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| UN Secretary-General Policy Brief: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19 |
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| Already facing exclusion in employment, persons with disabilities are more likely to lose their job and experience greater difficulties returning to work during recovery. In most countries social protection systems offer little support to persons with disabilities and their families with much less access to social insurance. Only 28% of persons with significant disabilities have access to disability benefits globally, and only 1% in low-income countries. The increased demand for unpaid care and domestic work in the context of the pandemic is deepening already existing inequalities, which may be exacerbated for women with disabilities. |
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| Disability-inclusive Social Protection response to COVID-19 crisis |
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| The COVID-19 pandemic and its related socioeconomic consequences magnify obstacles and inequalities. Persons with disabilities are in many ways more exposed to the crisis. Social protection, which, at any point in time, is critical for persons with disabilities, has proven to be a crucial vector of relief in the recent weeks. This brief presents several elements that can help make the most of the social protection systems response to COVID-19 to support persons with disabilities. |
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