Protecting garment sector workers: occupational safety and health and income support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Project
• Outputs
• Outcomes
• Results / Impact

Results achieved

Madagascar

Bangladesh

Cambodia

• The Pension Scheme of the National Social Security Fund as been approved
  31.03.2021 KHM226
  IMPACTS:

  • Number of persons entitled to social protection by law
• An emergency COVID-19 cash transfer programme was lauchned
  12.06.2020 KHM226
  IMPACTS:

  • Number of persons effectively covered(related SDG indicator 1.3.1)
• A child grant has been introduced
  16.02.2020 KHM226

Lao PDR

• Garment sector workers benefitted from a one-time partial unemployment cash benefit
  31.08.2021 LAO226
  IMPACTS:

  • Number of persons effectively covered(related SDG indicator 1.3.1)
• A Mother and Early Childhood Grant programme was launched
  30.06.2021 LAO226
  IMPACTS:

  • Number of persons effectively covered(related SDG indicator 1.3.1)
• The National Health Insurance Verification Guideline was endorsed
  30.09.2020 LAO226
• The National Social Protection Strategy was officially launched
  01.04.2020 LAO226

Ethiopia

Indonesia

• The Government issued a regulation on the Implementation of (un)Employment Insurance
  28.02.2021 IDN103
• The Government adopted the Law on job creation which includes provisions on an (un)employment insurance
  31.10.2020 IDN103
  IMPACTS:

  • Number of persons entitled to social protection by law
• COVID-19 response programmes have been launched
  27.08.2020 IDN103
  IMPACTS:

  • Number of persons effectively covered(related SDG indicator 1.3.1)

Viet Nam