TONGA
Social Protection in Tonga
Tonga is a Polynesian island country comprised of 141 islands, with a population of more than 104,000 people living across 45 islands. Hover over the icons below to see which of these life-cycle risks Tonga 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:
SCHOOL AGE
- Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program Payment for Secondary Schools
YOUTH
- Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program Payment for Secondary Schools
OLD AGE
- Elderly Social Welfare Scheme, universal pension for 70 years and older
- Provident Fund old age benefits (60 years and older)
Tonga has a Disability Welfare Scheme, universal disability benefit available for people with disability.