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Social protection, child protection and jobs


Social protection, child protection and jobs

Overview

Optimising social protection and child protection systems for human development from within the Young World

Social protection is a set of policies and programmes that protect people against poverty and risks to their livelihoods and well-being. Various mechanisms can provide this protection, including cash or in-kind benefits, contributory schemes and programmes to enhance human capital, productive assets and access to jobs.

Our aim is to support our partners in optimising social protection systems for human development. We do this by reforming policies, improving financing and access, ensuring sustainability, integrating technology for better delivery, and tailoring these systems to contribute to the more holistic development of individuals and societies. This includes leveraging social protection to improve education and health outcomes, ensuring access to earning opportunities and a decent standard of living, and reducing vulnerability to shocks.

Child protection involves safeguarding children from harm and encompasses a range of measures and structures put in place to prevent and address abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence against children.

We work to improve child protection systems by supporting the strengthening of legal frameworks, enhancing coordination among stakeholders, and building the capacity of child protection workers. We have worked with our partners to implement preventive measures through community education and parenting support programmes, ensuring child participation in decisions affecting them, and securing sustainable funding.

We believe that social protection and child protection systems don’t change from the outside. As a Young World firm rooted in Africa, we boast a team composed mostly of senior and junior staff who reside in and originate from the Young World. This grants us access to tacit knowledge, expansive networks, legitimacy and a profound commitment to driving change. We believe in a unified approach to transformation that embodies an inside-out perspective where everyone collaborates on joint solutions. This methodology is deeply ingrained in the firm’s culture of Siyakhana.

Areas of Expertise

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      Social assistance

      Our work has demonstrated that vulnerability of populations can be reduced by enhancing aspects of social assistance spending such as its adequacy, equity and allocative and technical efficiency.

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      Photograph: Brown, R (2017). Flickr, Seychelles - Daily Life, accessed: 21.05.2024.

      Social insurance

      Social insurance includes programmes and schemes to minimise the negative impact of economic shocks on individuals and families.

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      Photograph: Spratt, A (2016). Unsplash, Woman holding green grass, accessed: 17.04.2024.

      Labour market programmes

      We believe employment and entrepreneurial activity are the most sustainable pathways to ensuring a minimum and safe income to support a decent life.

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      Photograph: Soares, V (2019). Unsplash, Woman wearing multicolored dress, accessed: 17.04.2024.

      Social care services

      The delivery of social care services is an essential component of social protection and child protection systems. Such services include psychological support, drug rehabilitation and care for the elderly, disabled, victims of violence and abuse and other vulnerable groups.

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      Photograph: Spratt, A (2016). Unsplash, Group of children, accessed: 17.04.2024.

      Child protection

      Child protection involves safeguarding children from harm and encompasses a range of measures and structures put in place to prevent and address abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence against children.

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      Social protection financing

      We are dedicated to optimising social protection and child protection systems to promote human development within the Young World. Social protection encompasses a set of policies and programmes designed to shield individuals from poverty and mitigate risks to their livelihoods and well-being.

Projects

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    WFP/Giulio d'Adamo

    Financing adaptive social protection in fragile nations

    Genesis was contracted to conduct a multi-country study of the public finance systems and processes used as part of adaptive social protection (ASP) responses in fragile countries over the past five to six years. The evidence gathered will help UNICEF to strengthen ASP systems in fragile countries.

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    Study aims to boost uptake of graduation programme in Jordan

    Genesis partnered with UNICEF to enhance the EU-MADAD graduation programme in Jordan by way of a diagnostic study and recommendations.

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    Fiscal space Oman needs to maintain social welfare

    In partnership with Oxford Policy Management (UK) and The Firm (Oman), Genesis Analytics carried out a comprehensive fiscal space analysis for Oman, projecting expenditures for health and education to 2040.

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    Costing the path to progress for youth policy in Lebanon

    Genesis was contracted by UNICEF Lebanon to conduct a costing of the National Youth Policy Action Plan (NYPAP) for Lebanon with the goal of developing a strategic action plan for its implementation.

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    Ramalho, J. (2023). UnSplash

    Improving child social services in Iraq

    Genesis was contracted by UNICEF Iraq to strengthen social services in Iraq by focusing on the children of the area. It will help grow the social safety network with a cash-transfer programme in Iraq as well as the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

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    https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/encouraging-young-voices-break-through-rumble-war-ukraine

    Investing in Ukraine’s youth is key to post-war recovery

    Why is investing in Ukraine’s youth important, and how can it be done effectively and efficiently? To answer this question, Genesis was contracted by UNICEF to develop an investment case to inform the scale-up of youth services and ensure adequate resources, quality interventions and effective partnerships.

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