Public policies for equality: Towards universal social protection systems

Organization(s): ECLAC
Author: Milena Lavigne, Simone Cecchini
Regions: Americas
Year: 2014
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Outcomes of the international seminar “Public Policies for Equality: Towards Universal Social Protection Systems”, which was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 4 and 5 December 2013. The objective of the seminar was to foster the debate on and the construction of universal social protection systems in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean; disseminate the good practices currently being applied in those countries and in Norway; and discuss the main challenges faced by social protection

 

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