Africa-Press – Botswana. Two Batswana authors, Professors Kholisani Solo and Dolly Ntseane have teamed up to address the emerging trends and issues on social protection in Botswana.
The two dons had thus released a new book titled; Social Protection in Botswana: Socio-Economic and Legal Perspective, which guarantees that it remained accurate and relevant while also taking into account developments that had occurred since the first edition, which was published in 2007.
Speaking at the book launch in Gaborone recently, Prof. Ntseane said a lot had since changed in the landscape of social protection, hence the need for the new edition.
She said social protection evolved every day to address emerging risks such as climate change, poverty and inequality, illness pandemics, disability, injury, old age, death, crime, drought and unemployment.
“The new edition highlights the risks facing individuals, families and communities using the life cycle approach from infant, young children, school age children, youth and working age including the elderly.
The book documents social protection interventions that have been put in place by the state to address these risks,” she said.
She added that the book, which is more descriptive, presents a SWOT analysis of such interventions and offers recommendations on the way forward.
Furthermore, she said the book documents government policies and legal instruments guiding the provisions of social protection, including the recent National Social Protection Framework (NSPF) of 2018.
She said the NSPF introduced reforms in four key areas of coordinating social protection system, strengthening social assistance interventions, strengthening active labour markets and livelihoods programmes as well as development of inclusive social insurance system.
She said the book would be of benefit to lecturers and students in the social sciences and humanities, adding that those in the fields of social work, law, political and administrative studies would also benefit from it.
The book has an online version and could be downloaded for free.
For her part, Department of Social Development deputy director, Ellen Kgotlhang congratulated the two lecturers for the 2023 review, which guaranteed accuracy and relevance while also taking into account developments that had since occurred.
Kgotlhang said there were glaring gaps in the provision of essential social services, which obstructed social growth and social justice.
She added that all should be commitment to ensure that no one was left behind for adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
“Similar to this, achieving both peace and sustainable development requires adhering to social justice principles, which ensure that everyone is treated fairly and equitably,” she said.
She also reiterated that every economic activity and sector was affected by social justice, including trade, employment, housing, health, education, food and water.
She thus urged the academia to continue to research and explore avenues that mainstreamed social considerations across developmental frameworks and promote coordinated policies to foster inclusive social development for all.
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