Result achieved
Outcome summary
The President of Uzbekistan launched in March 2022, the extension of maternity benefits to formally employed women in private sector at the level of Minimum Consumption Expenditure for 4 months. This program started in September 2022 and currently cover...
Outcome achieved
The President of Uzbekistan launched in March 2022, the extension of maternity benefits to formally employed women in private sector at the level of Minimum Consumption Expenditure for 4 months. This program started in September 2022 and currently covers more than 7,000 women working in the private sector. It is integrated with the sickness benefits program as the program is being implemented through a Single Registry (the database receives data on each pregnancy case for working women through the sick leave database of the Ministry of Healthcare).
The Government is also considering options for further extension of maternity benefits to all women, including in informal employment.
ILO's contribution to the outcome
ILO has been providing support to constituents on the extension of maternity protection. This included also the comparative review of national legislation compatibility with respect to the Maternity Protection Convention No. 183 which was validated by constituents in August 2022 supporting the Government’s intention to ratify this Convention. The comparative assessment of national legislation with respect to the Social Security Minimum Standards Convention C102 has been validated by constituents in September 2022. Based on results of ILO supported Diagnostics of informal employment from gender perspective from October 2022 to June 2023 policy options for extension of coverage with maternity benefits to informally employed women and unemployment benefits were validated by constituents in May 2023.
SDG
Goals
- End poverty in all its forms everywhere
- Reduce inequality within and among countries