From beneficiaries to citizens: Access by and treatment of women in Latin American pension systems

Women constitute the majority of the older adult population, but, with some exceptions, they are underrepresented among pension recipients. Although progress has been made in the region with regard to women’s inclusion in non-contributory pension programmes, these pension payments are lower and do n...

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spelling oai-11362-446062020-09-28T19:20:18Z From beneficiaries to citizens: Access by and treatment of women in Latin American pension systems NU. CEPAL Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo MUJERES SEGURIDAD SOCIAL IGUALDAD DE GENERO DERECHOS HUMANOS PENSIONES REFORMA ADMINISTRATIVA DISCRIMINACION BASADA EN EL GENERO CUIDADORES TRABAJO NO REMUNERADO JUBILACION ESTUDIOS DE CASOS WOMEN SOCIAL SECURITY GENDER EQUALITY HUMAN RIGHTS PENSIONS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM GENDER DISCRIMINATION CAREGIVERS UNPAID WORK RETIREMENT CASE STUDIES Women constitute the majority of the older adult population, but, with some exceptions, they are underrepresented among pension recipients. Although progress has been made in the region with regard to women’s inclusion in non-contributory pension programmes, these pension payments are lower and do not allow women to escape poverty. Mainstreaming the gender dimension into the design of pension system reforms is a challenge. Women must be included in pension systems in order to address the population’s new age structure, to meet women’s demand and need for economic autonomy, and to exercise their rights. It is also essential for the systems’ sustainability. As this study will show, recognition of care work is key to achieving greater gender equality in pension systems. Such affirmative action is starting to be enforced in the pension systems of some countries of the region, although it has a greater impact on systems with a redistributive approach. Foreword .-- Introduction .-- I. Equality in social security .-- II. Accumulated knowledge .-- III. Reforms in pursuit of inclusion in the twenty-first century: Argentina, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay .-- IV. Better than before, but still facing exclusion and discrimination .-- V. Care work and social security: from paradox to recognition .-- VI. Domestic employment: paid care work and more .-- VII. Coexisting good practices and challenges .-- VIII. Conclusions and proposals. 2019-05-15T16:25:44Z 2019-05-15T16:25:44Z 2019-05-14 Texto Documento Completo 9789211220131 http://hdl.handle.net/11362/44606 LC/PUB.2019/4-P 9789210586528 en Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean. Studies. 2 .pdf application/pdf AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE ARGENTINA BOLIVIA (ESTADO PLURINACIONAL DE) CHILE COSTA RICA URUGUAY LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ARGENTINA BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) CHILE COSTA RICA URUGUAY ECLAC
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topic MUJERES
SEGURIDAD SOCIAL
IGUALDAD DE GENERO
DERECHOS HUMANOS
PENSIONES
REFORMA ADMINISTRATIVA
DISCRIMINACION BASADA EN EL GENERO
CUIDADORES
TRABAJO NO REMUNERADO
JUBILACION
ESTUDIOS DE CASOS
WOMEN
SOCIAL SECURITY
GENDER EQUALITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
PENSIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
CAREGIVERS
UNPAID WORK
RETIREMENT
CASE STUDIES
spellingShingle MUJERES
SEGURIDAD SOCIAL
IGUALDAD DE GENERO
DERECHOS HUMANOS
PENSIONES
REFORMA ADMINISTRATIVA
DISCRIMINACION BASADA EN EL GENERO
CUIDADORES
TRABAJO NO REMUNERADO
JUBILACION
ESTUDIOS DE CASOS
WOMEN
SOCIAL SECURITY
GENDER EQUALITY
HUMAN RIGHTS
PENSIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
CAREGIVERS
UNPAID WORK
RETIREMENT
CASE STUDIES
From beneficiaries to citizens: Access by and treatment of women in Latin American pension systems
description Women constitute the majority of the older adult population, but, with some exceptions, they are underrepresented among pension recipients. Although progress has been made in the region with regard to women’s inclusion in non-contributory pension programmes, these pension payments are lower and do not allow women to escape poverty. Mainstreaming the gender dimension into the design of pension system reforms is a challenge. Women must be included in pension systems in order to address the population’s new age structure, to meet women’s demand and need for economic autonomy, and to exercise their rights. It is also essential for the systems’ sustainability. As this study will show, recognition of care work is key to achieving greater gender equality in pension systems. Such affirmative action is starting to be enforced in the pension systems of some countries of the region, although it has a greater impact on systems with a redistributive approach.
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title From beneficiaries to citizens: Access by and treatment of women in Latin American pension systems
title_short From beneficiaries to citizens: Access by and treatment of women in Latin American pension systems
title_full From beneficiaries to citizens: Access by and treatment of women in Latin American pension systems
title_fullStr From beneficiaries to citizens: Access by and treatment of women in Latin American pension systems
title_full_unstemmed From beneficiaries to citizens: Access by and treatment of women in Latin American pension systems
title_sort from beneficiaries to citizens: access by and treatment of women in latin american pension systems
publisher ECLAC
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/11362/44606
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