EAN: 9783960670056

IS SOCIAL PROTECTION A RIGHT? AN EXAMINATION OF...

Social protection involves choices about whether the core principle behind social provisioning
will be universal or selective through targeting. Extreme poverty is regarded as the world's
greatest human rights issue. The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights starts from the idea
that all human beings are born free and equal in status and rights. Under the international
human rights law  States are legally obligated to establish social protection systems for their
citizens  especially the vulnerable and at risk. Social protection in Ghana assumes three main
targets for poverty reduction  the first target looks at labour market interventions in terms
of employment services  job training  and direct employment generation. The second target deals
with social insurance that targets risk mitigation  disability  ill health  old age  health
insurance  and the third target is social assistance that provides welfare and social services
cash or in-kind transfers  and subsidies. The interventions under these targets are either
universal or targeted. This study is concerned with the right base of social protection for OVC
and examines the impact and challenges of some social protection interventions. For this
purpose  three categories of participants made up of 53 OVC  Caregivers  SP interventions and
institutions as well as Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) were selected across the two
townships of Wa and Jirapa for the study through systematic random sampling. Close ended
questionnaires were administered to the OVC and their care-givers  while open ended
questionnaires were administered to managers of some selected SP interventions  SP institutions
and NGOs. Cross-sectional design was used and purposive sampling technique was employed to
sample out the two townships. Methodologically  the study applies qualitative and quantitative
instruments of data collection.

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