SOLOMON ISLANDS
Social Protection in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, a country comprised of six main islands and more than 900 smaller islands, with a population of approximately 700,000 people, has some social protection schemes in place. These take the form of a work injury compensation and maternity benefits for formal workers, and National Provident Funds retirement benefits for formal workers.
Hover over the icons below to see which of these life-cycle risks the Solomon Islands is addressing and how.
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Poor access to antenatal and post natal care
- Unsafe birth
- Poor access to immunisation
- Stunting, malnutrition and hunger
- Reduced cognitive development
SCHOOL AGE
- Malnutrition
- Unable to access or stay in school
- Child labour
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Loss of parents or carers
YOUTH
- Inadequate skills
- Inability to access training
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
- Alienation
WORKING AGE
- Unemployment and underemployment
- Cost of children
- Lack of childcare
- Care of parents
- Debt
- Gender discrimination
- Commercial and sexual exploitation and abuse
- Domestic violence
OLD AGE
- Increasing frailty and disability
- Inability to work
- Lack of family care
- Elder abuse
Leading to the following solutions:
WORKING AGE
- Work injury compensation and maternity benefits for formal workers (employer liability)
OLD AGE
- National Provident Funds retirement benefits for formal workers