Social protection for working-age women in Tanzania: Exploring past policy trajectories and simulating future paths

Lambin, Roosa; Nyyssölä, Milla; Bernigaud, Alexis

doi:10.35188/unu-wider/2022/213-3

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“…Women in Tanzania experience important welfare needs across the areas of health, income, and livelihoods which have been heightened by the global COVID-19 pandemic (UN Women and UNDP 2021), which underscores the necessity of income support particularly for those in the informal sector. We have examined the potential positive effects of a broad-based child support grant on women in the Tanzanian context elsewhere, highlighting the welfare gains these could yield (Lambin et al 2022).…”

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Exploring social policy trajectories in Mainland Tanzania: Driving for gender-inclusive development?

Lambin¹,

Nyyssölä²

2022

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“…This research forms part of a broader project examining each of the selected policy areas more indepth (see Nyyssölä 2022a, 2022b;Lambin et al 2022). This paper draws on this work to present a holistic analysis of the broader social policy landscape and its gendered implications in Mainland Tanzania.…”

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Exploring social policy trajectories in Mainland Tanzania: Driving for gender-inclusive development?

Lambin¹,

Nyyssölä²

2022

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“…This research builds on a broader project examining each selected policy area in more depth (see Lambin et al. , 2022a; Lambin and Nyyssölä, 2022a, b) and draws on this work to present a holistic analysis of the broader social policy landscape and its gendered implications in Mainland Tanzania.…”

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Tanzanian social policy in the new millennium – a cross-sectoral analysis from a gender perspective

Lambin,

Nyyssölä

2024

IJSSP

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PurposeMainland Tanzania has seen two decades of significant social policy reforms and transformations in its social and economic structures, whilst the country continues to grapple with persisting gender inequalities. This article examines Tanzania's social policy developments from a gender perspective. The authors analyse the level, reach and quality of social policy delivery to working-age women across the areas of health policy, social protection and employment policy during 2000–2021.Design/methodology/approachThe article draws on qualitative research deploying the scoping review method. The data consist of diverse secondary materials, including academic publications, government policy documents, relevant statistics and other types of “grey” literature.FindingsTanzania has made significant advancements in the legal frameworks around welfare provision and has instituted increasingly gender-responsive government policy plans. The health and social protection sectors, in particular, have witnessed the introduction of large-scale measures expanding social policy implementation. However, social policy delivery remains two-tiered, with differences in provisions for women in the formal and informal sectors.Originality/valueSocial policy delivery and implementation have increased and diversified in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) during the new millennium, with a growing integration of gender-specific policy objectives. However, limited social policy scholarship has focused on the gendered effects of broader social policy models in SSA. The article remedies the concomitant knowledge gaps by examining various social policies and their impacts on working-age women in Mainland Tanzania. The authors also engage with the theoretical welfare regime literature and present an analytical framework for gender-sensitive assessment of emerging social policy models in the Global South.

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Influence of Levels of Income on Micro and Small Business Operators’ Participation in Social Security Fund in Moshi Municipality

Kalla,

Lamu Amos

2023

IJEF

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This research intended to assess the influence of income levels on micro and small business operators’ participation in social security fund (SSF) in Moshi Municipality, Tanzania. This study was guided by the Social Protection Theory (SPT) which described that Social Security Funds provides benefits to both individuals and households to propagate losses of earnings caused by sickness, maternity, employment injury, invalidity, old age or death. This research used a concurrent research design with a mixed research approach. The target population for the study was business operators found in Moshi Municipality totaling to 6,884. A sample size of 378 respondents obtained from Yamane (1964) formula through stratified random sampling and purposive Sampling. A structured questionnaire was administered as the tool for collecting primary data and Key informant Interviews were administered to gather additional qualitative data. Validity was ensured through discussion of the instrument with experts. Reliability of the instruments was obtained having Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of 0.76. Ethical considerations were adhered toward conducting this study. Descriptive statistics and content analysis was used for quantitative and qualitative data respectively. The study revealed that level of income affects the way that small or micro business operator perceives the value of social security funds in Moshi Municipality. This study recommends that social security funds should set a minimum income threshold for participation to ensure that micro and small business operators with low level of income participate in the social security funds in Moshi Municipal Council.

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Social protection for working-age women in Tanzania: Exploring past policy trajectories and simulating future paths

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Exploring social policy trajectories in Mainland Tanzania: Driving for gender-inclusive development?

Exploring social policy trajectories in Mainland Tanzania: Driving for gender-inclusive development?

Tanzanian social policy in the new millennium – a cross-sectoral analysis from a gender perspective

Influence of Levels of Income on Micro and Small Business Operators’ Participation in Social Security Fund in Moshi Municipality

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