SDG Fund: Closing Gaps: making Social Protection work for Women in Mexico

The overall purpose of the joint programme (JP) is to increase Mexican women’s access to social protection, and expand its coverage through the design and implementation of differentiated strategies. To this purpose, this programme identifies policy levers to accelerate transformations that improve access, coverage and adequacy of social protection and care for groups of marginalized women. The target groups are particularly women in situations of exclusion, including domestic workers and women temporary agricultural workers at national level. A special focus will be given to activities in the following five states: the State of Mexico, Mexico City, Jalisco, Chiapas and Oaxaca. Notwithstanding, the program will benefit a wide range of women at national level by improving access to public care services and policies, and supporting the adoption of a permanent social protection regime by the Mexican Social Security Institute. The programme was designed in collaboration with the Office of the Presidency, as well as contributions from many strategic institutions and stakeholders, ensuring their active involvement in order to achieve the desired results. To address the problem, the programme will focus on two main components: 1) Improving the legal and policy framework, in order to extend social protection coverage for women especially for those in vulnerable situations, and 2) Increasing the knowledge and commitment of key stakeholders who can contribute to change the current social protection conditions. The programme will focus its activities in the states with the highest concentration of domestic workers and rural and indigenous women, to reduce inequality and support decent work. By 2022, the programme will have contributed to increasing the coverage of social protection for women in Mexico, through: (1) A comprehensive policy for domestic workers that includes the adoption of a permanent regime on social protection, its application in 5 states, and the inspection protocol for domestic work, (2) The establishment of the National Care Strategy and its implementation at local level, and (3) The development of an innovative policy strategy aimed at women temporary agricultural workers, tailored to the context of two states for its initial implementation. By the end of the programme, the benefits achieved will cover close to 40% of the target group of the conservative estimate of 2.5 million women, contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda by putting women and girls at the center of its work, and adopting a holistic approach of the multiple dimensions of sustainable development.

Project symbol

MEX/19/50/UND

Admin unit

CO-Mexico

Start date

01/02/2020

End date

31/05/2022

Total allocation

660479

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

659902

Development Partners

Multi Partner Trust Fund Office, UNDP

Country/Countries

Mexico

Outcomes

Outcome 8: Comprehensive and sustainable social protection for all