharply in almost every country for the first time in decades unless action is taken now, according to a new …

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India's 72 Years of Independence: A Look at Women with Disabilities and Their Fight for Self-Reliance
4 years, 4 months ago

India's 72 Years of Independence: A Look at Women with Disabilities and Their Fight for Self-Reliance

News 18  

As the country celebrates its 72nd Independence Day, the government has been focusing much of its energies on teaching the importance of self-reliance to Indians as a way of fighting the coronavirus pandemic. "In most cases, violence faced by disabled women such as women using wheelchairs or needing constant assistance at home is not even counted as violence if it …

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Rent hikes, no protection and zero communication: How housing associations are failing tenants
4 years, 8 months ago

Rent hikes, no protection and zero communication: How housing associations are failing tenants

The Independent  

There are millions of UK residents living in the 2.4 million homes owned and managed by housing associations. The government has said that it is important for landlords to offer support and understanding to tenants whose income is fluctuating now – but there are also housing associations who are ignoring this advice. In 2017, a Guardian investigation across London uncovered …

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No, Face Masks Do Not Replace Social Distancing. Here's Why.
4 years, 8 months ago

No, Face Masks Do Not Replace Social Distancing. Here's Why.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that people cover up their faces when they heading out in public. Some larger cities, like Los Angeles, are making this mandatory, and many across the nation are busy whipping up DIY cloth face masks if they can’t get their hands on ones elsewhere. “As far as …

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