The Rights-based People’s Social Protection Agenda

Abstract

In this paper the author proposes for a comprehensive rights-based approach to social protection that is transformative, gender-responsive, participatory, and sustainable. The paper is anchored on the basic premise that social protection is a human right, and thus the author argues for people’s right not only for jobs, but also social security, health care, education, skills, basic services, social assistance, voice and justice for all based on a framework that integrates the notions of justice in the different domains. This concept of social protection is intended to serve as guide to policymakers, development advocates and practitioners at the national and community levels.